Salim’s work is also featured in Volume 2 of the comic. One of the scenes he was asked to draw included the flashback of Mr. Ahmed’s time as a child in Sudan. He makes it so dramatic. You really feel like you’re there, and like crying when Mr. Ahmed describes what happened to his family.
I started drawing as early as I could remember. I think my drawing came out of my urge to want to create things. I found the easiest way to bring these urges to life was to draw the images that I saw in my head. And so I began drawing. I discovered this amazing feeling. When I drew I had this feeling like I never felt before. The feeling was exhilarating. From that point on, I drew to my heart’s content.
As I got older, I discovered drawing was a talent like playing basketball or football. If you wanted to get better, you had to draw every day. As my imagination became more vivid, my drawing abilities had to excel in order to recreate these detailed images in my head. Soon after this time, I met Rick Brunson, my high school art teacher and a person who I would forge a lifelong friendship with. My high school art teacher inspired me like no other. He taught me that people with talent aren’t the ones that succeed, but it’s the ones with passion that succeed in this world.
