Charlotte 5-year-old shows off incredible drawing talents, inspired by Garfield

THE YEAR.

HER MUSIC HAS BECOME

MAINSTREAM.

SHE IS THE ARTIST WITH THE MOST

GRAMMY NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR.

>>> A 5-YEAR-OLD ARTIST IN

CHARLOTTE LOVES TO DRAW HER

FAVORITE CHARACTER, GARFIELD.

>> IS MY KANSAN REPORTS, HER

DRAWINGS MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO

GARFIELD'S CREATOR, WHO IS NOW

INSPIRING THE LITTLE GIRL TO

KEEP DRAWING.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS LOVED HIS

WORK HER WHOLE LIFE, ALL FIVE

YEARS OF IT.

>> IT IS WHAT I DO BEST.

>> Reporter: HER MOM COULD SEE

IT EARLY ON.

>> SHE WOULD STAY INSIDE THE

LINES AND NOT ONLY MYSELF,

PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT IS

AMAZING.

>> Reporter: ONE CARTOON ON THE

COMPUTER CAUGHT HER EYE.

THE WORLD-FAMOUS LASAGNA LOVING

HOUSE CAT, GARFIELD.

YOU SEE THE PICTURES HERE.

>> IF HE WAS WITH HIS FRIENDS

HE WOULD TELL STORIES.

>> Reporter: MOM POSTED THE ART

TO HER FACEBOOK FRIENDS, ALL 40

OF THEM.

>> THE PICTURE GOT SHARED TO A

GROUP.

>> Reporter: THROUGH THE POWER

OF SHARING, GARFIELD AND DOTY

GOT TO MUNCIE, INDIANA, AND THE

TELEVISION SCREEN OF JIM DAVIS.

DAVIS THEN WROTE A MESSAGE ON

HIS PAGE, BACK TO HER.

>> GREAT DRAWING.

I TUNE IN EVERY MORNING TO GET

THE FORECAST AND I HEARD ABOUT

YOU.

THE MORE YOU DRAW, THE BETTER

YOU GET.

YOUR DRAWING LIKE SOMEONE THREE

TIMES YOUR AGE.

KEEP IT UP YOUNG LADY, YOU HAVE

AN IMPRESSIVE GIFT.

JIM DAVIS.

THIS IS AMAZING.

>> Reporter: A WORD OF

ENCOURAGEMENT FROM AN ARTIST ON

HER YOUNG TALENT.

FOR HER MOM IT IS SPECIAL, A

PICTURE OF HER BRIGHT FUTURE.

>> IT HAS BEEN SO AMAZING AND

HAS MEANT SO MUCH.

>> DO YOU KNOW, THOSE WORDS