Julia Glover

For this project, I decided to draw Mindy Kaling. Mindy is never afraid to speak her mind, even when she knows that she is the minority in the situation. Mindy has spoken openly about how she has been and still is the minority in so many situations because of her gender, race, weight, and even her personality. By refusing to lose weight simply because she has her own show, Mindy shows women and young girls that losing weight to fit a certain expectation shouldn't make people like them, that being themselves is more than enough. On The Mindy Project, Mindy Kaling's television show, the main character, Mindy Lahiri, talks openly about how she felt she needed to have blond hair, blue eyes, and a flat stomach in order to "fit in".  Since growing up Mindy's character has grown to be more than comfortable in her skin and often finding ways to be her own person so she can stand out. Mindy Kaling is, in my opinion, a wonderful role model for women and young girls because instead of making excuses for not being able to perform as well in her career because of her gender, instead of working harder to be the best in her field. I personally would love to be her friend. These are just some of the amazing reasons why I decided to draw Mindy Kaling as my inspirational woman.

When we started this project I was very worried because we did a similar project last year when we drew important people using charcoal and I found my self often struggling. However, though this project wasn't easy in anyway shape or form I found it easier to be able to control pencils rather than charcoal. Before starting our good copies, we made smaller grid drawings that focused on small pieces of the picture we were drawing, this really helped me with getting more comfortable with using pencils. I found that the beginning and middle of the project were the easiest for me and got harder towards the end of the project. Towards the end, I found myself doubting my drawing more and more getting very in my head. The hair, which Is saved for the end, was the hardest part for me because I kept seeing differences in my drawing and the picture. I learned that in order to stop myself from getting in my head about the drawing, I had to just understand that I wouldn't be able to make the picture look exactly like my drawing, and it was the small differences were what made my drawing different than everyone else's drawing.