Families to the Rescue!
- Cara King
- Sep 29, 2020
- 1 min read
It's been an interesting lockdown for me here in Melbourne. In early March my family and I managed to slip in a quick couple of weeks in Bali which was beautiful. We returned home to bare supermarket shelves, toiletpaperless panic and the start of Covid. I went back to work for 2 days, and was then asked to work from home, and within the week, I was made redundant. Soon after we were homeschooling and experiencing a strange new home-based world.
This break from my graphic design role allowed me time to shift my focus back to illustration. I managed to finish a book for EK Publishing (Courageous Lucy due out February 2021), plus start a new book contract. In the meantime I thought I would pop a post on Facebook about creating family portraits for Mother's Day. I was full of gratitude for the many requests that I received and these have flowed on consistently. In the last 6 months since my circuit-breaker redundancy, I have managed to build this little portrait business into something sustainable.
I am still pinching myself that I can make art for a living. It has always been a dream of mine, and I'm so thankful to all the families that have helped make this happen for me.
I found the post really helpful, especially how it shows simple ways to handle a blog directly from your live site without extra tools or steps. When I was trying to stay on top of blogging while studying, I once used MyLab class help to keep assignments in order and still manage my content schedule. That made my routine smoother. It reminds me that good planning keeps both school work and personal projects going.