Character forming

The 31-year-old Ding says: "I'm physically challenged, so I know how hard it is for physically challenged people to fight for their dreams."

Ding recalls when she watched on TV Chinese athletes coming into sight at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games last year, tears coursed down her face.

"Every Chinese athlete was smiling. I was deeply moved by their positive attitude and had a strong desire to capture that moment with my pen," Ding says.

She spent around five hours drawing a comic piece, depicting the Chinese athletes at the opening ceremony.

The work was posted by Zhou Jiamin, the flag bearer of Chinese team, to her Sina Weibo account, which encouraged Ding to continue creating more comics for Chinese athletes.

Every time she drew an athlete, she watched the athlete's race repeatedly.

She added a pair of wings to a drawing of Lu Dong, who won the swimming championship for women in the Tokyo Paralympics.