Number 69 of 150

May 9, 2023May 10, 2023Leave a comment

A deaf child signing, “Friend.” I think space buns are my new favorite hairstyle to draw on little girls.

A cartoon illustration of a mixed race girl standing while signing, "Friend," in ASL. She is wearing a t-shirt, jean shorts, sandals, and a backpack. Her light brown hair is half up in space buns.

Number 68 of 150

May 7, 2023May 8, 2023Leave a comment

A child who uses a walker. Some walkers have a seat on them like this. Looks like they’re catching their breath before planting that little tree. They intentionally look a bit tired, maybe unhealthy, though there were no specifics given on what condition they have to make a walker necessary.

A cartoon illustration of a white child sitting on the built-in bench on a walker. They have blonde hair and are holding a plant. There is a hand trowel on the ground at their feet. They are wearing a long-sleeved t-shirt under a pair of overalls, garden gloves, and work boots.

Number 67 of 150

May 5, 2023April 28, 2023Leave a comment

A blind boy in raingear walking with the aid of a white cane.

This image had originally called for the boy to have a guide dog, because a kid and a dog are inherently cute together. But when looking for reference images of kids with guide dogs, I learned that blind kids don’t actually get guide dogs. You generally have to be 18 for a guide animal. I relayed this to the client and they changed the specs. So, I guess I sort of took away this boy’s dog and gave him a cane instead. If it helps, later in this batch there will be a man with a guide dog instead. Not as cute, but more accurate.

A cartoon illustration of a blind Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander boy walking with a white cane. He is in raingear, wearing a yellow raincoat and red rubber boots. He also is wearing jeans.

Number 66 of 150

May 3, 2023April 28, 2023Leave a comment

I was proud of several things on this one. The wheelchair, the leaves, her face at that upward angle. I think she’s enjoying herself.

A cartoon illustration of a South Asian girl sitting in a motorized wheelchair and happily throwing a bunch of autumn leaves into the air. She is wearing a red winter cap, red vest, light purple long-sleeved t-shirt, jeans, and slip-on sneakers. She is belted into her chair.

Number 65 of 150

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023Leave a comment

A skateboarder with a prosthetic arm. One of those 3D printed ones in the fun colors. The client chose the colors.

I particularly like how the kid’s t-shirt print came out. This was changed in the final phase with the client instructing me to create a geometric print for their shirt.

The long hair was included both to help show a little more movement and to make the character’s gender a little more ambiguous.

A cartoon illustration of a child riding a skateboard. The child is gender ambiguous and has a prosthetic arm. They are wearing a helmet, t-shirt, loose jeans, and sneakers. They have medium-length, brown hair

Number 64 of 150

April 29, 2023March 20, 2023Leave a comment

This one was fun. He’s cute, throwing that snowball. And drawing winterwear feels so warm and cozy. I enjoyed drawing the little detail on the hat and gloves so much that I went on to decorate several more characters’ winter wear the same way later in the project.

A cartoon illustration of an East Asian boy, aged 7-9, throwing a snowball. He's wearing an adhesive eye patch with a colorful pattern. He's dressed for playing in the snow, with black snow boots, navy snowpants, a gray thermal shirt, light blue puffer coat with a fleece collar, and red knit mittens and hat.

Number 63 of 150

April 27, 2023March 20, 2023Leave a comment

Here’s a girl at a birthday party who uses a wheelchair. I broke out my perspective ruler tools for this one.

A cartoon illustration of a Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander girl age 7-9. She is a wheelchair user sitting with a wrapped present in her lap. She's in a blue, manual wheelchair. She's wearing grey leggings, pink slip-on shoes, pink t-shirt, and a pink striped cardigan. Her long black hair is wavy and pulled back on the top, loose on the bottom. She is smiling.

Number 62 of 150

April 25, 2023April 27, 2023Leave a comment

This boy is walking with forearm crutches. I was to draw him as if he were walking to school wearing a backpack. I actually kind of like drawing backpacks, for some reason.

A cartoon illustration of a black boy, aged 4-6, walking with forearm crutches. He's wearing a backpack, two-tone t-shirt, athletic shorts, and sneakers.

Number 61 of 150

April 23, 2023April 24, 2023Leave a comment

Starting a new batch. This round will be 15 illustrations of diverse people with various visible disabilities. From this point on, I feel like the poses the client requestes got more interesting. A little bit more dynamic? I do feel like the characters in the previous batches got short-changed a little, though. They also started incorporating props.

Anyway, the first one’s a little girl with a cochlear implant playing the tambourine.