I'm finally (for the first time) gettin' paid for an illustration...

[Coreyartus]

Personal first steps!

Someone saw one of my hands from my 100 Hands of Family and Friends ongoing personal project, and wanted something like it for an album cover for their band. Haha! I guess those square Instagram images are good for something, right? I'm also making different image assets distilled from layers of the same hand portrait so they can use them in their 12-page CD insert. Ironically, the part they didn't want was the hand itself... LOL!

Anyway, I finally got to practice making a contract, talking about logistics, so on and so forth. I'm sure I've screwed up something somehow that will come back and bite me in the butt, but hey--I'm just reveling in the idea that someone is actually paying me to draw for them.

And I thought I'd share this little victory of mine with folks who I know can appreciate it.

Happy Dance!!!

[TessaW]

Congratulations Corey! That's awesome.

[StudioLooong]

Hooray! Congrats!

[Coley]

Excellent!

[Kat]

@Coreyartus that’s great! Congrats! Don’t worry about having made mistakes in the deal, they can be learning experiences. Right? Better now than at a later, more crucial stage in your career.

[BichonBistro]

@Coreyartus congratulations!!!

[sigross]

@Coreyartus Well done. Defo worth a happy dance

[MissMushy]

Congrats! @Coreyartus

[KathrynAdebayo]

Those hands were great! Congrats!

[Amanda Jean]

Hooray! May it be the first of many more to come

[Chip Valecek]

Congrats, thats great news!

[chrisaakins]

@Coreyartus That's great! May you soon have all the work you can manage!

[Kasey Snow]

Congrats! That's always a great feeling! Contract practice is crucial. Well done!

[MichaelaH]

Super, congratulation

[Coreyartus]

Thanks so much, gang! I appreciate it! Ya'll make a guy feel 10' tall!

[APHOTICMOTH]

Congrats! What a great first commission!! Can't wait to see it.

[Zachary Drenski]

That's awesome! Congrats!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Coreyartus congratulations!

[Phil Cullen]

Nice, congrats!!!

[lou]

@Coreyartus Fantastic news! Congratulations! We all want to see the finished album cover when it's ready too. whoop whoop!