Lisel Ashlock
http://www.liseljane.com/ Conversation with an Illustrator: Lisel Ashlock As a teacher in the Midwest I am not terribly familiar with the particulars involved in making a life in a 700 square foot apartment that costs the same as I am paid per month. How do you find work? Get an apartment? Where do you live? I was interested in hearing about the mythical life of how an artist lives in New York and manages to survive. I met up with Lisel at her go-to restaurant in the East Village which featured some seriously tasty Moroccan food. This was her favorite hang out when she first moved to the city from California . Everyone has their own personal Cheers in their neighborhood. I think New York is as townie as anywhere, you just have less travel time to leave "town" and it's on bike or the subway. Lisel said she was working in San Francisco as a junior designer at Sephora after completing her degree at California College of the ...