West Texas Illustrator Designing for Global Brands | Rob Wilson

Brand illustrator Rob Wilson, West Texas–born and raised, now creating work for global brands across the U.S. and Europe, went from sketching in Ralls to shaping visual identities for some of the biggest names in media, fashion, and design. His roots have never left his work. In this episode, Rob breaks down what it truly takes to build a sustainable creative career, how a strong creative brief fuels better work, and why a deep sense of place can become your greatest competitive advantage as an artist.

From his landmark Victory Park mural in Dallas to his work for Todd Snyder New York, Rob's approach to brand and editorial illustration is rooted in authenticity and the human touch logos can’t replicate. He also gets personal about the life behind the art — his favorite tools, sketching in cafes while traveling, what he misses most about Texas (real Tex-Mex and breakfast tacos), and what he's building next with books and animation.

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Transcript

Welcome And Meet Rob Wilson

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to Fun of Foot Texas. I'm Christy Ramirez. Conversations with the creators of icons driving lifestyle and culture today. From Texas to the world, highness, unpaid, Texas creativity, global influence. Over 15 years ago, I discovered a further Rob Wilson and fell in love with his critical work. I ended up writing about it for the Dallas Morning News.

SPEAKER_01 0:22

Fast Forward to Now, and a talent from Rawls, Texas lives in New York City and creates work for brands like the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Todd Snyder, and Valentina. Here's my fun conversation with the lovely Rob Wilson, where we talk about growing up in West Texas, the challenge of finding Tex Tex in New York City, and why big red will be his forever dream. 12 or 13 years later, and now you're in New York City, and you have these incredible clients. I mean, New York Times, Washington Post, Design Within Reach, you know, like Todd Snyder, Cathy Luxemburg, David Webb, Texas Monthly, Valentino. Like the list goes on. It's kind of insane. And so you're having this moment right now as an illustrator. We all know how hard it is to make a living as an artist.

SPEAKER_02 1:11

As a creative, right?

SPEAKER_01 1:12

As a creative, it's so hard. Um, and you hail from this tiny, tiny little town in West Texas, Rawls,

A Childhood In Rawls Texas

SPEAKER_01 1:19

Texas. So, like, let's just start at the beginning. You grew up just outside of Lubbock in Rawls, that's true, which is just east of Lubbock, right?

SPEAKER_02 1:28

Right, right.

SPEAKER_01 1:29

Population 1600. What on earth?

SPEAKER_02 1:32

Monica Day.

SPEAKER_01 1:34

What was it like growing up there?

SPEAKER_02 1:36

No, I loved it. It was like, uh, you know, I uh I was an only child. I I drew a lot, I read a lot, uh played on the farm, you know, with the we had animals, we had cattle, we had horses, dogs and cats and rabbits, and you know, um grew up around a lot of animals um out on the farm. But lived in town and was really active in Boy Scouts and had a really great childhood, you know, growing up there. I didn't realize, you know, in a small town, but I didn't realize how small it was because it, you know, uh really my family was very active in the community and we traveled and um yeah, I had a great time growing up there. But being that kind of small town, you do, I feel like I do give that some credit because you there's not a lot to do. And you have to use your imagination. And so, you know, drawing was something that I just kind of like always lean to, and it uh I can kind of see a through line uh based on where I'm from.

SPEAKER_01 2:42

Well, also, I mean, when you talk about growing up around animals, like you have so many little animals and critters like in your illustrations now, like now this kind of you know, like connects the dots for me. But like when did drawing first show up for you? I mean, was it, you know, like when you were in grade school? Were you always just kind of like doodling and drawing? And also did your parents think like, oh my God, like how's he, what is he doing?

SPEAKER_02 3:09

He's gonna be a why isn't he playing football? Um, I asked my parents about that, uh, because I I still have photos or like photos of and still some of the artwork, you know, that my grandmother would put on her refrigerator. And from what I understand, I could draw before I could write. And so I just kind of it's just something I've always been able to do.

SPEAKER_01 3:31

Is there anything like with you know, from growing up in in Rawls and and having those formative years in Texas, like how does that inform your work today?

Turning Texas Roots Into Art

SPEAKER_01 3:41

Or does it?

SPEAKER_02 3:43

It does. It's actually um, it does quite a lot. I mean, I've had a couple of projects even just uh over the past year. Um, I was working with um Pirini Ranch.

