Number 131 of 150

September 21, 2023September 17, 2023Leave a comment

A child getting ready to water some plants.

Number 103 of 150

July 17, 2023June 14, 2023Leave a comment

I wonder what they’re playing? I feel like it’s something beachy. I took way too much time making sure those strings, frets, pegs, and all the rest of it was correct.

An East Asian person stands playing an acoustic guitar. Their black hair is in a pompadour style. They are wearing a cream sweater with a hood, jeans with wide cuffs rolled up to mid-calf, and slip-on sneakers. They have blue nail polish.

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Number 101 of 150

July 13, 2023June 14, 2023Leave a comment

I don’t like drawing baseball caps. The bills give me trouble for some reason. They’re easy to draw backwards, though.

An East Asian child, aged 10-12, stands holding a galvanized bucket of fresh vegetables. Two carrots, a cucumber, and a red bell pepper are visible. They are wearing a red baseball cap backwards over chin-length black hair. They are wearing an oversized white t-shirt tucked into wide-legged jeans with wide cuffs rolled to mid-calf, and red hi-top sneakers.

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Number 98 of 150

July 7, 2023June 14, 2023Leave a comment

I really enjoyed doing the stripes on this child’s tank top shirt and I think the color choice came out nice.

An East Asian child aged 7-9 stands wearing a backpack. Their medium-long hair is cut in an undercut and pulled back into a ponytail. They are wearing a light purple backpack. They are wearing a white t-shirt with a striped tank top with a scalloped edge over it. They're wearing scalloped-edged leggings and sneakers. The clothing colors are primarily teal and white, with darker blue and purple accents. Although the clothing style is traditionally feminine, the pose, haircut, and facial coloring deliberately read more masculine, creating an overall gender ambiguous look.

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Number 88 of 150

June 18, 2023June 9, 2023Leave a comment

Not our first basketball player, but this one can spin a basketball on their finger. (A trick I was impressed with when I was a kid.)

A Latine basketball player stands while spinning a basketball on one finger. They are wearing a white and red basketball uniform, white sneakers, and goggle-style glasses. They have one hand on their hip. Their medium brown hair is curly and shoulder length.

Number 86 of 150

June 14, 2023June 9, 2023Leave a comment

This one is a really nice pose with lots of movement. More specifically, it’s a roller derby move, with the character caught in mid-crossover, their back skate in the air. It’s one of my favorites out of this whole project.

A Latine child, aged 10-12, is skating fast doing a cross-over, with only one skate currently on the ground. They are wearing a helmet, hand/wrist guards, knee pads, and elbow pads. They are wearing a t-shirt, shorts, knee-high socks, and quad-style roller derby skates. Their black hair is a little past shoulder length and is flying out behind them.

Number 83 of 150

June 6, 2023May 17, 2023Leave a comment

Okay, so I really liked this one. I wanted this kid to be a little bit punk, or at least rock ‘n roll. I initially had them with brightly dyed hair, but the client nixed that in favor of blue nail polish instead, which was also cool. I kind of wanted to do a skull print since it’s a little edgy, but for a kid’s market we didn’t want to push it too far. Like, not pushing it at all really. However, if this kid is supposed to be Hispanic/Latine, a Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) skull print would be perfectly appropriate. Plus, then I got the excuse to draw a Día de Muertos skull, which I think is super fun, but I don’t generally get a chance to draw since it’s not my culture.

Anyway, I think it came out really well.