Fia was trying to finish the commission in front of her on the tablet while talking to her mother—never a good idea. Their relationship had been strained ever since she had graduated from college. It had been five years, and Fia wished that her mother would just give up on the dream of her daughter becoming a lawyer or doctor.
Fia was quite happy making her living, for the moment, as a commission artist. Yes, sometimes she had to create furry art for some of the freakier people on the internet. Most of her commissions were family portraits done in a distinct art style. When she was honest with herself, the legit commissions were more akin to just over a third of her work. Another third were animal portraits. She made a small amount of money from her original artworks, digital watercolors
