Now that his design is finalized the client mostly just comes back to me when another George is needed. They tell me what they want George to be doing and I do up some sketches of what that might look like. They then pick and choose what elements they like and I do up a new sketch combining those elements. In this case they requested an illustration of George looking thoughtful.
Left to right:
“Where did I leave my wallet?”
“What are the implications of the international oil trade on the long-term outlook of Indo-European money markets?
“Hey, good lookin’. Yeah, you. Mmm-hmmm. Why don’t you come on over here and have yourself a heapin’ helpin’ of Papa George? Oh yeah.”
Eric the Ex-Coworker
Somehow the client was able to resist Papa George. Didn’t he come on strong enough?