SPEAKER_01 3:56

Oh, I love Purini Ranch. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_02 3:58

Buffalo Gap. I love Perini Ranch too. So good. Uh I was working with uh Suzanne Dross. I love Suzanne, yes. I love Suzanne, and um she had introduced me to the Purini several years ago here in New York. They already have branding, but you know, this is kind of how I work a lot with a lot of clients. It's like there may be branding that's already done, but there's something that they some clients feel like they're missing or they want to tap into, which is kind of like a more expressive or human quality that maybe a logo doesn't give you. Now for the galleria in Dallas, there's an installation that I've worked on. So Dallas Galleria brings in so many international people. People are staying there. That's kind of like the only sometimes like they don't get leave. That's the only Texas that they see. Right. And so I was asked um to bring some Texas into the skating rink area. And um, so a lot of I have a lot of new work that's uh being installed there, like I think right now.

SPEAKER_01 5:00

Well, I'm sure that's gonna be, you know, that that moment there is very much like the moment, you know, uh in Victory Park. So year, I don't know how many years ago, this is probably four or five years ago when I reached out to you and we um Victory Park was a client of mine, and we reached out to you because I was like, who, who Rob can do this? Like we need to have a kind of, you know, a mural that speaks to this moment in in Dallas for the people that are coming in for games, you know, whether it's NHL, you know, the Dallas Stars or the Dallas Mavs or concerts or whatever. And that has become such an iconic moment down in Victory Park. I mean, that mural is still there. People still take pictures of it. Um, it it's a moment for a lot of people. And so I think, you know, yes, we could have, you know, hired whoever, but just the fact that like you had worked here, you had lived here, you you have um an informed way of doing things, I think, when you're from the place that you're working around or what that you're working with.

SPEAKER_02 6:03

I think that's I think that's true. And I think uh I absolutely agree with you. And I love that mural. I do. I rarely say that about some a lot of my work, but no, it makes me so happy because I see people in front of it. You and I had a lot of fun working on it, and uh it's an area of town that I spent most of my career in uptown. Yeah and so I'd seen that area that area change so much uh in my life. And uh no, it was really uh made me so proud to be

The Victory Park Mural Story

SPEAKER_02 6:32

a part of that. And the thing is I would say about it just as much as any of the product projects, whether it's for Treene Rance or Todd Snyder or whatnot, it's like these are not projects that I'm kind of like uh, you know, you didn't approach me and say, Rob, just go dream something up. It's like these are assignments, these are like there's a there's a uh problem. There's that was a big empty blank wall. Yeah, uh, you know, that was in big victory park. And it's kind of like we needed to incorporate some community in that image because it was bringing together so many teams, the city. Um it needed to kind of work on certain a certain level, and that's what I kind of feel like all of these projects that I do the illustrations for, they come with some thought and design behind them so that they work for what they're they communicate um as a finished product.

SPEAKER_01 7:27

Yeah, I think that's and I I'm so right there with you about like the it's really about like building that community. It's like when you see that, it doesn't matter who you who you are or how you voted or what it doesn't matter. When you see that mural, it makes you happy and it says this is like this is Dallas, and we're in Victory Park, and we're going to a concert, we're going to a game. It's got reunion tower on there, it has references to the teams. It has, um, I think Fountain Place might be, might be in it too, but like it has that iconic Dallas skyline that everybody knows, and everybody takes their photo in front of it still to this day. It's oh I've done that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:05

I've taken my photo in front of it as well. So yeah, it's part of what I do with my illustration at work is to kind of like look at these assignments as uh a problem to solve. Yeah. And, you know, it's like what what in my toolbox uh of things that I do, what can I do to uh uh to solve this problem in a way that's genuine and authentic.

Authentic Illustration As Problem Solving

SPEAKER_02 8:26

I'm not a native New Yorker, but I feel like I've been here enough that a lot of my artwork also reflects New York and my life here, and not as an insider, but as some, you know, something of an outsider.

SPEAKER_01 8:38

It's like observing you're like observing. I think it's interesting to see like you're it's like an observation of somebody that lives there now, but also has this point of view from Texas. Like I think of like the Todd Snyder stuff and like those windows and how charming they, I mean, really all of all of your illustrations are so charming, but there is like a sweet, like a welcoming sweetness to like everything that you do. Whenever I see some of your stories on Instagram, like from your travel and stuff, you do a lot of, there's a lot of cafe sitting and doodling and drawing. And I'm wondering, like, does it still bring you as much joy today, like just sitting in a cafe in Italy across from another friend and less doodling like daily scenes of life? Does it bring you as much happiness as it did when you were a kid?

