Jenn Ski the illustrator?

I never would have thought of myself as an illustrator. Never! Back in college, I was told by my boss at my graphic design internship that I was not an illustrator and that I should stick to graphic design. I guess everyone has had someone put them down at some point in their lives. You just have to brush it off and keep going, I guess.

Anyway, I'm working on an alphabet of animals different from the set I've been selling. Because it's such a large project, I've become the biggest procrastinator - not because I don't want to do it, but because it feels so overwhelming! So yesterday I had a meeting with my agent, Lilla, and she gave me some great tips to stay on track...

I've gotten myself on a schedule: I assigned myself projects to work on each day and posted the dates at which they're due at a client's. I got myself an actual, physical calendar (I just don't have the discipline to organize around one of those computery ones). Now I can literally see where I'm at on any given project.

I still need to add some more tasks to it, but just having a visual representation of where I'm at and where I'm going takes a huge weight off my shoulders!