This is a story about the largest freelance job ever assigned to a single illustrator... me!
Is Debbie Tilley Available?
Is Debbie Tilley available?
On June 28, 1995, yes that was 15 years ago, my rep, Richard Salzman received a call from the art director at Gallaudet University Press. Is
Debbie Tilley available to do samples for an up coming project? We're going to be publishing a signing dictionary for children, needing
around 1000 illustrations.... and that's how it all started....
Fast forward 15 years:
On December 4, 2010, Richard, my rep received an email from the Editorial Director of Gallaudet University press, they were ready to get started
on the Children's Sign Language Dictionary! I think that is the longest lead time in freelance history! As it turned out, I had been illustrating children's picture
books nonstop for a long time. The thought of doing 1,000 individual drawings sounded so great to me, I couldn't wait to get started.......
On June 28, 1995, yes that was 15 years ago, my rep, Richard Salzman received a call from the art director at Gallaudet University Press. Is
Debbie Tilley available to do samples for an up coming project? We're going to be publishing a signing dictionary for children, needing
around 1000 illustrations.... and that's how it all started....
Fast forward 15 years:
On December 4, 2010, Richard, my rep received an email from the Editorial Director of Gallaudet University press, they were ready to get started
on the Children's Sign Language Dictionary! I think that is the longest lead time in freelance history! As it turned out, I had been illustrating children's picture
books nonstop for a long time. The thought of doing 1,000 individual drawings sounded so great to me, I couldn't wait to get started.......
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Word: BUSY
I wanted to take a minute to apologize to all my followers (and you four people know who you are). There is a catch 22 in keeping the blog updated constantly, I have to stop doing the work, to do the blog. So in order to have a fast paced, action packed, updated by the minute blog, I would have to have no work. Then, I wouldn't have anything to write about. It's a problem. A good example is Mr. Sheen. Now that he has nothing to do, he has loads of time to tweet, blog and hawk t-shirts. The problem is, he has nothing to say, except that he's out of work. So, if you notice that I haven't added anything new lately, it means I'm BUSY.
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