The Scenario: Having left my former place of employment, I found myself suddenly wondering. "okay...now what?" So like any dutiful illustrator, I hit the streets, portfolio in hand to hit up any contact I might have had. 3 days and 12 interviews later I was sitting on a big goose egg and really didn't want to tell the wife I had struck out again. On a lark (or was it Divine desperation) I walked into a cold-call visit at a local newspaper, "The Memphis Flyer" that specialized in a more... unique market. I was lucky enough to catch the Editor for they paper's special round-up Best Of... edition and lucky for me, she was still looking for an artist to do the sectional illustrations. I showed her my portfolio and whattayaknow...10 minutes I had the commission.
I had to produce all 12 within 48 hours.
Those were the best 48 hours.
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