SPEAKER_02 9:30

I I mean, I feel like it's one of the only things that ever brings me happiness. So yes. I mean, it's like it's like one of the few things that really does. And uh it's one of those, you know, it's like whether it was I was as a child or now, it's like uh yeah, it still makes me uh extremely happy to be able to do it. I'm very, very fortunate to be able to do what I what I'm doing for

Sketching Joy And Comfort Food

SPEAKER_02 9:50

a living.

SPEAKER_01 9:50

Um what's the first thing that you do when you land in Lubbock? Like when you go, like right before you go to Rawls. Like, is there anything that you do in Lubbock, or is there a first thing that you go and eat whenever you get to Rawls?

SPEAKER_02 10:00

Oh, absolutely. That is kind of like the only thing I'm thinking about. Okay. What is it? We'll either go have barbecue, Tex-Mex, or I know I live in New York and there's a lot of Italian, but there is Orlando's and Lubbock is one of my favorite, favorite places to go. Okay. So it'll either be Orlando's barbecue or Tex-Mex. New York, great food. I know that. But the comfort food that uh I really miss Taco Deli, for example.

SPEAKER_01 10:31

Oh god, so good.

SPEAKER_02 10:33

I mean, I'm I'm not exactly a bagel person, and why breakfast tacos aren't bigger in New York, I don't understand. It's a handheld thing you can eat. It's not a big piece of bread. Um, uh, I haven't ever had a good breakfast taco in New York, and I have had so many people tell me about ones to try. I've tried them.

SPEAKER_03 10:51

No.

SPEAKER_02 10:52

And um, no, when I'm in Dallas, I will generally go to, I don't know, wherever, because they're everywhere, and um have as many of them as I can. Yeah, because I do love them. Yeah. I mean that kind of stuff is what I really miss, and you really can't get here. But these kinds of foods um I really do miss up here. Yeah. And um, so yeah, when the plane touches down, I am generally already salivated and ready to go.

SPEAKER_01 11:18

I know you kind of can't, you can't, you can't recreate that stuff out outside of Texas, I don't think.

Texas Mystique And Misconceptions

SPEAKER_02 11:25

I I encounter people who don't really have a good grasp of what Texas is and what it's like and the diversity, the diversity as far as like the mountains to the ocean, you know, to the Gulf to the desert. It's like there's no sense of that. And um, you know, I think that applies to the food as well.

SPEAKER_01 11:45

Yeah, and I, you know, and I think like Texas is really having like this interesting moment. I mean, like, I I think it's been having an interesting moment for a while, but you know, with all the Taylor Sherrod and stuff and land man and Yellowstone and you know, it's like you you can walk down to Knox and you know, they're taping Landman and you know, there's there's always something happening like in Fort Worth and in North Texas now. And it's hitting a nerve not just with the people that are from here and and and frequent those places and that they have those places in their daily lives, but outside of that, like now people are like, you know, everything from just like what's coming down the runway, like, you know, people are super into like cowboy boots and cowboy hats. And this is just kind of like how if you're from here, that's like a very normal thing is to have cowboy boots and cowboy hats and all of that.

SPEAKER_02 12:34

Um but why do you think like if you're gonna ask me if I have a cowboy hat or boots, the answer is gonna be unfortunately not. But you know, I'm tall enough as it is.

SPEAKER_01 12:43

You don't need to like extend your height anymore.

SPEAKER_02 12:46

I don't need to accentuate that.

SPEAKER_01 12:47

Why do you think, I mean, like aside from like the Taylor Sheridan stuff, which I do think has kind of like elevated it, you know, the exposure to Texas, like even more, especially Fort Worth right now. What if why why do you think uh this is something that I've always kind of like explored, like in my writing as like a magazine editor and writer, what the fascination is with like this mythic idea of like Texas and like bigger than life Texas style, like the crazy, you know, like when you think of you know, Texas women, you think of Lynn Wyatt or you think of Sue Ellen, you know, on uh Ewing. Um, and you they have these ideas. And then I do think that when people come here, they realize that it's much more sophisticated than they kind of had anticipated.

