I had a couple of odd customers yesterday. They were pleasant enough, but I was pretty frazzled by the end, and they didn't even do anything (technically)!

The problem was that they absolutely did not react to anything I said. At all. Pricing, color limitations, even my explanation of how their relatives' photos would come out on shirts was met with ( Read more... )

I just had a revelation about my art. I can't decide if it's exciting or depressing. I thought I would share in the hopes that it might help someone else, if not myself.

I avoid drawing a lot. The best example I can think of would be when I'm at work. My job is to design t-shirts, both for our retail store, and for customers. We do far more designs ( Read more... )

My boss just told me a story.

Shannon, the girl who manages our kiosk in the Jackson mall, was shopping in Dillard's when she accidentally dropped her credit card. She didn't notice and moved on to another area. The security guards called her to let her know that her card was sitting on the floor in the children's section.

While Shannon was making ( Read more... )

I hate when customers call and act like we're BFFs.

"OH HAY Courtney! OMG we want you to design a new shirt for us!" Like that's the highest honor they could possibly bestow upon me. XD They don't realize that I'm actually working, and while art is a fun pastime for me, scheduled and constricted art is not :B

I dread doing shirts for religious ( Read more... )

So I bet you're all wondering what I've been up to in all this time that I'm not on here...Here's the scoop:

I got that job at Ink Spot (t-shirt printing place) and like, three days in, got offered an art manager position. Niiice. Of course, the job wouldn't take effect until either the old art manager leaves or until he is...disposed of *cough*... ( Read more... )

First and foremost, I would like to say that Starbucks Coffee Almond Fudge ice cream is just about the best thing ever invented. Ever. You should go buy some now. I had no idea it existed. What a wondrous turn of events in this time of terrible desperation and self-loathing! It's coffee-flavored ice cream, smooth and thick with like, a ton of sugar ( Read more... )