Got this email recently:
Hi Mr. Anderson, i am a local photojournalist looking to take pictures of a Cartoonist doing his job for an educational career guide called Career Cruising. if possible, i’d welcome the opportunity to take photos of you at work for this great educational tool. please contact me at your convenience.
Neat, huh?
The photographer came over this afternoon and took a slew of pics of me inking, coloring, pretending to talk on the phone, and thinking of ideas. (Lemme tell you, that last one’s a stunner!)
She asked a lot of questions, and the experience, albeit a little embarrassing, was interesting. The photographer was very complimentary about my work, and really sweet around the kids.
I was told a few times, very earnestly, that I have the coolest job in the world. And I gotta say, it’d be difficult to disagree.
Anyway, at the end I took a pic of her taking a pic of me just for fun.
We traded looks at each other’s digital pics and said good day.
Word is my pics will be up on their site within a few months. I’ll letcha know…
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Congrats! You're a braver man than me. Well, braver, or just plain ol' foolhardy.
I was just glad she never saked me to "make love to the camera."
Did she do that "YES! YES! NO! NO!" bit that Austin Powers does when he takes photographs?
That's it, Mark, you've hit the big time. If they ever need pictures of a video game designer, send them my way. 🙂
That's it, I'm giving up cartooning and becoming a big & tall model.
From now on it's all one foot up on a chair, elbow on my knee and hand on my chin in a thoughtful pose.
Look out world!