**Backdated for historical purposes**
I don’t know who this would’ve been for, as in 2026 I have no recollection of anyone’s birthday in April 16th. It wasn’t anyone in the house back then. I give my younger self credit for being generous with digital art.
But the concept was actually pretty simple; I’ve heard a cousin talk about the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel while going someplace, and how it’d gone underwater for a few miles. This was amazing for me at the time, as the only reference I had for tunnels was going into New York City.
This was completely drummed out of my imagination, but to try to portray something from the real world. I had absolutely nothing to use for reference for this; there were no books in the library, and there was no Internet. All I had were Paint skills and the car clipart.
You can see how I even tried to get the concrete dividers with that sand color they’d typically have, but I couldn’t come with a close enough color.
Done in Paint on a Windows 3.11 machine, likely an IBM PS/2 65sx.