Life-Changing Event

"I didn't believe I could make a living from it until I went on an unplugged vacation with my husband at the time. We had built a successful tech company, and the rush was gone because we had become successful. On that three-day unplugged vacation, it was like the gerbil wheel stopped. We thought about what we really wanted. He said he wanted to work for a gaming company, and I said I wanted to become an artist. That seemed crazy, but he said, well, interesting, let's do it. We got back and started to look around to sell our company. He landed a job at Riot Games, the most famous gaming company in the world, and encouraged me to be a full-time artist. I remember thinking, wow."