My first paid gig as an illustrator was in 2003/2004ish for a company called Rocketbook. I sincerely cringe at how rough my style was then. I mean, yikes- I was so green! The company, by the way, was sort of like Cliff Notes, but in DVD-format.

A few years later, in 2007 or 2008, they asked me to do some spot illustrations for an investor pitch...