Toxic people create their own storms and then get mad when it rains, they never realize that they're the problem and blame others for everything, avoid them at all costs.
🧵: THE 2AM CLIENT
A client DM'd me at 2:14am: "Bro please are you awake?"
I said yes.
He said: "My father died yesterday. The only clear photo we have is his burial poster. Can you make it beautiful?"
🧵:
She was 12, selling pure water in Kaduna Central Market, bowl on her head, slippers torn.
She made ₦50 profit per bag. 12 hours under sun.
Then a poor boy asked her for water but had no money.
Do you think she should give it for free or say no? Free or No?
She gave him 1 sachet free. He smiled and said "Allah ya biya. (May the Almighty bless you)"
The whole market went silent. She had less profit, but she had more baraka.
I drew her because she reminded me of my mother.
If you were her, would you have given it free even if you are also hustling?
🧵:
An old woman tapped me in a crowded bus from Kawo to Central Market: "My son, stand up." I stood up angrily, I thought she was rude.
Then she lifted her wrapper.
Was I wrong to get angry first? Yes or No?
Her leg was swollen 3x normal. She couldn't stand for 2 hours. The whole bus went silent.
I gave her my seat, but I felt terrible for judging her.
If you were me, would you have asked why first, or stood up angrily like I did?
At this point, “Below Minimum Earnings” is starting to feel like a recurring subscription I never signed up for. 🤦🏾♂️
Enough is enough.
It’s about time to end this. 😮💨
I told her: I will draw him.
This is her father.
When I gave her the sketch, she put it on her chest and said: "Inna LilLah... this is how my mother described him every night before I slept."
She is 41 and she just met her father for the first time.
🧵: Forgotten Faces.
Mallam Sani is 73. He sells kola nut in front of our mosque in Croc City.
He has NEVER seen a photo of his mother.
He told me: "She had 3 tribal marks on each cheek, gap teeth, always wore white wrapper. She sold kosai by the roadside, smiling even when she had nothing."
I told him: I will draw her.
This is his mother.
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🧵: THE PHOTOCOPY MAN
The photocopy man in front of my school has been there for 17 years.
Same machine. Same small stool.
I asked him: "Sir, why you never open big shop?"
His answer made me draw him.