Armless teen draws portrait of Kyrie Irving using his feet
Nineteen-year-old Chris Nelson may have been born without hands or arms, but it didn’t stop him from expressing himself through his artworks.
The Cleveland native showed that he is “all in” for his hometown Cavaliers, by sketching a portrait of the team’s starting point guard, Kyrie Irving, using his feet.
“I always tell people to never treat him like he is disabled,” Nelson’s mom, Lashandra, said in a report from WEWS NewsChannel5. “We treat him the same way like we are. If he gets in trouble, he gets yelled at like the rest of them”.
According to the report, Nelson was asked to draw Irving’s image by a girl at his school, just a few days before game 1 of the NBA Finals.
The talented teen, whose sketch has since gone viral online, admitted that he had a hard time drawing Irving’s facial features.
Despite his struggles, Nelson’s finished product still holds an uncanny resemblance to the all-star guard.
Screen grab from YouTube footage/WEWS NewsChannel5
Nelson recently graduated from Lincoln West High School in Cleveland, Ohio. He finished top 10 in his class and received a prestigious honor voted by teachers and principals.
“He was a unanimous choice for us, it was that easy,” said one of his teachers. “He’s just been an inspiration to the people who said I can’t do this, I can’t do that. Chris showed them you could do anything if you put your mind to them”.
Nelson will start to work towards a degree in computer science and graphic design in a community college this coming fall. Apart from drawing, he’s also a music composer and even hopes to drive someday. Khristian Ibarrola
