This is PROJECTS.
I want to (re)introduce you to someone special. And just like me, he isn’t someone you fully understand all at once — you get to know him slowly, the way you actually get to know someone.
Take his golden star earring. It looks like gold, but that’s not what it is to him. It’s a wishing star — a reminder of what he carries and what he refuses to lose. It isn’t for flash. It’s not about status. It’s about value. It hangs from him like a promise he made to himself: no matter how much he changes, his core stays intact. He doesn’t wear it to shine. He wears it to hope. Torn doesn’t mean weak. Worn doesn’t lose value.
For a long time he only existed in my imagination. Now he’s real. Every part of him is intentional — the oversized gloves and shoes, the textured mask, the gold rings, the bandaids, the overalls. He’s not just a drawing or a painting. I built a whole world from the ground up, a character like no other, straight from my imagination.
He carries contradictions. He’s cute but savage. Gentle but raw. He comes from nothing, yet somehow holds everything. He’s resilience. He’s power. He’s creativity. Some characters are made to trend — PROJECTS was made to last. He’s growth. He’s evolution. He’s discipline. The version of me that refuses to fold.
Every world got chaos, every world got problems — and every world got a PROJECTS. Where you don’t wait for a better life, you build it.
The bandaids aren’t just design — they’re healing. The daisies aren’t just design — they’re growth. And the real thing is, healing and growth happen at the same time. Some of your best versions get built while you’re still figuring things out.
The children represent the PROJECTS — not just one neighborhood or race, but anyone who’s ever been overlooked, counted out, or told they can’t. It doesn’t matter where you come from. The beginning will never define your ending.
He’s more than a character to me. He’s my imagination, my story, my struggles — the part of me that never stops creating no matter what life brings. He relates to everyone. He is everyone. We are love. We are power. We are struggle, and we fight through it all. PROJECTS is US.
