Number 79 of 150

May 29, 2023May 16, 2023Leave a comment

Is this our first one with fun, brightly dyed hair? It might be. It was fun to figure out what technique to use to show the dyed hair.

A Latino boy, aged 7-9, sits with his legs crossed and a book in his lap. He wears glasses and has the tips of his short black hair dyed a pale blue. He is wearing a purple t-shirt, jeans with the cuffs rolled, and blue sneakers. He is smiling and looking at the viewer.

Number 77 of 150

May 25, 2023May 16, 2023Leave a comment

Here’s a chubby little boy holding out a birthday present. The client asked me to put a pattern on his little vest, but I didn’t like how that was looking. So, I added a dino in his pocket instead. The client agreed that they liked that better.

A 4-6 year old, latino boy stands holding out a small, wrapped gift. The gift is wrapped in yellow paper with a red ribbon and bow. He is wearing a blue t-shirt, red hooded vest, black and white shorts, and red sneakers. He has a green t-rex toy in his pocket. His hair is black and straight. He has a larger body size.

Number 70 of 150

May 11, 2023April 28, 2023Leave a comment

This boy is diabetic and is wearing a visible glucose monitor on his upper arm.

A cartoon illustration of a black boy riding a kick scooter. He has a visible glucose monitor on his upper arm and is wearing glasses. He's also wearing a helmet, tank top, shorts, and sneakers.

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 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 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 55 of 150

April 11, 2023March 20, 2023Leave a comment

A boy with longer, shaggy hair. The hair reference the client gave me for this one was a picture of D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Bear Smallhill in Reservation dogs.

I’m not really sure why, but some of the characters in this project were supposed to be drawn with them holding up their hand(s) as if holding something. This was a collaborative project, with different artists handing different parts, so that’s not too weird. But I was never told what they were to be holding. Any guesses?