SPEAKER_02 13:34

Yeah, I think people project a lot, you know. It's like like I said, it's kind of I think Texas is kind of mysterious. They have uh ideas from those TV shows, the shows from the 80s, yeah, especially. Um, and I think that by not understanding how what Texas is like and all the different areas and like um, you know, there's pine trees, there's you know, the piney woods, there's all kinds of parts of Texas that people don't realize. Uh, because most people, I feel like, especially in New York, uh, know of two places in Texas that exist, and that is called Austin and Marco. Texas is so more, uh, so much more diverse, and there's so much more happening. And that I think that's what these stereotypes, when they pop up, um, you know, I feel like that's what people just reach into their, you know, uh memory of like the TV shows and movies and think, oh, it's like that everywhere. And um, you know, many times I'm asked, it's like, oh, you can just like go to Marpa for the day, or it's not that far, right? And it's like, no, that may be like even for my hometown, it's like eight hours or so to drive. Yeah, I mean it's a lot, and we're and it's both considered West Texas, you know. Yeah, it's closer to go to um Santa Fe, New Mexico than it is to Marvel.

SPEAKER_01 14:46

Yeah, I don't think people understand. I think especially when you're on your you're in the east coast, on the east coast and you can drive or take a train and you'll be in a different state, it very much like being in Europe where you can just kind of pop over to like you could be in Paris and pop over to Switzerland for the day, you know, like it's not that big of a deal. But here, it's a big place and it is so vastly different. I mean, West Texas is so different from east and north from, you know, Paris, Texas to Harlingen. I mean, like they couldn't be like more different, like landscape-wise and culture-wise. Absolutely. Yeah. Um, so yeah, I just, I don't know. I'm oh it's it's part of the exploration of even like front of book, Texas, is kind of like people are a little, you know, Texas is just like having this really amazing moment right now. And like I've always known that it's so amazing. And I love living here and I love being from here. And, you know, my dad was a Dallas cop and my mom was a secretary. Like, I I really take a lot of pride in like being from here. And I think that sometimes people are like, Texas, and I'm like, you don't, you don't, you don't get it. Like you have to come down and like see it's so different than I think what people's perceptions uh of it are.

SPEAKER_02 15:54

Texas is always a good grounding place. But as you were saying, it's like even in uh not far from where I uh grew up, you know, is the 4-6 ranch. And I think, you know, even that has been, you know, kind of uh uh there's some I, you know, idea of Hollywood about it as well, because of Taylor Sheridan and and uh, you know, bringing some of that to uh West Texas.

SPEAKER_01 16:17

Yeah, it's it's just it's interesting to be here right now, that's for sure.

Pens Paper And Simple Tools

SPEAKER_01 16:21

Do you have like a favorite pen or type of paper or journal that you like to use whenever you travel or whenever you're sketching?

SPEAKER_02 16:29

I generally use these pens by Tombow. They're like brush pens. Okay. And uh there's different kinds. And uh, I mean, I have them with me all the time. Uh I use I carry them with me everywhere, and uh they're in every pocket and every tote bag that I have. As far as uh paper, I generally take Muji pads. These are just uh like really simple note journals, unlined journals from Muji. Okay. Um, I love them, and there's still fit in your pocket, and um the paper is great. And no, I do a lot of uh I idea work sketching in those.

SPEAKER_01 17:05

Okay, good. Okay, more than anything. Okay, I like that. Okay, good to know. So for any other future people that you know it was.

SPEAKER_02 17:11

Cheap and cheerful is been my has been my friend. So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 17:17

I like that.

Books Animation And Dream Projects

SPEAKER_01 17:18

What big projects do you have on the horizon, like for for 2026, 2027? Is there like a dream client that you want to get? Is there a big project that you're excited about that you can talk about?

SPEAKER_02 17:30

I have a couple of book projects I'm working on. Okay. And uh very I'm excited about both of them uh that are that include a lot of illustration. Uh, those have been ongoing for a little bit. So um, those are happening this year. Okay. You know, I've done uh a lot of collaborations with companies as well. And I can I always want to continue doing those kind of collaborations, like I said, kind of like the Tweenie Ranch or what I just designed within Reach years ago or Matad, where it's kind of like, you know, you may have a brand, but there may be uh something else that you need that kind of like we just that people relate to. And uh, you know, I did that, um, I've done that many times with these brands where I do animation, printed collateral that kind of like uh promotes the brand as well. Um, ones that really aligned kind of with with what I do. And um, I don't know. I thought about, you know, it's like I would like to do way more animation. I've I've worked with uh a really terrific uh kids' science writer. And I was in Dallas a couple years ago uh talking at uh in Terra Bang Books. We went on a book tour. We'll have a new book coming out later this year uh about uh it's about it's a science book, but all the books involve animals and cats and how uh plants and how the world uh you know, how the world works. And it really encourages kids to uh be curious and be out in the world and uh have a better understanding of uh the ecosystem. And yeah, I really want to turn that into an animated series somehow. That is a product that uh is on my list of things to do. And um, I don't know. At some point, I've had a long career. I mean, some kind of show of some sort, I would like, or some kind of personal book that kind of like highlights some of the work that I've done.

