Staying afloat with a hip-hop gym coach!
I had an absolute blast drawing these two! During our pre-sketch conversation, I found out he’s a gym coach… but he also raps on the side!
Naturally, I asked if he’d trade a few verses with me, and he happily obliged. He’s actually got a really cool style! I also learned they’d recently gotten engaged and that they both love fishing.
With all of that rattling around in my head, my brain stitched together the perfect scene: him proposing to her on a fishing boat while rapping his proposal into a microphone… that just so happened to be plugged into a fish. 😂
Judging by their reaction, the surprise landed exactly the way I’d hoped. The look of shock and excitement made every extra minute of work worth it!
To make it even better, they stopped by the booth a few days later just to say hi. I recognized him immediately… but she was wearing sunglasses so huge I thought she was someone else! 😅 So if you’re reading this… sorry about that!
Anyway, thank you guys SO MUCH for sitting for me, trusting me with your faces, and letting me do what I love. It means more to me than you know.
And thank “Y O U” for taking the time to read the backstory! If you’ve been following for a while, I hope to post a drawing of YOU one day! And if you’re not following yet, I highly recommend it. 😊 We have fun here.
#CaricatureArtist #hiphop #FishingLife #surprise #damiondunn
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