1,2,3 advice

1. ) Life is about taking a chance!

My dad often say's to me (and we have all heard this from someone lots of times before)..that..'life is about taking a chance'!...but when told this, do we actually take it in... because when a big/small opportunity does come along, how often do we just waste time thinking about whether or not to do it etc...whatever it may be!....Well I figured that for me...the more I think about whether or not to take up an opportunity, I hit upon reasons not to and thats what puts me off...I over think too much (tut) So from now on when an opportunity does come along, I'm going to skip the thinking part and just say YEAH and then there's nothing I can do about it but do it. And if it goes wrong than so be it...life goes on!

2. ) You have to fail first

Yep this makes sense to me because I do often fail things first time round, however when it comes to art, it's often that illustrators/designers think there not good enough to carry on if they failed to please previous commissioner(s) If you can over come this then you can over come anything and you no you belong in the art industry if you haven't given up! Nothing come's easy and if you want to succeed you have to show and prove to yourself that it is what you want to do and it is where you want to be...you have to fail first to appreciate the high's!!

3.) Don't be so hard on yourself

Illustrators, designers, artists...it is known that we are are own worst critiques and to have that attitude if you want to get commissioned will not get me (you) anywhere! Having confidence in yourself and what you do will show, and this puts confidence in the person who may want to commission you...the last thing they want to hear is...I'm not sure about this piece I did, it could be a lot better! I't's about believing in what you do that will allow you to feel confident in talking about your work to a potential commissioner!