![Panel 1 of a six-panel comic drawn with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: A yellow and orange figure working as a bartender stands behind a blue bar. They have a triangular head and a triangular hat with spikes. They wear a spiked dog collar and a necklace. Their eyes are closed; they are regal and serene with hands clasped together. Three bubbles of text describe what the bartender is wearing: "Your uniform is a crown, and flowing robes, so that customers recognise you as the sacred being you are"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/32589886-11e1-43cb-b504-cfc33eb8c26d_sfw-uniform1.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 2 of a six-panel comic drawn with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: A purple person engulfed in what seems to be a bulky sleeping bag with leg-holes. They look like a large squishy aubergine. Their eyes and nose poking out of a small hole. they have long socks and fluffy slippers on. They are sitting on a soft orange armchair. In the background there are screens and a table. Two bubbles of text read: "Your uniform is cosy and warm, because they want you to feel rested and comfortable"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/d4a9c724-e169-4851-9f78-a2fb6551c0e1_sfw-uniform2.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 3 of a six-panel comic drawn with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: The background is the interior of a brown coffee shop with tables and a cash register. In the foreground is a very long-legged purple character with platform shoes. They tower above a smaller person, who comes up to their knees, while handing the small customer a receipt. Three text bubbles reads: "Your uniform is stilts, so you can feel powerful and playful"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/2171566c-0251-43fe-9867-e22ab567c4f2_sfw-uniform3.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 4 of a six-panel comic drawn with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: A smiling green character in a kaftan and bucket hat made of green leaves stands behind a large potted plant in a garden centre. A textbubble in front of the plant reads "Your uniform helps you to blend into your surroundings so that people don't bother you and you get some time to yourself"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/90fbfd65-ac87-4177-bc33-97faef231247_sfw-uniform4.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 5 of a six-panel comic drawn with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: An annoyed red character, wearing small round glasses, a suit and a striped jumper and spotted tie, sits with their arms and legs crossed, alone in a grey tube (subway) train carriage. Two text bubbles reads: "Your uniform is basically the same as your school uniform was. But you're allowed to make it 'fun' so you don't feel like a child"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/ad7bda19-84ef-416f-a851-085a2115046f_sfw-uniform5.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 6 of a six-panel comic drawn with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: A smiling golden character is wearing round glasses, a hat that covers their ears and has a dangly pom-pom and loose robes with a high collar. They are giving a 'Star Trek' Vulcan salute with their right hand. In the background are stars and planets. Two text bubbles read: Your uniform is wear-what-you-want, because your self-expression is more important than your identity as an employee and what rank you hold in an organisational structure"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/49aeb0db-d5ba-4c6d-a16a-5f5305bae2b8_sfw-uniform6.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Your Unifrom. © Rob Bidder for Wellcome Collection.
About the artist
Rob Bidder
Rob Bidder is an artist, person-centred counsellor and educator based in Glasgow.
Rob Bidder is an artist, person-centred counsellor and educator based in Glasgow.
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