After a trip like MINI Takes The States the demand increased for people who wanted badges. I started school and going back to a classroom after two years of being on “Special Assignment” has taken a lot out of me. As I returned I still needed to draw (I like to say it keeps me out of Arkham) so as time permitted I would doodle a few and get them finished. My rule was “Ask me once and be patient” if a person was overly demanding, I just ignored their request. “lalalalala- I don’t hear you!” Not to be mean or evil, but just because a friend of mine who is an artist talked to me once about how artists are like the golden goose, they have something that everyone wants and they want it for free. If you are a friend I don’t charge you for my artwork, I doodle something and give it to you. I know it’s a horrible way to monetize my drawing ability, but to me it’s something I do. It may be hard for you, but it comes easy to me. I choose to do it that way, and I might change my mind sometime, but for now I like the way it works. As I have told people before, I draw because I like to… once it becomes a job, I stop.
MINIon #1010 has nothing to do with all that grumbling about demanding people. Actually, this once was fairly easy since before monkeys, I drew dragons. I started drawing dragons when I was in high school, I was just doodling in Art class one day and the design kind of stuck with me. so I can draw a dragon rather quickly after decades of practice. Combining the dragon and the monkey was just a bit of a challenge, but more like a brain teaser. After you’ve drawn something so many times it not only becomes second nature, but also can see it in my head in 3 dimensions. I know I’ve got a design down, when I can sculpt it out of clay, and then no matter how I want to draw it I can. So MINIon#1010, who I have know long before I owned a MINI, wanted something with a dragon… and it was done.
This one still hasn’t been made, but I’m sure I’ll see it in 2016.