Happy Birthday, EMG!!
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ellenmillionIn the first week of October, 1993, 17-year-old me overcame my natural shyness to take samples of my stationery - well-received by penpals, but otherwise unreleased to the world - around to my high school acquaintances and friends. A few hundred dollars of heady sales later, the experiment was declared a success, and I buckled down and bought a business license. Started with just $80, Ellen Million Graphics was born!
Four designs were available at first, including this one (which remained a best seller for years!):
and the left two of these images:
To kick off our celebration, I am running a little introductory poll, and giving away the original cover of Dragons, Fairies and Fantasy Horses. The text was printed, then I drew all the figures around it - there are pencil marks on the original indicating where an artist list would go, as well as a few sketch marks. No charge for entering the drawing, just give me your address using the poll! (It will not be used for anything else, promise!)
[Poll #1936641]
Also coming up today: a Guppy-of-the-day, sharing my glee, some cooking, and hopefully a little writing and artwork.
Four designs were available at first, including this one (which remained a best seller for years!):
and the left two of these images:
To kick off our celebration, I am running a little introductory poll, and giving away the original cover of Dragons, Fairies and Fantasy Horses. The text was printed, then I drew all the figures around it - there are pencil marks on the original indicating where an artist list would go, as well as a few sketch marks. No charge for entering the drawing, just give me your address using the poll! (It will not be used for anything else, promise!)
[Poll #1936641]
Also coming up today: a Guppy-of-the-day, sharing my glee, some cooking, and hopefully a little writing and artwork.
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