fly high

I know, I'm starting with the free space, but the cards that have Thick don't have the other characters I want to draw lol

Notes:

Thick's description from the wiki: "He is short and pudgy, has small ears that are snug close to his head and raggedly cropped hair. He keeps the end of his tongue pushed out of his mouth and the set of his eyelids makes him appear sleepy. His clothes were at first second-hand and too big for him, but since his talent was discovered, he's had clothes that mark him as the Prince's man. Fitz estimates his age to be in his late twenties." I didn't include the tongue being out since I knew I wanted him to be smiling for the portrait, but I tried to stay close to the description. I specially wanted his clothes to be rich and for him to look very dignified, as befits his station.

I have always read Thick as someone with Down Syndrome, so I was looking at references of people of color with DS while drawing. These two in particular:

Sources: shutterstock.com/search/down-syndrome-black / https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/08/25/341672950/people-with-down-syndrome-are-pioneers-in-alzheimers-research

One of the first things I decided was that I wanted him to be surrounded by light to represent his happy Skill-music. I always associate Thick with light and warmth.