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Even though I can draw a little, I
never thought I could “illustrate.”
Why, I didn’t have thirty units of
upper division credits in illustration,
so of course I couldn’t be an
“illustrator.”
However, a cocky young student of
mine looked at me in wonder when I
asked if he had considered being an
illustrator and a designer. “But, I am
an illustrator,” he exclaimed. Well, if
he could be an illustrator with only
a community college vocational
degree, then just maybe I was buying
into the elitism that labels talent by
education and background rather
than by actual output. I decided
then and there that I, myself, could
“illustrate.” That night ...