I'm typing this blog on the last leg of a trip my husband and I made to Vancouver B.C. via a cruise ship being repositioned from San Francisco to Vancouver.
After working over a year with Kate Jeong, the illustrator for Purple Carrot Books, I was determined to find a way to meet her in person. We had never met face to face. An email from Princess Cruises presented the perfect opportunity—take a cruise for two nights, spend a day with Kate and her family and fly back home.
The Jeong family (Kate, husband Don and their three boisterous boys, Steven, Danny and Harry) met us after we disembarked from the ship at the docks in Vancouver. It was like a reunion with a long-time friend. Up to that point Kate and I had only communicated via email and Skype video conferencing.
They took us to Granville Island where we browsed through the public market then had coffee and visited while the boys chased pigeons along the waterfront. Later we found a kids park where the boys played until they collapsed with hunger.
After lunch we checked into our hotel and rested until Don and Harry picked us up to deliver us to their home where Kate and Don put the finishing touches on a traditional Korean dinner with lots of vegetables served on a bed of rice. Delicious!
Today Kate and I spent two and a half hours working on our latest app,
Goldilocks and The Three Bears. We worked through the storyboard and added all the animation, interaction and sound notes. Now Kate can begin producing the finished color scenes. Kids are going to love this app.
Have you had a relationship where you did not meet the person face to face until some time later?
4 Comments on Face To Face For The First Time, last added: 5/25/2012
How fun, Chris! What a blessing to finally meet her in person. I'm so impressed with her illustrations. She's amazing!
She sure is talented, Beth. I believe her art has commercial value as well. She has a beautiful piece in her home that her boys are very proud of.
Can't wait to meet Kate! Looks like your trip was really fun! And such a talented combo you two...
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Thanks, Tracy. Looking forward to a great future.