The Artist

The first time Vinnie knew he was different was when he was 7.

Drawing was always Vinnie's specialty, one night he drew a small UFO, a perfectly circular disc with a bubble atop the centre. Inside was an alien waving, as the ship was beaming up a sheep - he thought a person would be difficult, and a horse or cow seemed too big. The very next day, Vinnie was out on a walk with his family, in the distance, off to his right over a field, Vinnie saw the exact same UFO he'd drawn the day before, and it was beaming up a sheep.

Four whole years later, almost having forgotten the mysterious circumstances of the UFO, Vinnie drew a viking ship with axe-bearing, helmet-wearing vikings shouting expletives. The following day, Vinnie went to the beach with his parents, and what did he see? You guessed it, the very same ship with the same lion's head prow - don't ask why he chose a lion, he just thought it looked cool - and the very same vikings.

He kept practicing his ability, always careful about what he drew, he could never show off his art. The anomalies always happened around him, but no one ever connected them with him. In fact, a lot of people didn't believe The Artist was real, it was a myth, a theory, a conspiracy that he even existed. How could anyone prove it without him showing what he could do? Even then people would think it was staged. So he stayed quiet, he “solved” crimes. He'd drawn bank robbers being arrested, and even missing persons being found. Vinnie didn't think of himself as a traditional superhero, with no public presence and no proof he existed, but he saved lives and that's all that mattered.