Remember when Girls first aired, and how revelatory it felt to see Lena Dunham's naked body onscreen? It was almost shocking. Dropped among the depictions of nude women we were used to seeing on TV – gorgeous, glowingly lit, and completely hair- and cellulite-free – the normality of Dunham’s figure felt like a quietly radical act.

Artist Sally Nixon’s illustrations elicit a similar feeling. Unless you’re a Victoria’s Secret model, the women she draws probably look quite a lot like you. They sometimes wear great lipstick or groovy glasses, but they’re not glamorous, exactly; they have soft thighs, wide hips, and breasts that don’t stay up without a bra. Their bedrooms are messy, they eat crisps while reading in their pants, and they don’t look especially seductive while pulling on a pair of tights.

Illustrations beautifully capture the imperfect reality of women's everyday lives