Dready is a character and a style of art created by West Indian (Jamaican born) artist Shane Aquart.

Since its beginnings in 2004, Dready art has evolved from just images of that character, to a style of art embodying the colours, humor and style. Images of stingrays and turtles of houses and boats in the Dready style are just as common as Dready himself. Yet, Dready remains the iconic center of the art

Art

Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....

. The people in Grand Cayman

Grand Cayman

Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the nation's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles southwest of Cayman Brac.-Geography:Grand Cayman encompasses 76% of...

 now recognize Dready as a staple of the community

Community

The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...

 through various charitable endeavours. One such project would include fund raising for the Blue Iguana

Blue Iguana

The Blue Iguana or Grand Cayman Iguana is a critically endangered species of lizard of the genus Cyclura endemic to the island of Grand Cayman. Previously listed as a subspecies of the Cuban Iguana, it was reclassified as a separate species in 2004 because of genetic differences discovered four...

 Recovery Programme and the Guy Harvey

Guy Harvey

Guy Harvey is a marine wildlife artist and conservationist. His depictions of sealife, especially of sportfish such as marlin, are very popular with sportfishermen and have been reproduced in prints, posters, t-shirts, jewelry, clothing, and other consumer items...

 Marine Institute. Both continue their studies in their respective fields.

"Dready … has become an instantly recognizable style of art rather than just a character. Colourful, modern, fun, irreverent and cool …"

History

Dready started life as a doodle in the early 1980s but Shane didn’t begin planning the first Dready designs until the late 1990s.

Dready art first began appearing on the scene in late 2004, making its move from doodle to a rendered postcard

Postcard

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 design and original art; then onto T shirts in late 2005 and bags and baseball caps in 2006.

"The simple cartoon

Cartoon

A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...

 designs lend themselves perfectly to T-shirts and baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

caps with their bright colours and quirky messages"