Number 81 of 150

June 2, 2023May 16, 2023Leave a comment

She’s picking out a pumpkin.

A Latina girl, aged 7-9, stands holding a pumpkin. She is wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, red puffer vest, jeans, and black sneakers. Her dark brown hair is cut in a chin-length bob with bangs.

Number 80 of 150

May 31, 2023May 16, 2023Leave a comment

This kid’s heading off to the beach or pool.

A Latine child, aged 7-9, stands with one hand gesturing off to their right while looking off to their left. They are wearing swim shorts, a long-sleeved swim shirt, and flip-flops. The clothes are matching black, yellow, and white with a daisy on the front. They are holding a white and pink inner tube around their waist. Their hair is black, straight, and just shy of shoulder length without bangs.

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 76 of 150

May 23, 2023May 16, 2023Leave a comment

Halfway through and a new batch! This batch will be all Hispanic/Latine characters.

Here you have a little girl holding out a handful of seeds. I think she’s supposed to be feeding an animal who’s out of frame, but she could also just be preparing to spread seeds on the ground. I’m not sure which.

The boots and sun hat were particularly fun. I have several characters in this project where I made the pattern on their clothing with this same scattered flower shape brush. Good results, minimal effort. Work smarter, not harder. 🙂

A little latina girl holds out a small handful of seeds. She's 4-6 years old. She's wearing bib overalls, a pink t-shirt, yellow and white striped bucket hat, and pink rubber boots with a white floral pattern. She has long, dark brown, curly hair.

Number 72 of 150

May 15, 2023April 28, 2023Leave a comment

Moving onto the adults, here we have a Muslim woman with a prosthetic leg.

A cartoon illustration of a Muslim woman with a prosthetic leg. She's standing with one hand up as if gesturing as she speaks and the other hand is holding a basket of apples. She is wearing a hijab, long sleeved striped blouse, a below-the-knee skirt, leggings on her intact leg, and crocs on both her natural and artificial foot.

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 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 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 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?