First off, I bought a new office chair. For the last four years, I have sat on a metal folding chair in my studio, not fun, not to mention, painful. Now I know, office chairs are not that exciting but I have to share this one with y'all because......
It Is Bright Neon, Snot Green!!!
See, I'm an artist and should know colors but, the only way I can describe it is snot. Yes, I did pick the color and I had several colors to choose from. This was my choice. I have no idea what possessed me.
When my hubby came home from work yesterday, he came upstairs to my studio to announce his arrival home to me and all he could say when he walked into my studio was, and I quote, "Whoa", the chair stopped him dead in his tracks.
The good things about this chair are #1. it's really comfy and #2, I swear it glows in the dark. Most nights, I don't leave my studio till between 1:00 and 2:00 am. I turn off all the lights and then try to maneuver my way out of the studio in pitch blackness. No kidding, this chair is like a beacon in the night!. It led me to the door of my studio and I didn't even run into the wall like I usually do. Regardless of the color, which I suppose I will get used to eventually, (I just have to shield my eyes when I first walk into the studio), It's a keeper. Sadie doesn't seem to mind the color but, then again, she's a dog Shhhh, don't tell her that, she doesn't see colors. That's probably to her benefit in this case.
Now to get off the subject of office chairs.............As far as having a productive week, I sure did. I had a very fun commission come in. I got the opportunity to create two drawings, both caricature illustrations.
Basically, I'm not a caricature artist. I am a realist/impressionistic artist. This is where the stepping out of my comfort zone comes into play. It's not that I can't create a caricature, it's just not my fort`e.
But I gotta say, without trying to sound to full of myself, that I do take pride in the fact that I know the materials I work with, inside and out as I have done this "artist" thing for so many years and I LOVE to try new things. I love to learn new things.
Since it was a commercial commission involving a product that is coming out on the market, I am under a "gag" order so I can't go into too much detail about this particular commission and I can't show y'all the work I did but, I was able to help solve a problem that these people had and save them money. These people that commissioned me are not artists. They don't know how this art thing really works. It was my job to collaborate with them and suggest the best way of going about getting the results they needed. I had to get inside their heads and figure out just what was wanted. They originally wanted simple, black and white images. Later they came to me and wanted to possibly make them three color images.
I informed them that doing three colors would significantly up the cost of production for them and I said that I would work on it and come up with a solution that would keep those costs down but still give them the results they wanted. And..........I did and they loved it! It's kinda like a dance between the artist, in this case, me, and them, lots of going back and forth, tons of little changes, compromises.....and lots of phone calls!
They also wanted these illustrations ASAP but didn't give me an actual deadline so I had to figure out what that meant. Do you need these in the next 15 minutes or the next 15 days? So, I did them in two days. That was actually fast for me. That included coming up with the conception, then to the thumbnail sketches and all the way to the finished pieces. I have to say, I really enjoyed it.
And another commission just came in yesterday so I have that one to look forward to as well. I won't get around to starting this one till probably the end of next week as I had to order materials for it so in the meantime, I can work on the bunch of personal work of my own I have going including starting work on this one today..........
I will post my progress on this one soon. And a reminder that July first is coming up quickly and that means the start of the Williamson County Animal Fund Raiser. A portion of the proceeds from every pet portrait I get commissioned for in the month of July will go to the shelter to help all the furbabies waiting for homes. Space is limited. I am only one, little artist so get your requests in early.
That's all for now.............Have a great weekend!
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