<p>Taxguy,
Thanks for the encouraging words about the free lance aspect of illustration. We will see what happens. I did talk to D last night and did ask the questions “what do you for fun”? Perhaps this was the wrong time to ask as she is in the middle of preparing for final crits. Her reply was “Fun? This is art school, they work us to the bone”. I do know however she did go the Holloween parade in the Village, visited SOHO frequently, and a few times when I called her on her cell she was in a dressing room in the city shopping. She also has frequented bars in the Pratt neighborhood, but according to her there really isn’t too much time to have fun as the work required, especially in her studio classes is tremendous. She is very motivated and it is extremely difficult to get A’s in her studio classes. In fact in the beginning of the semester the profs told the class that they do not give out A’s for midterms and that the majority of the students will get C’s. As it turned out she got B- in her Drawing class and in Light Color and Design Class which was the highest grade given. Interestingly she said that there is a certain amount of competition and when asked by some other students what she got she was very vague. She also said that the Profs have no problem giving Fs if you do not come to class and or keep up with the work. Her goal is to get A’s for final crits, which she thinks she might be able to do.</p>