Growing up, I always drew my Dad with two arms, even though I never knew him to that way. Now, I push myself and my fellow designers to illustrate diverse characters with special care to represent an extremely underrepresented minority, people with disabilities.

This is my Dad. I illustrated him in the shirt I designed that he wore all of the time, in his Velcro tennis shoes and sweatpants that were more adaptive than other clothing, with his cochlear implant and his amputation. Most importantly, I illustrated him exactly as he was, in his garden, in the dirt, among his beloved fruits and vegetables.