LOWRI
VIRK

Lowri is a Nottingham based illustrator, who has been gracing Instagram with her wonderful depictions of her friends. Lowri has been asking for photos of bodies in their natural form and transforming them into beautiful line drawings. The illustrator has been encouraging empowerment, at a time where many people are feeling low and slobbish - who knew that feeling sexy could be so good for you? She describes below the inspiration for this wonderful idea.

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"I started drawing a couple of days into lockdown, my friend had sent me a picture of herself and I liked the way that her body was framed in the mirror. I asked a few other friends for pictures and the response was really positive, not only towards the drawings, but to their bodies.
Paying attention to yourself even just to take a picture can be super gratifying, particularly as living sort of sluggishly around the house can make you feel a bit like a slug. I decided to start posting them, with permission of course, and it sort of spiralled from there.

The drawings are really simplistic, reduced to lines, shadows and the occasional tattoo, but I think that’s kind of cool that we’re all shapes, all a bit different and they’re all sexy.
I’m really lucky to know so many supportive people around Nottingham who are using their creativity to uplift people in a strange old time, which is really inspiring.

At the moment a lot of our comforts and distractions are out of reach so we have to find other ways to feel good, and I think that confidence in your body is a good place to start"

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You can find more of Lowri's drawings on Instagram via her handle:
@lowriflowerpot



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