Dolly is a commissioned illustration and a potential tattoo!

From Wikipedia:
“Dolly Dimples” is a traditional name for large ladies who once made their living with freak shows at circuses and carnivals. The most famous “Dolly Dimples” was Celesta Geyer, who was billed as “The World’s Prettiest Fat Girl” and “The World’s Most Beautiful Fat Lady”. She sported dimples an inch deep at each elbow.

About her diet
After surviving a near fatal heart attack in 1950, Dolly followed a strict 800 calorie per day diet and in little more than a year she reduced her weight to 112 pounds, maintaining the loss for the rest of her life. She regained her health and became an avid advocate of dieting and exercise. Dolly’s weight loss was recognised as a world record by the Guinness Book of World Records.

I guess I feel sort of betrayed by “Dolly”, she was so gorgeous as a sideshow fat lady!

Ink, watercolour and pencils on Canson illustration paper.

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