How they found me

A year ago, an Etsy customer messaged me about getting my permission for allowing them to use the purchased artwork for a Netflix series. I was sure it was a scam at first, but considering they had already purchased the art and didn't behave like typical scam bots, I took the chance and continued communication. After signing a contract, I waited to see when the show would be released. At the time the show was simply known as the "Basketball Project" and that Mindy Kalling was the main producer of the show. They communicated that the artwork is for a scene in the show, which is located in a Salvadoran restaurant in Los Angeles.

The show is Running Point, just released February 27th, 2025.

You can see my art in the final 10th episode of the season, titled "Game Seven," and it's in the scene where the main characters go to a restaurant called Maya's Grill.

Artwork used

They purchased three of my designs, the first one was the Guanaco loves El Salvador drawing.  This drawing is sort of a little joke. The guanacos are small camelids (related to llamas and alpacas) that live in the Andes Mountains in South America. These amazing creatures are adapted to the harsh arid climate. 

They don't live in El Salvador, but for some reason, it became known as a Central American nickname for Salvadorans. Some Salvadorans don't like the nickname, others don't mind, but I wanted to have some fun with this pun. The guanaco wears a shirt that says I "heart" El Salvador. I also added a little friend, the Torogoz! (the national bird of El Salvador) 

Poster of a drawring of the camelid Guanaco, wearing a T-shirt that says I heart El Salvador. The animal is similar to a llama.

In the show, this artwork is the only one where you can clearly see it on display.

TV scene of the main characters entering the restaurant, with the Guanaco drawing highlighted.

The second drawing was the Church of Anamorós, La Unión, El Salvador. It's my dad's hometown!

Drawing of the church in Anamoros, El Salvador

There's barely a glance of it in the scene. I was only able to spot it because of how familiar I am with the colors and I saw a tiny bit of the church building.

Scene of the main characters just entering the restaurant with a barely visible glance of the second relevant art.

The third artwork was the painting of the Torogoz, originally made for a Mother's Day gift.

Painting of the Turquoise Browed Motmot

  

This one was also difficult to spot, but it was located on the wall next to the character Jackie (played by Fabrizio Guido).  You can only really see the bottom part of the painting.

Salvadoran Culture on display!

I'm honored that I got to be a part (however small) of a large successful production where a little bit of Salvadoran culture managed to get a spotlight in Hollywood. So many people never heard of El Salvador, and now it seems we're finally getting some attention in the recent years.