SOMETHING is gonna fall in your lap, Cat.....you are TOO talented an individual to sit idle for much longer, my friend!
back before Christmas, a buddy of mine asked me about airbrushing a portrait for an elderly gent he does odd jobs for.....i told him I'd need to see a picture of what he had in mind......They brought me an oil painting of the man's sister (done back in '65).....showing her sitting on like a settee or somesuch......the background was black....her dress was black....all you could see was her lower legs, (very shapely BTW) her hands and her hair....covering her face with her right hand...and her hair cascading around that......no facial detail whatsoever.
The pic he wanted done(of his girlfriend) was to be in a similar fashion and pose......only one minor catch....She has VERY short hair.......it took a series of 5 different snapshots and photos and a great deal of artistic manipulating (and you could see a "portion" of the right side of her face, albeit in deep shadow) but I was able to pull it off....I even included her prized jewelery (bracelets, rings{sheesh what a rock he bought her} and necklaces....) The man like to had a stroke when I charged him $350....a week later I learned that a lady in these parts does portraits starting at $10,000!!!!.......I can't seem to catch a break either