Art
Original art by Captain Erica.
Jump Into Stars
I have body dysmorphia. When I look at myself and feel my body it is full of flaws. I am grossly unattractive and overweight. Until I see a photograph of…
Charging
I trained horses for years. I’ve always liked horses because they just make sense. They’re honest, especially if their rider thinks they aren’t. People are bad at being honest. When…
Pool Toys
I started realizing how much I had shaped my life around other people’s expectations of me. Somehow drawing was helping me question that habit. I’d grown up with it, as…
Disney Dreams
Drawing was such a relief for my mind during this time in my life. When I was overcome with sadness and anxiety, drawing gave me freedom from it. It became…
Drawing #3
Sometimes I like to shock people. I dislike it when people get too comfortable around me, start assuming they know or understand me. But this drawing wasn’t done with the…
Flower Shorts
My fourth drawing. I didn’t feel like creating anything this day. But I did it anyway. I’d been sick in bed for a week straight. The start of an epic…
The Nose
My parents were very silly when we were growing up. They packed up us kids to the airport to pick up some family. And we wore these big plastic glasses…
First Day of School
I spent so much time painting in college. But avoided drawing as much as possible. I’d do an occasional doodle while sitting through a boring lecture. I remember buying this…