The famous drawing of a little boy getting hugged by a little girl—which some have associated with their early 2000s emo phase—has been re-created by its artist.
Irene Strychalski, who now works as a story artist for Marvel, revealed that she was unaware of her old drawings’ reach up until recently, as per her Instagram post on Aug. 2.
“[It] has recently come to my attention that a VERY old drawing of mine which apparently got popular on the Spanish-speaking internet has resurfaced,” the artist said. “Someone suggested that I post the original here… so here’s some glorious high school artwork from 2006! ”
Strychalski promised that she would eventually redraw the artwork and last Wednesday, she finally delivered.
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“Here is the redraw of the hugs illustration, as promised!” she announced on Aug. 19.
“I remember seeing an edit that gave the girl dark hair and a pink shirt, so I made a version with those colors too (second image),” she explained.
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The illustrations are downloadable for free as wallpaper on the artist’s website.
Strychalski has done work for the Marvel series: “Deadpool Family,” “SILK,” “Gwenpool,” “Marvel Rising” and “Marvel Super Hero Adventures.” The artist also loves sculpting and producing her own comics. /ra
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