Cedar

Before I go into the artwork, let me start with Cedar. I had the pleasure of meeting her through my friend Sarah one night on the beach. Cedar and her friend Monty came to visit Sarah and go to a wedding. I met up later with them for some drink and jazz fusion sounds at Jazid in South Beach. Cedar is an amazing storyteller and quite a character in her own right. I've been lucky enough to have known many character's in my life. Their worlds and lives, from chaotic to peaceful, aggressive to docile, exciting and dull, have all gone under my scrutinizing eye, down to the last detail. The people I know are what inspire me to what I do.
I haven't seen Cedar again since that night, which was just a bunch of drinks, excellent stories, and Monty and Sarah passing out on the floor. However, Cedar does have the MySpace (yup myspace isn't all that bad), so we've kept in touch.
Cedar decided to began a blog for the month of January telling her stories, so I subscribed.
Cedar's stories are great, but this one was excellent. It's not what you expect of a Cedar story if you know her, which gave it some extra appeal to me.
So this is the drawing of Cedar's story, "The Throat Tumor":

I had to get this one done quickly, because I had the image branded in my mind throughout the afternoon after I read the story. So after I took care of all my other priorities for the day, I sketched this out, leaving it ready to be scanned the next day.
Just in case Cedar reads this, which I hope you do (I'm pointing my finger at you girl) it's not suppossed to be a direct portrait. If I did that I would get too hung up on details like your nose or eyes for a couple of days. I was going for more of the essence that you projected as a 19 year old University of Florida student.