Snowed Under? No! Surfed Under!

I'm happy today (now at least hehe) guys and girls, Ive been working a commission for about a month now and now it is all done and finished. =) It was something I haven't done before so I got a chance to stretch my skills a bit. VERY VERY frustrating at times but in the same token it was very rewarding.

One of the Partners where i work, Will, (whom i mentioned in a lift ride one day when asked what I was doing the weekend, i said "just working on my sorta graphic website" just in passing!) came up to me and said "Hey Yazzi (continually *thanking* Raquel for starting that nick name) do you still do all that graphic design stuff?" and I said "yeah!!" then he asked me if I could design a logo for him and his mates to put on a shirt for when they go on their surf road trip! "I'll pay you of course, I don't want a freebie!" - how nice is that. Even though he is a partner and essentially my supreme boss, he wanted it to be seperate thing from work (which i LOVE).

So anyway, that's what I've been working on for the last few weeks. Here are a few photos of the final designs on the shirts and everything. he he.


Heres a close up of the front design, with the four mates in the kombi:


But the best bit was after I'd finished and I told Will how much I thought it would be, and he said "WHAT?" I instantly panicked. I have no idea how much these things normally cost so I have no idea how to charge for them! Then he scratches out what I'd written and writes a new amount - nearly triple what I wrote!! and he said "Don't sell yourself short!" How nice is that! I don't know if its because I haven't really been having a good time at work lately or not but these few small words made my day (of course not the money side, I just love doing the work itself) but it was the fact that he was acknowledging my time and effort and it felt great!