Here is a toast to all the artists/illustrators who continue to create the art that truly inspires and speaks from within. Thank you Danny Gregory, Dan Price, Tommy Kane and many others (you know who you are) for proving that what some may consider to be "comp" art is anything but mundane. Your unique art,your sketchbooks and journals, continue to inspire me everyday.
A toast to my wonderful professors at FIT that I was so lucky to have worked with for two years, for teaching us to do what we really want to be doing whether or not it pleases the art director that will eventually throw it back in our faces.
A toast to the artist/illustrator who continues to just create something whether it be to spread awareness on an important issue or for the mere pleasure of creating a simple picture. I respect that it is such a privilege to have the power to decide when a personal visual statement is "finished".
And finally, a toast to my amazing classmates who taught me so much about being a good person, colleague and illustrator in such a short amount of time. I wish you all success in your future endeavors. You are so kind and amazing at what you do.
I think Danny Gregory states it quite beautifully when he says:
" Life changes and you have to remain vigilant. The good thing is that when you fall off the wagon it'll still be there waiting for you to clamber aboard again. I can always find a pen and a piece of paper."
So, today I will get back on the wagon and I will begin to sketch again. But first, I will put on my janitor's hat because it is about time to thoroughly clean my studio and organize all of the stuff I have collected in the last two years: the piles and piles of sketches, photographs, postcards, magazines, catalogs, books and inspirational things....quite a big job for a "messy" illustrator.
