Like most kids, I was afraid of the dark- of the monsters that lay hidden within my closet. It would be an entirely different world when the lights were turned off, as if my entire bedroom was teleported into a distant dimension.
The shadows became monsters, the walls became eyes, and the creaks down the hall became cries of warning, " Get away! Get away!" Every time I got scared, my mother would say,

" The night will end soon, the night will end soon."

Then I would close my eyes, as tightly as I can make them. And wait.

And wait...

And wait...

Until the first rays of dawn struck the cold windows. Only then would I peer around my room that was once a dark abyss and see:

My closet was closed.

My posters still hung.

My LEGOs were still scattered around the floor.

And my silly glow-in-the-dark stars still stuck to the wall.

I was back in my house and with my family, ready to face another golden day.

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This skin depicts the sun, putting an emphasis on the rays. The sun is from the perspective of a child. Thus, the sun looks bright and colorful, almost cartoon-ish. On the back, I tried to create what seems to be a rip in the skin with the night poking through. I wanted it to show the dominion of light over darkness. 


The sun was my hero when I was young. I believe its light was a hero to others as well.

BTW I used the Alex skin model, not sure if it makes a difference.