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.

A little Latina girl, age 4-6, stands playing a tambourine. Her head is turned to the side so we can see that she has a cochlear implant. She's wearing a t-shirt under a blue and white striped jumper dress, and pink sandals. Her brown hair is pulled back in a ponytail.

Number 60 of 150

April 21, 2023March 20, 2023Leave a comment

This old guy’s in western wear from his boots to his bolo tie.

A cartoon illustration of an elderly Indigenous American man. He's standing with one hand on his hip and one raised in a gesture. He's smiling. His long gray hair is worn loose. He's wearing jeans, cowboy boots, a pink button-up shirt, and a turquois and silver bolo tie.

Number 59 of 150

April 19, 2023March 20, 2023Leave a comment

Here’s an old lady in a ribbon skirt with bead earrings.

A cartoon illustration of an elderly Indigenous American woman. She's standing, waving, and smiling. She is wearing a traditional ribbon skirt, low heels, and a red blouse. She has a shell bead necklace and beaded earrings. Her long gray hair is in two braids.

Number 58 of 150

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023Leave a comment

More beaded jewelry. I hope we didn’t overdo that detail. We may have.

A cartoon illustration of a middle-aged Indigenous American man. He's standing with one hand up as if gesturing as he speaks. He's wearing a black sweatshirt, khaki pants, and black sneakers. He has a beaded necklace and his long, black hair is in a low braid. He has a larger body type.

Number 57 of 150

April 15, 2023April 17, 2023Leave a comment

Our first adult. Beaded jewelry is fun to draw. So was the pattern on her sweater. The pose the client initially requested had her looking down at her wristwatch. Then they changed their mind and wanted her waving.

A cartoon illustration of a middle-aged Indigenous American woman. She is standing and waving. She is wearing glasses and beaded earrings. She has jeans, cowboy boots, a t-shirt, and a white, red, and blue patterned cardigan. Her black hair falls to just past her shoulders and is slightly wavy.

Number 56 of 150

April 13, 2023March 20, 2023Leave a comment

The last child for this batch, with groovy tie-dye.

A cartoon illustration of an Indigenous child aged 10-12. They are walking towards the left while waving. They have their long, black hair in two braids and their smile shows a slight gap between their two front teeth. They are wearing jeans, red sneakers, and a pink tie-dyed t-shirt with a tribal-style bear paw print.

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?