It's a heady thing, each new illustration assignment. So why do we illusrators freeze for a moment to take it all in. I almost want to go on a vacation and just let it sink in. I reread the text, imagine all the possibilities, and then stare at the paper. White and intimidating. Rough sketches, they look awful. But they have an energy that will go along with the the new enthusiasm; a month from now I'll be struggling to recreate that enthusiasm.
Whenever I was disappointed in a young male interest, my mother always said, "Someone better will come along." And they did.
But in this industry, I always wonder about those that got away. And what I did wrong.
So now, someone good has come along. Hmmm, I muse, will it be permanent. Am I just on "spec"? Only time will tell.
White paper. It stares back.
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I know what you mean about procrastination. However, at an ad agency, that ends at 9am whether you have a good idea or not. We are lucky to have 2 really great ideas in our portfolio a year the way they set deadlines. PS. Love the watercolor slide. What a great idea to show off work.
I am so feeling what you just said...I wrote a little children's book, written in verse, and currently working on the illustration so I can send it off and see if it will be picked up. I have drawn and then redrawn so many of the pages that I don't think I will ever get finished. Some of the things I need to put on paper I can't find the "illustrated vocabulary" for, if you know what I mean. AGHHHHHH!
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