Children's Illustration

Narrative Art Award 2019

This is a series that I created for the 2019 SCBWI Narrative Art Award. For this award, each illustrator was asked to create a series of three images based on the prompt "a groundbreaking journey." I chose to portray Ibtihaj Muhammad's journey to become the first Muslim American to compete and medal in the olympics in hijab. I wanted to show her physical journey as well as her psychological transformation from a bullied and isolated middle schooler to a confident role model for other young women facing adversity.

Children's illustration of olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad being bullied at school

Children's illustration of olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad at practice

Children's illustration of olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad serving as a role model for young girls