Then and Now

In July 2017 I made the image on the left. It took 20 hours to create the iceberg.

Then I thought it was a failure. Thought I was too old to start down a new path of paper illustration. Wondered who in the world would hire me to craft paper web headers, paper editorial illustrations, or paper campaigns for them.

2 weeks ago I made the mountain on the right for Epicurrence. It took 20 hours, too. However this time I'm freelance, understanding that it's not about how good I am, but rather that I don't give up.

***Next Wednesday, December 5th at 2:30pm ET - I'm talking to @diane gibbs of Design Recharge about how I've moved from being conquered by negative self talk to now empowering myself with positivity. ***

I hope you join me on this Zoom call , as I believe you have more potential and capacity than you'd ever thought - and more often than not, you're the one getting in your own way.

Posted on Nov 30, 2018
Alicja Colon
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