The morning before Christmas Eve, I was approached by someone on a mission. She knew of a child (about 8 years old) who was presently dealing with cancer, and was very scared. The child was a big fan of comic books; and know this, his parents wanted to get him a “comic style” picture of him fighting off the cancer.

It’s very rare that I do art for other people (maybe I’m a little self-conscious, who knows), but I decided to take on the task and it was a great experience for me. Given such a harsh deadline, and a very direct artistic goal. I spent the day working on it and I really like the result.

I hadn’t colored anything with any traditional medium in a long time either, but I thought this was a great chance to dust off those old prismacolors sitting next to my desk.

Anyways, the picture came out pretty solid, it was a big hit, and it looks like someone else who saw it is interested in having me teach a local class on cartooning. I don’t really know if that’s something I’d like to do or not (again, maybe a little self-conscious) but it could definitely be a fun opportunity.

Heres the picture in case your curious In the picture the cancer is represented by an alien, designed to resemble the shape and colors of the cancer in the picture I was given.

Never give up