I wasn't sure if I should make this post or not as posting something about a person's death always felt icky to me, but I wanted to share my feelings about the death of Akira Toriyama and what his work meant to me. While I won't say I cried and that I am distraught over the news, it did take me aback as I was actively playing a Dragon Ball game when I learned of his passing. Like many MANY others, DBZ played a large part in my childhood and even into the modern day of my life. Toriyama changed the world, not through science, or political schemes, but through his art and storytelling. He inspired people all over the world to do better, to BE better, all while naming his character after food. To me though, DBZ was a way for me to connect with my brother despite our differences, it was a way to feed my imagination, and it was something to look forward to on Saturdays. To me, it was so much more than I had realized before last night when after learning what happened I spent the next 12 hours up all night trying to wrap my head around more than just flying aliens shooting beams out their hands. I have so much I could say, but I don't know how. While I was thinking last night I opened up Rive as I've been wanting to learn it more and now have some free time, but instead of what I had planned on making I stopped and made this instead, not for some school/learning project, or a client, or competition, but just art for art's sake. Something I'm not sure when I last did. I know it's not much and I know no one will want to read all this, but if you did please know that you are amazing, you can do anything you set your mind to, you are super, and you are the hype.

I wish nothing but the best to Toriyama's family and friends and I pray he is happy and is resting in peace.

Thank you, and have a wonderful day.