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Instagram Love – Tracee Ellis Ross & Fatima Robinson

So I’m mad late posting this (oops!), but I’m no less excited about it. :)

A couple of weeks ago, for my daily “Morning Draw,” I sketched a photo posted by Tracee Ellis Ross on Instagram. Just so you know, black girls STAN for Tracee Ellis Ross. She’s everything. So when I saw a throwback photo of her and choreographer Fatima Robinson posing for a magazine editorial — hashtag: werk — I did what I usually do: sketch, scan, share to social media. Then I went on about the rest of my day.

The next morning, however, my phone kept lighting up like crazy. I thought it was on the fritz. Nope. Actually, someone had tagged me on IG. TER had posted my sketch.

WHHHHATTTT? OMG!

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By the end of the day, my sketch, on Tracee’s Instagram, had damn near 4,000 likes. And I had at least 100-something new followers. Social media mayhem, for me at least. The funniest part was getting texts and emails from my girlfriends saying, “OMG, Tracee posted your sketch, girl!” (We all, collectively, stan for her. How could you not?) The photo also made its way to Fatima’s Instagram too, which… omg, I die. In my dancing days, Fatima was a huuuuge inspiration. Huge. And still is.

So thank you ladies, for shouting out my little bit of artwork, and for just being amazing stars in general. It’s crazy to see your work shared by people you’ve long admired — but totally awesome too. Now my mom has something to brag about. :)