My 1st ever commissioned piece.

How it started: “Papi, can you make me a unicorn surfboard?”

What it became: “And Papi, I think I want a dolphin and a crab who should be surfing on a sea turtle…and maybe I could be surfing next to the unicorn…oh, and can you put my brothers on there too? Maybe in a dune buggy.”

Me: Whatever the client wants…especially when it’s your granddaughter and she said she’d pay you “WOTS of money! Like how about a whole $20 Papi?” Still the greatest money I ever earned…but her smile was much more priceless!