<p>As an art therapist and psychologist-in-training, I can tell you, that yes, the pictures that were actually drawn by children (the "real" pictures) could likely be a part of art therapy and reveal psychologically-damaging/traumatizing people or events. However, these drawings would usually be kept confidential when drawn within therapy sessions, so it is irregular that they would just be picked up by Anno and added into the movie out of the blue. . . </p>

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2018-08-17T20:28:27.380Z
Agreed. It's more likely that Eva's staff looked for children's drawings that were similar to or looked like they could have been used in art therapy, but the story changed in the telling.
Brent P. Newhall
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2018-08-17T02:17:30.457Z
2018-08-17T02:17:30.457Z
john smith
<p>I personally think that the unknown guy is actually Asuka crying in one specific frame, The angle of the nose makes me think about how closely related the two pictures are. The boy inside the house I think is Asuka's mother after Asuka comes in and sees her hanged, I think that all of these pictures relate to Asuka's past, or things she sees in her everyday life. The boy and woman looks like the Geofront and the spear of longinus.</p>

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Firey coyote
<p>I think the general consensus is that it's up to your own interpretation. They are a mix of actual children's drawings and some that were made to look like children's drawings but were actually created by the staff (e.g. the gutted dog and the bucket of fish).</p>
<p>There is commentary that's part of the <a href="https://wiki.evageeks.org/Eva_Fan_Club" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;Eva Tomo no Kai&quot; (Eva Fan Club)</a> newsletters that supposedly mention that these drawings were created by children who went through abuse/traumatic experiences and were drawn as part of some sort of therapy. I can't provide the actual source or the scan, though, so take that tidbit with a grain of salt. UPDATE: <a href="https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1453247436634349578" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Twitter user verified that this is a false rumor</a></p>
<p>So it's possible that the sequence alludes to that of a child (or children, as in the Evangelion pilots) who went through traumatic experiences (piloting, fighting, general psychological struggles from the events of the series) and attempting to cope with them. Sort of like the idea behind the therapy children's drawings.</p>

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2017-09-28T15:11:52.813Z
Related to this question [What is the difference between the ending in the anime and in The End of Evangelion?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/20558/what-is-the-difference-between-the-ending-in-the-anime-and-in-the-end-of-evangel)

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Gagantous
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2021-11-02T14:40:56.057Z
Update: It looks like this person on twitter has roughly gone through the 14 volumes of the Eva Newsletter and couldn't find the source about the drawings created by children who went through traumatic experiences. So that tidbit is a false rumor: https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1453247436634349578
Jon Lin
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2021-11-02T14:42:27.283Z
Jon Lin
<p>What's the meaning of the crayon painting picture just after Shinji choke Asuka ? The picture below is some of the crayon-painting in The End Of Evangelion:</p>

<p><strong>Unknown Guy</strong>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lGopK.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lGopK.jpg" alt="Unknown Guy"></a></p>

<p><strong>A boy inside a house?</strong>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lemiU.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lemiU.jpg" alt="unknown kid inside a room ?"></a></p>

<p><strong>Wth is that ?</strong>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/jHb8n.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/jHb8n.jpg" alt="wth is this"></a></p>

<p><strong>Boy and woman ?</strong>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Mw33a.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Mw33a.jpg" alt=" Boy and woman ?"></a></p>

<p><strong>A bucket of fish</strong>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/AOEdC.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/AOEdC.jpg" alt="Summer vacation, i guess ?"></a></p>

<p><strong>Dog Corpse</strong>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/IFw4s.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/IFw4s.jpg" alt="Dog Corpse"></a></p>

<p><strong>A Murder Case</strong>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HJo7T.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/HJo7T.jpg" alt="Murder Case"></a></p>

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2017-09-18T12:40:14.557Z
the last time i recall this was in the original series and the reason i read was that the studio ran out of money. but i don't think it's the case here
Memor-X
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What's the meaning of the crayon painting that appear in End Of Evangelion?
# What's the meaning of the crayon painting that appear in End Of Evangelion?
Posted by: username_0 on 2017-09-18
What's the meaning of the crayon painting picture just after Shinji choke Asuka ? The picture below is some of the crayon-painting in The End Of Evangelion:

**Unknown Guy**
[![Unknown Guy](https://i.sstatic.net/lGopK.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/lGopK.jpg)

**A boy inside a house?**
[![unknown kid inside a room ?](https://i.sstatic.net/lemiU.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/lemiU.jpg)

**Wth is that ?**
[![wth is this](https://i.sstatic.net/jHb8n.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/jHb8n.jpg)

**Boy and woman ?**
[![ Boy and woman ?](https://i.sstatic.net/Mw33a.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Mw33a.jpg)

**A bucket of fish**
[![Summer vacation, i guess ?](https://i.sstatic.net/AOEdC.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/AOEdC.jpg)

**Dog Corpse**
[![Dog Corpse](https://i.sstatic.net/IFw4s.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/IFw4s.jpg)

**A Murder Case**
[![Murder Case](https://i.sstatic.net/HJo7T.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/HJo7T.jpg)
**Tags:** neon-genesis-evangelion the-end-of-evangelion
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: the last time i recall this was in the original series and the reason i read was that the studio ran out of money. but i don't think it's the case here  
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## 3 answers
### Answer by username_5 on 2017-09-18. Score: 12 | Accepted answer
I think the general consensus is that it's up to your own interpretation. They are a mix of actual children's drawings and some that were made to look like children's drawings but were actually created by the staff (e.g. the gutted dog and the bucket of fish).

There is commentary that's part of the ["Eva Tomo no Kai" (Eva Fan Club)](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Eva_Fan_Club) newsletters that supposedly mention that these drawings were created by children who went through abuse/traumatic experiences and were drawn as part of some sort of therapy. I can't provide the actual source or the scan, though, so take that tidbit with a grain of salt. UPDATE: [Twitter user verified that this is a false rumor](https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1453247436634349578)

So it's possible that the sequence alludes to that of a child (or children, as in the Evangelion pilots) who went through traumatic experiences (piloting, fighting, general psychological struggles from the events of the series) and attempting to cope with them. Sort of like the idea behind the therapy children's drawings.
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2017-09-28): Related to this question [What is the difference between the ending in the anime and in The End of Evangelion?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/20558/what-is-the-difference-between-the-ending-in-the-anime-and-in-the-end-of-evangel)

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> **username_5** (2021-11-02): Update: It looks like this person on twitter has roughly gone through the 14 volumes of the Eva Newsletter and couldn't find the source about the drawings created by children who went through traumatic experiences. So that tidbit is a false rumor: https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1453247436634349578  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-17. Score: 1
As an art therapist and psychologist-in-training, I can tell you, that yes, the pictures that were actually drawn by children (the "real" pictures) could likely be a part of art therapy and reveal psychologically-damaging/traumatizing people or events. However, these drawings would usually be kept confidential when drawn within therapy sessions, so it is irregular that they would just be picked up by Anno and added into the movie out of the blue. . .
> **Comments:**
> **username_3** (2018-08-17): Agreed. It's more likely that Eva's staff looked for children's drawings that were similar to or looked like they could have been used in art therapy, but the story changed in the telling.  
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### Answer by username_4 on 2021-01-03. Score: -2
I personally think that the unknown guy is actually Asuka crying in one specific frame, The angle of the nose makes me think about how closely related the two pictures are. The boy inside the house I think is Asuka's mother after Asuka comes in and sees her hanged, I think that all of these pictures relate to Asuka's past, or things she sees in her everyday life. The boy and woman looks like the Geofront and the spear of longinus.
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