Thanks for the feedback guys! I agree with many of your points. Will, Jake, and I will be discussing all of it soon and will let you know what we come up with. : )

@Lee-White said in Buisness of Illustration part 3!:

@neilpriceart sort of. The pdf dummy will have notes in various places. Using Adobe Acrobat, you can attach notes anywhere.

Awesome, cheers.

This sounds legit.

And, knowing your experience and knowledge in the practical, business aspect of the illustration world would make me feel confident that it would be worth the investment if we were to get some personal feedback on assignments or work done pertaining to the class. My thoughts are that getting some feedback/critique on my work would be a very important point for me personally when considering paying for a live class, because there are so many pretty good free (or very inexpensive) video courses out there. That personal feedback and direction from a seasoned professional however, would make the $500 price-point you mentioned very attractive.

All the best, and thanks for the "How to Make Money in Illustration" videos you've created. Just got through the first and have learned so much valuable info that has helped me make some major career decisions and formulate a more concrete plan on how to break into the industry (Just posted a topic in this forum asking for any info/advice on how to break into the educational section of children's book publishing, as you mentioned that is an easier way to wiggle into that market. If you have any pointers on that I would super appreciate you sharing them: http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/2257/breaking-into-educational-illustration)

All the best,

~Shams

@Lee-White Just read your feedback to Joy... you were thinking movie, but I have been working up ideas based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". I found there to be more in the way of storytelling with L. Frank Baum's story.

Hi guys,

Just wanted to announce a new class that we're going to be recording in a few weeks! I show my process for using acrylics to create illustrations. Been a long time since I rock and rolled but it's finally finished - here's a sneak preview... 🙂 

@Lee-White Maybe I could do a copy of an artist I like as is sometimes mentioned. Do it traditionally and then digitally. That would REALLY be an exercise 🙂 Once I get my book business figured out and a well oiled machine, I can spend more time on things like this again...I hope 😉

Hey gang, we have a great q&a with britt snyder on our home page. You can click here to see it too:

https://svslearn.com/blogView/-KMQqkFsiHI6GUujXfWZ

PS: We have a new video in the works with Britt Now! More details coming soon...

Thanks for the shout out! That was fun. Lots of good questions. Hopefully I answered them sufficiently.

Here's the final drawing:

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Thanks Aaron!

Misery loves company as they say - and it looks like several of us are sharing in it right now.

@Charlie-Eve-Ryan it is so funny you should bring up the neck/shoulders issue.

I have been grinding away for long hours over many weeks now finishing up the two books I have been working on. A few weeks ago started noticing some neck soreness which has slowly started to have times where it sends out some numb/tingle feelings near my shoulder. I am betting its a pinched nerve or something in my case. But it definitely has been impacting my work this past week and is a perfect reminder of how we need time away from the easel or computer screen.

I have made sure to go exercise and definitley feel like it is loosening up some after I do my swim training. (Which I had not been doing because I felt so overloaded and behind on work). Lesson learned - that darn exercise is important!

Yay! I need to go watch the first one again 🙂 I just turned a book in to a printer for self publishing. It was my going through the process and finishing a book project. Have you ever worked on one thing so long that you don't know if you like it anymore? 🙂 I'm hoping that each project will be better ....and easier...than the last!

@Lee-White Just the advice I needed! Thanks, Lee!

@Lee-White The trees, the bunnies! Love it! It is really hard not too tighten up and over do something, I think especially in watercolor because going back to fix X is not so easy. I look forward to seeing it!

I think it is awesome you guys are putting so much into the production/time and film quality for these classes...you really are taking SVS to a whole new level. It is awesome!

I'm currently watching this AND the Painting color and light course. Fantastic to watch the traditional painting-process implementing the things Will and Jake emphasize in their courses; values, shapes and colour-harmonies. I was mesmerized watching Britt paint - we need more real-time videos like this 😃

@Lee-White Great work Lee! The image with the rabbit made me smile big time!! It so GREAT!!

@Nancy-Gormezano I did see yours when they scrolled through all the entries on the critique video, if it helps calm your insecurities 🙂

They say on the 3rd Thurs page that images must be no longer than 2000 pixels in the long dimension, so I'd assume that 1600x1000 would be fine because it's smaller than that.

It's up! Check it out when you get a chance. All feedback is welcome!

https://svslearn.com/classDetail/-KCIIqwebtjpgDMRa_gn

This is such a great prompt, but always so intimidating to me. I get frustrated so easily when I've been at it for hours and everything looks wonky and the color is off. Do you have a suggested amount of time we should spend on these? I've also done some master value studies that have been enormously helpful and not quite as frustrating, but still intimidating to try and get close to a master.

I love his style! Can't wait for the video.