SPEAKER_01 19:17

Oh my gosh, that would be amazing. I do feel is it time for a Rob Wilson retrospective?

SPEAKER_02 19:23

I don't know. I don't feel old enough for that, but I do have a lot of work. I have I did a lot of work, so maybe I don't know at some point. Yeah. But um no, I I kind of last year I all I over the past couple of years, I've also worked with um, like I said, I worked with uh Todd Seiner on some t-shirt collection. I've worked with uh another designer in Italy, uh, a knitwear designer named Luca Lorenzo. And um for spring summer 26, we have these knit shirts that I've done illustrations on. Yeah, I'm thrilled about being able to like uh work with design fashion designers and create some of how to interpret some of my work, you know, into theirs. So more of that.

SPEAKER_01 20:05

Okay, I love that. Well, that sounds like a lot of different projects that are coming down the pipeline. So you have to keep us posted.

SPEAKER_02 20:11

I want I want to do it all. Why not? Absolutely, why not?

SPEAKER_01 20:14

I mean, you are you are doing it all at

Texas Artists Rob Recommends

SPEAKER_01 20:16

this point. Do you have any favorite Texas artists right now? Is there anybody that we should know about that's kind of like under the radar?

SPEAKER_02 20:23

It's been really fun uh seeing this person who uh I've known since the very beginning of my career, who um was one of the first, I think he's the first person I ever interviewed with for a job uh at uh where I where I ultimately got my job in Dallas, uh is John Fleming. Uh John Fleming is a designer. I've known him for a very long time, and um I just I've seen his career over the past few years. He's really leaned into the Western world of and his uh fine art. And uh no, I just admire, I've always admired him, and he's so talented, and um, it's just been uh so great to see his career kind of take off, uh even more, even more than it did. But uh he was uh such a mentor to me for uh for early in my career. But it's like I would say what I usually do when I go to when I go to Dallas, I will generally stop by Barry Whistler Gallery, or I'll stop by Aaron Clooley Gallery and you know see who they're representing and see their artists. Um Alison Smith, of course, is a photographer, who's also a good friend, who um adore adore her work. And um the other person I think of too is Dirk Fowler. Dirk Fowler is a designer. He is also an instructor at Texas Tech in the design department. And he has made uh he makes the most incredible posters, silkscreen posters, uh printed posters. He does some, I think, editorial illustration. Um, I know he works with uh, he's worked. With Caleb Bennett, who is also a Texas Tech alum uh for uh different magazines Caleb has been part of. Uh and uh Dirk is just like a really fantastic designer. I know you've seen his posters uh in Dallas and uh all over Texas and internationally known. And yeah, these are people I think that are all really amazing. And it's like I really admire the.

SPEAKER_01 22:22

Okay, that's so crazy about John. I didn't know that he was one of your mentors. That makes so much sense. When I was in Marathon um a couple of weeks ago, or I guess it was like, yeah, it was la late last year. Um, he has a mural outside of a grocery store, um, which is just so fun to see. It's kind of like you're really out in the middle of nowhere, and then you see this incredible piece of art, um, which is just yeah, he's great.

SPEAKER_02 22:48

He's such it's just so it's uh it's great to see. I think he's done packaging, I see his fine art. And uh yeah, he he's uh he's always been uh someone uh who really helped me when I was starting

Rapid Fire Texas Favorites

SPEAKER_02 23:02

out as well.

SPEAKER_01 23:02

Okay, Rob, are you ready for some front of book rapid fire? You're gonna have to thank on your feet.

SPEAKER_02 23:07

Yeah, let's do let's do this.

SPEAKER_01 23:08

You're gonna have to think on your feet.

SPEAKER_02 23:10

Let's do this.

SPEAKER_01 23:10

Gut reaction. Okay. Okay, let's go. Rapid fire, this or that. Barbecue or Tex Max?

SPEAKER_02 23:17

Tech Max.

SPEAKER_01 23:18

Galveston or the Hill Country.

SPEAKER_02 23:19

Hill Country.

SPEAKER_01 23:20

September State Fair or Spring Rodeo season?

SPEAKER_02 23:23

State fair. We're getting some big tech.

SPEAKER_01 23:26

East Texas Piney Woods or West Texas Desert.

SPEAKER_02 23:29

Tough, but I was gonna say West Texas Desert.

