"Most of  my images are in fact 'creative tracings' based on Web photos of teenagers, morphed to childlike proportions along with other changes. I also use pieces of publicly available photos or drawings of children in non-spanking situations.  In particular, when I patch in a child's face as drawing reference, it makes the whole thing look younger.

"My work has never been shown anywhere before. And I don't intend to share it with anyone but the Handprints community. I have been lurking on this site for years now and am glad to have the chance to pay something back."