So, for the first time since I started with the crazy business of taking artwork commissions, I've got a backlog of projects! Whee! It's exciting and stressful at the same time, because I don't like to spread myself too thin and work on eighty things at once. I spend all of my energy focused on one thing until it's done, then methodically move onto the next. I feel like I'm such a jerk when I have to explain that to an interested "customer," but so far all the people I've worked for have been really awesome and understanding. I've only had one bad experience in the 2 + years I've been doing this, so I can't complain about that! Granted, I'm not some amazing pro who has work all the time. It's just recently that I've gotten a few all at once. Up until this point, I wasn't working on much of anything. I think part of it was the bad experience I mentioned above (basically finishing some illustrations and not getting paid for them) and how stressed I am all the time at work. (Can't really get into that!)
The only negatives in my life right now are my job. I work 40 hours a week, and usually until 7 PM, and when I come home I'm so tired and sore from carrying this baby around that all I do is laze around on the couch watching Jeopardy. :( If I had even two or three days off in a row, I could get so much done!! I'm hoping Fiona isn't a fussy baby and likes to sleep so maybe I can take commissions while I'm on maternity leave. ;)
I'll post some links to the newest commissions I just finished as soon as I get the OK to publish them on my website.
