.While my upbringing was awesome and had loving parents, it had its challenges, My Father had a heart condition and was meant to die as a baby. My mother had her own health struggles but because Dad was the sicker, she had to be the rock of our family. No matter how dark the circumstance, I know I had the love of my family to get us through. Cartooning brought be so my Joy and purpose, it was my escape to cope with whatever life threw up, If Dad was in the Alfred fighting for life, I knew that if I fought through the fear and drew a Ninja Pig, it would make me smile, giving me a positive outlook.
It's that Positive outlook, the Joy I have found in Cartooning that I bring to my Cartooning. Its not just about the picture, its the joy of drawing it, its the joy that someone experiences when its being drawn, Its the smile and laugh when the see it, its the pride of place on the wall at home when it's hung, its that Joy I crave and offer. I don't just want people to be drawn, I want them to feel seen and heard.
By getting a Nick Love Cartoons, Getting me to an event, Getting me to create something for you, You are investing in vision that my cartooning can bring Hope in the darkest of places, to generate a smile that had been forgotten and create an opportunity to unlock a better tomorrow for the people I draw for and come in contact with.
If Creativity is a gift then I want to share it and bring Joy and Hope to others, now thats something worth investing in.
By using Nick Love Cartoons, you are joining the "Bigr Picture" Crusade and I welcome you.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BIGR PICTURE CRUSADE? I was at a gig once and someone asked me "Does the money for this cartoon go to you?" It made me pause for a second, I thought, I drew it, where do you think its going? but in that moment it challenged me, I have always had the heart to want to help others, to bring hope and Joy, it takes one kind act to change the course of someones life. It got me thinking, Where does the money from Nick love Cartoons go? Although I'm not a not for Profit business, the money does go to help me and my family, but how to do illustrate who I am and what I'm about, I'm about the Bigger Picture, not only for my life, the life of my family BUT the Bigger Picture for the other lives. Here the Idea was born, BigR Picture Crusade is basically my mission statement that by using Nick Love Cartoons you are helping me create programs support and encourage others to focus on the Bigr Picture. Someone might of lost there Job, Or Bullied at School, they feel so down that the can't see the picture for today, Let alone tomorrow, maybe the Cartoon or a workshop or a Draw coaching session might be the beginning of their journey on the way to a better tomorrow. The future isn't drawn yet, I would love your help - We all can have a hand in the Bigr Picture in someones life.