no bail-outs

i was having a conversation with a friend down in florida last week, an upcoming designer/illustrator such as myself and she had the assumption that my work was always accepted and never rejected. I then explained that i get at least one rejection letter a month, my work's not always accepted. this commercial art thing and graphic design stuff is always tricky, you have to be able to appeal to various markets and audiences. but the key is to be consistent, confident in what you do and always have room to grow at your craft.

the message below is from 2005..October 26... 6:48pm...
i was just happy they responded, but i've been at this for a while now. this was 6 years ago, and this guy use to draw spiderman and was a main staple of image comics.. my dream job, 6 years ago.

Dear Marcus-

Thanks for giving Image Comics the opportunity to review your proposal. It's obvious that you've put a great deal of time and effort into this book--but I don't feel that it's quite strong enough to make it in this competitive market. Your design sense and cover layouts are light years ahead of your storytelling pages. Unfortunately, your book isn't ones that we're interested in publishing.

Thanks for your interest in Image Comics.

-Erik Larsen
Publisher

Image Comics, Inc.
1942 University Ave
Suite 305
Berkeley CA 94704

he gave me some props though... right?