SPEAKER_01 23:32

Tito's or Lalo, Tito's, Fort Worth or Dallas.

SPEAKER_02 23:34

I mean, come on. It's like only it's only, I mean, it's Dallas, of course. I mean, I lived in Dallas forever. I love Dallas.

SPEAKER_01 23:43

Okay, noted, noted. Yes, there's a reason behind it.

SPEAKER_02 23:46

It's not gonna be Houston either. So sorry, Houston. Um, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 23:50

Okay, Miranda or Casey, Miranda Lambert or Casey Musgraves.

SPEAKER_02 23:53

Oh, Casey Musgraves, definitely. So good.

SPEAKER_01 23:56

Luca Luca Owen.

SPEAKER_02 23:58

I went Owen. Owen.

SPEAKER_01 23:59

Okay, Owen, I love that. Rio Grande or the Guadalupe, Guadalupe. I-45 or I-20. So headed east or headed west. I think for you it's headed west.

SPEAKER_02 24:08

I think it's gonna be headed west too.

SPEAKER_01 24:09

Um days and confused or bottle rocket.

SPEAKER_02 24:12

Oh, bottle rocket, definitely.

SPEAKER_01 24:14

And I this is one that I hadn't shared with you, but I put on here this morning. Big red or Dr. Pepper.

SPEAKER_02 24:20

This is what I will say. I'll this is this is I love it. You're not gonna choose.

SPEAKER_01 24:24

You're not gonna choose. I love it.

SPEAKER_02 24:26

I am gonna choose. I'm gonna I'm gonna put a I'm not putting a steak into a ground, but I am gonna choose. I'm gonna say big red right now. Um, I mean, I love Dr. Pepper, but um the past few times I've been to Texas, I have gotten, I was like, I didn't realize Big Red was even being still being sold. And I went to the convenience store, I got a big red, and I thought it was the most delicious thing I had tasted. So good in my life. And um a fun fact, as a kid, we made uh big red ice cream, strawberry ice cream.

SPEAKER_01 25:01

Oh my god, I've never had that before.

SPEAKER_02 25:04

Let me just tell you, it's worth it's worth looking into.

SPEAKER_01 25:07

Big red is definitely, yeah. I grew up um drinking big red. It was the only, and we like my thing, we called them soda waters, and like anytime somebody wanted a soda water, it was big red hands down, like uh for everything. Like we would have like in the summer, we would have like a ring of red like our lips from like drinking big red. It was like our water.

SPEAKER_02 25:27

So I'm I'm still not sure. People have asked me what the taste is, and I'm sure my answer is that it tastes like red. And so being someone who is loves colors and works with colors, and the fact that it's like this is what red should taste like. Um, yeah, I really that is a that is a mean-spirited question, but I will I will stand by answering.

SPEAKER_01 25:54

See, I popped it in there

Big Red Peg Leg Possum Goodbye

SPEAKER_01 25:55

last minute. Okay, before I let you go, I have something to show you.

SPEAKER_02 26:02

I still don't understand that drawing.

SPEAKER_01 26:05

Um, you did this. So Brooke Hortonstein and I, um, who is a really good friend of ours, and and Brooke was forever, she was the editor-in-chief along with Rob uh Brinkley over at your city. And so um Brooke and I, she's one of my closest, dearest friends, and we had come up with this. It was after several, several drinks, several ridiculous trips that we've had together, where we came up with this idea of the adventures of Peg Leg and Possum.

SPEAKER_02 26:36

I don't understand anything about this. I don't know if I need to know any more about this.

SPEAKER_01 26:40

But you got the assignment.

SPEAKER_02 26:41

I will say you might but again, it's the assignment. I understood, and it's like, how how can I communicate this?

SPEAKER_01 26:48

That's Brooke, she's the possum, and that's me, Peg leg, and I'm holding her in the sunglasses kind of took it from.

SPEAKER_02 26:55

You both have your sunglasses on, you both look chic, and um, I mean, I feel like you know, my job was done.

SPEAKER_01 27:00

Oh my gosh. Yeah, Rob Wilson, thank you so much for being on front of Book Texas. It's been so nice to talk to you, and I just appreciate you so much, and it's just so fun to watch your career take off. And I can't wait to see what's next.

SPEAKER_02 27:14

Thank you. I appreciate it, and thank you for all your support. And it's like so fun that we're getting to do this like years later. Maybe we need to set another, we'll have another interview in like I don't know. Uh however many.

SPEAKER_01 27:27

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SPEAKER_00 27:42

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