So in my independent living course years ago, we were given the task of decorating our portfolios with HAPPY things, OPTIMISTIC things, things that showed our independence and hardworking nature as human beings. Things that inspired us! Things that made us smile!

I drew this.

...I doubt I need to spell out the fact that it was rejected, and I then had to decorate a totally new portfolio not yet defiled by my touch. (LOL) It was too dark, depressing, and creepy to even come close to matching what the course themes were all about. Luckily, my teacher was nice and let me keep it, instead of throwing it into the trash. I drew this with a pen, by the way.

In my defense, the teacher (Kathy) instructed us to draw the first things that came to mind, so that's what I did. Actually, she wasn't even specific about what she was looking for until I had most of this done already. Oops.