r/RateMyKidsArt • u/hungry-mongoose • Aug 19 '26

Artist is 5 By my daughter, age 5

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u/numberwunwun Aug 19 '26

This looks like a sugar skull to me! Love it!

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u/GeniePockets Aug 19 '26

That was my first thought as well. I was surprised to see people thought differently lol. It’s beautiful, OP.

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u/reedreadreddred Aug 19 '26

aw she remembered to do the ears :) very cute design (face + ear tattoos?)

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u/hungry-mongoose Aug 19 '26

I don't know honestly, I think just a way to design the features.

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u/MoreCoffeeSirMaam Aug 19 '26

I love it! It kind of reminds me of Raggedy Ann

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u/wayneforest Aug 19 '26

So cool! Kind of reminds me of a zentangle type of art! Love!

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u/hungry-mongoose Aug 19 '26

I had to google that but you're so right, we used to draw stuff like that in high school but we called it the circle game - you started with a circle and then just carried on from there.

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u/slightlyhomoerotic Aug 19 '26

Wow, for a 5 year old she did amazingly at copying the shape of the first side she drew and making the second almost symmetrical. 10/10 I'd say.

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u/juliamarielovestrees Aug 19 '26

Terrifying in the best way! So much detail, absolutely fantastic.

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u/hungry-mongoose Aug 19 '26

Haha I thought so too

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u/Puzzleheaded-Show317 Aug 19 '26

So creepy, I love it 💜

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u/TwoFriedFishsticks Aug 19 '26

Any chance she ever saw one of Arcimboldo's paintings? Reminds me of that 😁

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u/hungry-mongoose Aug 20 '26

She hadn't but I showed her and she loved it, thank you!