Sometimes I forget all the work I've done....

I often find I underestimate how much artwork I have created in my 31 (almost 32) years on this planet. I think it might have something to do with seeing the same work over and over, I start to think I'm not creating enough or I don't have enough quality work to showcase. Some of the work has been lost thanks to carelessness on my part: digital files have been lost when hard drives have crashed numerous times (I back up obsessively now), I've lent out artwork and I'm not sure I'll ever see it again (mostly because I know where it is and I'm too lethargic to retrieve it), or I've given/sold work before I've taken photos for my portfolio. Below are some Illustrations I did as samples for a manuscript. I'm guessing nothing ever happened with the manuscript or they decided to go with a different illustrator, because I never heard a peep about it after the client and I settled up. I was always taught by my children's book professor (the amazing and talented Patricia Cummings), that manuscripts should not be submitted  to publishers with art samples unless the manuscript and art are both by the same person. But when you're a freelance illustrator, sometimes a job is a job and adding my two cents about what a client should do just seems unnecessary. So I did the following and forgot about them, but looking back - I'm pretty satisfied with how they turned out. Also, ducklings are adorable and extremely fun to draw, especially wearing hard hats.