Mickey Mouse!
Drawing Disney characters is always a strange mix of emotions for me. I still love these characters as much as I did when I was a kid. There's something incredibly satisfying about studying their shapes, expressions, and personalities, then trying to bring them to life with nothing more than a pencil and some color. They remind me why I fell in love with drawing in the first place. At the same time, they're tied to a dream that didn't unfold the way I'd hoped. Like a lot of artists, I grew up believing that if you worked hard enough, kept improving, and never gave up, everything would eventually fall into place. Life has taught me that's not always how it works. Sometimes you do everything you're supposed to do, and the opportunity still doesn't come. Hard work matters, but it isn't always rewarded the way we'd like, and not every dream comes true. That realization used to make it difficult for me to draw Disney characters. But with time, I've co...
