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 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 54 of 150

April 9, 2023March 20, 2023Leave a comment

Next comes three characters in the 10-12 age range. The colorful sweater and space buns were cute, I thought.

A cartoon illustration of an Indigenous American girl aged 10-12. She has glasses and a larger body type. She's standing. Her long, black hair is in space buns. She's wearing slip-on high top sneakers, leggings, a t-shir, and a cardigan with white, green, turquois, pink, and yellow stripes. She's wearing a silver and turquois pendant necklace.

Number 52 of 150

April 5, 2023March 20, 2023Leave a comment

Here’s the first larger body size character for this batch. A boy aged 7-9.

A cartoon illustration of an Indigenous American boy aged 7-9. He's standing with his arms crossed over his chest and one hand on his chin in a thinking pose. He has a larger body size and short black hair. He's wearing jeans, a red hoodie, and black converse-style sneakers.

Dancer

December 21, 2020December 20, 20204 Comments

Over the last couple years, I’ve read several human interest stories about dancers or yoga instructors or whatnot that you might not think could excel at those skills because of their weight, or in one case because she had downs syndrome. But they do it anyway, and they do it well. So, I wanted to draw this lovely dancer who is clearly doing what she loves despite the challenge of her body size.