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2 a.m. - I’m emailing pictures to my Power-Point client.
9 a.m. - Ring, ring -
me: Good Morning
client: “fantastic job. listen, because of snowdates, I have another day before the presentation. Can you do another picture?”
me, thinking that I have a 1:30 appointment at the spa, and a 3:30 appointment with my trainer, and I’m on to cook dinner for company tonight….: “Sure. What do you have in mind?”
client: “one face leaning forward on muscular arms……”
My client is UP. Talking faaaast.
Snap snap, so many ideas…… “Good Morning……”
We hang up, I go to wake up, morning routine…..
Luckily I didn’t start the picture yet, when,
Ring, ring - “Hi! What’s up?”
client: “Could we make that a 2-person Caricature? The first guy leaning over a brick wall. He’s in the U.S. - talking to our associate in the U.K - You’d have the Atlantic Ocean in there, and a phone in his hand
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then later, middle of the night - I draw the picture first in pencil, then in marker.
While erasing the pencil for this upbeat picture,
I flip on a movie - Ahhhh “Escape From Alcatraz”.
Point, Counterpoint.
Crazy day, Wild night, and I’m just sitting here alone.
It’s a good life:
Update: Aaaahhh, it’s all worth it. Here’s the email that I woke up to today:
“Alison, I want to thank you for an extraordinary job. My presentation went brilliantly and your slides were gut busters. That you so much for your professionalism and talent.”
Me: Smiling
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Tags: Artist, Corporate Event, Power Point Presentation, Studio Artwork, Studio Caricature
Great post however , I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this subject? I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit more. Cheers!
Well, it’s not unusual for this sort of excitement to be part of the experience. Half the time, clients just trust me to do my thing - They know how to delegate and appreciate. But plenty of times, I get clients who imagine what it is to do my job - clients who think they have to think everything out themselves. Right now, for instance, I’m drawing a Studio Caricature of a musician with long dreadlocks. He was also on the phone with me in the middle of the night. Face like this, dreadlocks like that, here’s a sample of the type of lines I want….. And and we discussed his music - not to be portrayed too dramaatically, he says, because he wants to attract clients who like all types of music…… Playing cards, hebrew letters, hands, palms up…. All this before I’ve even put a mark onto the paper. Even including what suit he wants on the playing cards…..
It makes my job harder to be involved with a super-excited client. But it’s also good to get close tho that excitement - keeps me from getting jaded.