In high school, I started a small enterprise by doing watercolor commissions and offering to print them on t-shirts for my peers. I posted a photo of two watercolor portraits I had done for a class project and people reacted quite positively to them, asking me to do their portraits.
I took people’s requests and did quite a few watercolor portraits for my classmates, making this my first business endeavor.
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Boy
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Girl
Above are the first two illustrations that drew in attention from my peers.
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Gia and Her Cat
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Ryan Smokes Cigarettes Sometimes
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Couple
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Buddy