Illustration created for Health Union, LLC Irritable Bowel Syndrome Community “Vacation, With a Side of Constipation”.

The tone of this community is lighthearted and often humorous while also seeking to destigmatize the disease and spread awareness of the pain, discomfort, shame, and embarrassment associated with living with IBS.

In this article, the writer shares how their IBS impacts them in all areas of life, even on vacations, as the stress and change in routine and safe foods can trigger symptoms no matter how much they prep.

For this concept, I depicted IBS as a cartoonish set of bowls literally following her on her vacation to Disney. The challenge of this piece was hinting at Disney World without drawing it directly.