How I Got My Arch Enemy Artworks Signed

After weeks of impatiently waiting for the new Arch Enemy album to be released and the signing session to come, it was finally time. I arrived at the record shop quite early and had about two hours left before the signing session was about to start. Of course, I wasn’t the only early bird and so I had some people to talk to while waiting. The time passed by quickly and Arch Enemy entered the room and took their places at the signing table. I was among the first to get to the band and I started to get out my drawings. Michael was the first one to sign so I handed him over my band portrait. “Really? You want me to sign THAT? Where should I sign? I don’t want to ruin it. Hey, guys, look at this.” … and so on. Some of them even knew the portrait because they had seen it on Instagram before and they seemed to be really interested in it. Daniel for example closely examined his tattoos on the drawing, telling me that I did a good job, and then asked me how much time it took me to draw the picture. When I reached Alissa, I got out my other drawings as well and asked her to sign them. She immediately recognized the drawings as she too had seen them online before. She thanked me for taking the time to draw all those portraits and told me she really likes them. The ballpoint pen portrait was the last drawing to get signed but I decided that I didn’t want it to get signed. Instead, I gave it to her and told her that she can keep it if she wants to. She thanked me once again and then gave me her pen, saying “Actually, I think, YOU should be the one signing this”. So I ended up signing a portrait for Alissa White-Gluz (felt pretty weird, I usually don’t get asked for signatures). Of course, I didn’t have a lot of time with the band as there were dozens of other people who wanted their stuff to get signed, too. Nevertheless, it was really cool and I just love holding a signed drawing in my hands. Back home I framed the drawings and hung them up in my little “gallery” where I can see them every day.