Hi Kris, sounds like you have had a similar journey to myself. It's exciting times. Wills also inspired me to become an illustrator.
I wish you all the luck and I am sure your dreams will come true.
Have a great day.
Pete

Hi Jake,

I just love the you tube videos too, they are equal parts informative and funny! They crack me up, well done! And of course SVS rocks, so thanks for that too!

Waves hi! High five on the new site, it's hands down awesome! SVS rocks, thanks Will!

Cute style! 🙂

@Maile-McCarthy That's great! It's really not that unrelated though if you think about it, just a different way of understanding and application.

The kinesthetic/tactile learning involved in fitness and play is much like sculpture for drawing. We learn how our bodies move, how to observe our clients and how they move, we look at them from many different angles. It gives us a three dimensional feel to situations and (I think) improves understanding of physics, and thus our visual articulation.

That's why animators are thoroughly encouraged to act out their scenes or look at live reference as much as they can, so they can FEEL the movement and interpret it as realistically as possible. They get a sense of where to emphasize frames for timing that creates that realistic weight of a character or prop, as well as seeing form in motion from a variety of angles.

@Maile-McCarthy Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind words and you taking the time to check out my site! And I agree this community is really exciting to be a part of! Rich

Really like your work and the Sea Creatures especially caught my eye!

Hi Ben,

thanks for sharing your site. I really like your colors in the Splash illustration-- really grabbed me. Looking forward to seeing more.

Maile

Hey Nor,

Great to see you here! Wow, a 20 year detour?! What's cool though is the stuff you've learned during your career is a nice supplement to your illustration knowledge. I'm sure it comes in handy at times.

Great artwork, thanks for sharing those links. Looking forward to what you'll be posting here.

Hey Rowan!

Glad you're here, and I hope you get a lot out of this forum and SVS. Don't feel daunted, we are all working to get better, and I think everyone feels a little bit the same.

I love your skewer idea! I'll have to try that with my kids.

Great to have you here Rob! I miss Washington.

@ryan-sutheland that was one of the best simpsons episodes.

When of the best things you can do to become a better artist is to do a comic consistently...because you have to know how to draw EVERYTHING. So kudos to you for taking that on.

It's great to meet you!

@Jake-Parker Thanks for the warm welcome, Jake! Sorry I'll miss you at SDCC! Talk Soon - km

Glad to have you Courtney! We're really excited to be able to build an artist community here - thank you for sharing! 🙂

@Jake-Parker at Buddybooks.nl you can find us. We only publish childrens books, no more than 10 per year. Dutch language.

Wow Steve! What a story. Glad you're here, and love your positive attitude!

Hey Freddy! Glad to have you on board.

Nice to meet you.