Cartoon rocket

This may seem strange to most people, but I have a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico. The truth is that I love engineering: I have an innate knack for solving problems. To be an even better engineer, I signed up for the COOP program at my university a couple of years ago and got sent off to Boeing in California for an internship. While I was there, I became good friends with a fellow intern, Kristy.

Kristy is a spunky little woman, and funny as hell, so we got along right away. Interestingly enough, she’s a rocket scientist, so she had always wanted a rocket design to use as a sticker on the rear windshield of her car. Once she found out I could draw, she drew me a little picture of the rocket she wanted and I then refined her idea to make it cute and unique.

Using her idea as a reference, I first drew a cleaner and more polished version of the rocket in pencil and then I scanned it and cleaned it up in Illustrator. I like the result very much, even though it’s not what I would generally consider “my style”.