While others post about being listed for Bologna exhibition and I cannot, let me share one of my awkward failures. That’s a part of illustrator’s work too!
Part of the job is creating illustrations, that never end up in any books. This time it was an illustration for a book with the main character called Fern. And what did I do as a sample illustration? I have drawn an actual fern with eyes! Awkward, and, to be honest, I loved her.
But it should have not been a plant, but a forest sprite. So then I have drawn a forest sprite with fern leaves on her head. And you know what? Unless her name was fern, she should have not had fern leaves on her head. End of the story. The author and I parted our ways, which is absolutely ok and belongs to the normal workflow. And I have this funny fern in my portfolio!
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