March 20, 2025

​This is a memorial portrait of Malik, someone who passed much too young. A proud member of the Queer and Disabled communities.

I may not have gotten the pleasure of knowing Malik but I wish I had. Here's to you, Malik. Thank you for being a light in the community and touching so many people.

[ID: a portrait of a young guy with mid tone skin sitting in the center of the image. He has floppy curly dark hair and a beard on his round happy face. He has a shirt with paint drips in the front, and an over shirt that is lined with checker print on the cuffs. He has lots of bracelets and pins that are mostly queer themed. One bracelet says "Queer" and one says "Disabled". His necklace says "He/Him". The background is art nouveau inspired with pale blue and orange and covered in giant sunflowers.]