Why “Storytellers Workshop?
A couple times a year, it seems, I get a call, or an email, from someone who wants to hire me for a children’s party, or some Native American event. They think from my business name that I’m a storyteller — that I sit around and tell people stories. Well, I’ll admit it may not be the best name for a freelance illustration business, but there’s a reason why I chose Storyteller’s Workshop. The name was originally for a self-publishing business I had in mind. I was going to publish my own comics, the way so many others at the time were doing — this was the mid-90s. But as I became more serious with my freelance illustration business, I realized it would be a perfect name for it. You see, illustrators are, above and beyond all else, storytellers. It’s our job to tell the story. The story of the client’s business. The story of the magazine article. The story of the comic strip. It’s great if the artwork looks good — in fact, it’s very important. But if the illustration doesn’t convey wha
