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英国男子画“蹩脚的”宠物肖像为慈善机构筹款

Phil Heckels, 38, a dad from Worthing in England has raised more than $20,000 for charity after his silly drawings of people's pets went viral on social media. He shared his first portrait(肖像) of his family's dog 6 weeks ago to inspire his son to make a thank-you card. He posted the photo of his "crap" drawing on Facebook with a message offering to sell it for £299, which was just a joke at the time.

By the end of the day he had seven requests from friends who wanted a drawing of their own pets, and within days he was busy with requests from people all over. So, he set up the Facebook page "Pet Portraits By Hercule" and explained that the portraits are free. He is only asking for donations to Turning Tides, a local homelessness charity.

"And please remember, this is not a job or business for me. It’s just something I’m doing for a bit of fun to raise money for charity," he wrote on his page. "The pictures are free. All I ask for is a donation to the charity Turning Tides Ending Local Homelessness. The donation can be whatever you are comfortable with and please do not donate more than you can easily afford."

So far, Phil Heckels has collected more than $23,000. He has already drawn over 200 portraits but says he has more than 1,000 requests backed up. "I'm just having a laugh with it," Heckels said. "People seem to be enjoying it and I'm certainly enjoying it."