Number 134 of 150

A grandmother heading off to her yoga class.

An old white lady viewed in profile walking to the viewer's left.  She has short white hair cut in a bob and grey eyes.  She is dressed in black yoga pants, a heathered gray t-shirt, and a purple zip-up hoodie.  She's wearing brown flip-flop sandals and carrying a yoga matt rolled up in a carrying bag.  She has a larger body size. 

The image is watermarked with the artist's logo and a line of text noting the client's copyright as, "Copyright (c) 2022 Learning A-Z.  All rights reserved."

Number 127 of 150

A boy heading off to go hiking, it looks like.

A white boy aged 7-9 walking to the viewer's left.  He's wearing hiking boots, khaki shorts, a brown long-sleeved t-shirt, and a orange baseball cap.  He's got a turquois fanny pack and is carrying a water bottle.  HIs short hair is blonde and his eyes are blue.   

The image is watermarked with the artist's logo and a line of text noting the client's copyright as, "Copyright (c) 2022 Learning A-Z.  All rights reserved."

Number 114 of 150

Here’s a girl carrying her lunch tray, probably in the school cafeteria. My daughter tells me that her school doesn’t use lockers anymore, so the kids carry their backpacks everywhere. Even to the lunch room.

A Southeast Asian child, age 10-12 walks carrying a lunch tray at school.  She is wearing a red backpack and glasses.  Her long black hair is in a braid over one shoulder.  She's wearing gray sneakers, a black skirt, purple t-shirt, and a denim jacket.  

The image is watermarked with the artist's logo and a line of text noting the client's copyright as, "Copyright (c) 2022 Learning A-Z.  All rights reserved."

Number 108 of 150

She’s off to catch butterflies.

A Southeast Asian girl, age 7-9, walks to the left, from the viewer's perspective.  She has a butterfly net over one shoulder and holds a small book with a butterfly on the cover.  She is wearing denim overalls over a purple and white striped t-shirt.  She has white sneakers with pink laces.  Her black hair is in double ponytails, but only the one on the near side is visible.  

The image is watermarked with the artist's logo and a line of text noting the client's copyright as, "Copyright (c) 2022 Learning A-Z.  All rights reserved."

Number 106 of 150

This batch is Southeast Asian people.

A reminder, since it’s been awhile, of what these images are. These are art samples of the work I did for Learning A-Z last year. The project called for 150 unique characters, isolated on white, with an emphasis on diversity (age, race, body size, ability, and gender identity). To make certain we included examples of all major racialized populations, all but two batches were designed to represent specific races.

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This site is hosted on WordPress.com. I use automated social media posting with their JetPack plug-in to reduce the amount of manual posting I have to do. Previously, twitter was one of the companies that was supported for auto posting. I hadn’t used this feature for several months since I deleted my twitter account. However, today I noticed that, as of May 18th, twitter is no longer supported at all, which I thought was interesting. More on that. In addition, they added support for auto posting on Mastodon and Instagram. This is excellent news as that takes care of 2 of the 3 sites I was still manually posting to. This will be a helpful time saver. Anyway, I just set up auto posting for Mastodon and Instagram and I’ll be watching this post to make sure it all works correctly. Hopefully it will. 🙂

A little Southeast Asian girl walking to school, isolated on white.  She has one hand up in a wave and is walking to the viewer's right.  Her black hair is pulled back in a ponytail.  She's wearing a purple backpack and carrying a pink insulated lunch pack decorated with hearts and peace signs.  She's wearing a white empire waisted blouse with short puffed sleeves.  Her jeans are rolled up to capri-length.  Her shoes are pink, slide-on sneakers.  

The image is watermarked with the artist's logo and line of text noting the client's copyright as, "Copyright (c) 2022 Learning A-Z.  All rights reserved."

Number 104 of 150

I particularly liked drawing this one because when I go hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park I go wearing all this sort of gear. She’s got her sunhat, which folds up to fit in her backpack. It’s a hiking backpack, which fits better than a regular backpack and has straps across the chest and waist. She’s got hiking poles, which effectively turns a person from a biped to a quadruped and helps with stability on treacherous footing. She’s got her water bottle on the side of her pack, although a camel pack might be better. And she has sturdy hiking boots, hopefully well worn-in. She looks all set to go. I don’t think this is her first time hiking.

An elderly East Asian woman walks past in full hiking gear. Her long gray hair is in a bun under her blue sun hat.  She has a turquois hiking backpack with a water bottle in a side pocket.  She is using a pair of hiking poles.  She is wearing a long-sleeved white t-shirt, gray fleece vest, khaki pants, and brown hiking boots.  

The image includes a watermark for the illustrator and text noting that the image is copyright © 2022 Learning A-Z.

Number 97 of 150

Another character who’s gone apple picking.

An East Asian boy aged 7-9 is walking towards the viewer holding a bushel basket of apples.  He has a navy stocking hat on his head.  He's wearing a red shirt, navy puffer vest, jeans, and work boots.  

The image includes a watermark for the illustrator and text noting that the image is copyright © 2022 Learning A-Z.

Number 93 of 150

This one’s supposed to be in the aged 7-9, but I think she reads a little older than I meant her to. (I think it’s mostly the glasses.)

I remember doing this in middle school. Walking through the hallways reading a book and somehow not bumping into things. I can’t manage that now.

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A girl aged 7-9 walks while reading a book.  She has eyeglasses and a backpack. She's wearing a pink shirt with a white polka dot pattern, jeans, and sneakers.  Her hair is in space buns.  

The image includes a watermark for the illustrator and text noting that the image is copyright © 2022 Learning A-Z.

Number 90 of 150

This old man is taking a walk prepared for rain.

An old Latino man is walking outside.  He is prepared for rain with a camouflage print raincoat, brown umbrella, khaki pants, and black sneakers.  His hair is pure white.

Number 84 of 150

Here’s a girl walking to school. Have I mentioned I like drawing backpacks?

The side view gave me a chance to do this fun three-tiered bun hairstyle, a bun mohawk.

A Latina girl, aged 10-12, is walking to school.  She has a turquois backpack and is using wired earbuds to listen to something with her phone.  She is wearing jeans, a pink t-shirt, and white sneakers.  Her dark brown hair is arranged in three tiered buns running down the back of her head.