@Nyrryl-Cadiz Interesting. I have an x-pen and it has a roughness that I personally appreciate but I do think the screen is a little duller which I really dislike. I guess the matte protector might present a similar pay off. It's coming this evening so I guess I'll find out soon!

And thanks for digging that out @korilynneillo, if my one loses its edge fast I'll give that one a go next!

@Aisleen Those are good points, it kinda depends what the purpose of your website is. If it's designed to be a casual walk-through museum of your art, then the multiple categories and dropdown...click pace of navigating it works. If your goal is to sell illustration services, having your best work right on the front page is highly beneficial. The 4 squares is a barrier to click through in that case - "Just show me some art already!" Consider who your target audience is and why they are visiting your site, that will help guide website design decisions.

Thanks everyone for the reply. I do like the idea of letting the client decide the sketch they like and going on from there. This was all good advice thanks again.

I don't think this has been said and I haven't checked out the suggested sites, which may be a better solution, but if you search in Google for Poses, instead of trying to look for a unique pose, you may find what you're looking for. That's helped me in the past. Also, it helps to learn if you find a close pose and modify it a little.

I'm going with the first one but I made a little space between the lips and the streaming thingys. Thanks all!

@LauraA well said!

Thank you for posting this! As someone who has yet to create their first portfolio, this will be invaluable information for me.

Thanks again and congratulations on winning the grand prize!

@aprilshin Good point! Thanks 🙂

@Auterald you can post them here or maybe you can email low res illustrations to an artist you trust

@thousandwrecks Good point, and thank you! Yes, SVS has been a great place for me to learn new stuff and get a bit nutrients. Till last week I have been working on one project nonstop (except sleep, eating , etc.) for an entire month. Yes, tight schedule and crazy deadlines. This week has been a little bit better, hopefully I can finish these projects in time and have more time for learning/growing. 😁

The examples @Neha-Rawat posted are good. I would consider upper left and lower right prefect examples of vignettes.

I'm going to address this more from a business/ pricing angle.

You want to be careful of "feature creep" in art direction. Vignettes are often priced low because they are "less work than a full page illustration" but art direction can describe a super complicated scene -- albeit with fuzzy edges -- and a client will try to claim "it's a vignette". In my opinion the upper right and lower left images are full page illustrations due to the amount of information included in them. Of course the client can size them as vignettes but I would price them as full page.

@Christine-Garner Thought you might be interested to know that Kitbash3D has a free minikit Neo City for sale at $0!
I just got it. Thought it would be good to mess around with.

I don't know which is the best one but from my experience you should STAY AWAY from Fiverr!!!! STAY AWAY!!!

this is just expectations.
you expect your skill to produce to you the thing you want.
and while your attitude is correct that you should step in try to research it, it wont necessarily live up to it.

even the greatest of all masters have more to learn. there is just to much for one live, to learn everything there is to know.

so the best thing, to me, is to lower the expectations. or to not set it like this-but rather treat your process-as it is-a process. not a target for finalized pieces. I mean , if you want finalized pieces, go for it, but don't expect them to be as you thought it would be. since as you said, there is a gap.
but, if you want to become professional, that might not be good enough for you.
what I've seen pro's do is make the illustration more simple, but deliver the same emotion. so you could concentrate on that minimalistic approach. i don't know what genre/style you are in, but everything can be simplified and even be better at transferring the emotions.

also, it might be that it takes alot more time, and that your foundations are solid enough. perspective to me is king. then its the rest, proportions/anatomy/gesture, shading/color, composition.
if your foundations are solid you should be able to tackle most things. perspective is killer. it takes a lot of training and proper one(not necessarily on this site, stuff like drawabox.com), to reach the level that you draw freely 3d depth like shapes.
hope that helps?

@LisaF I have set the categories to my homepage because sometimes I like to browse with more intention through the threads. Like when I accidentally hit back and lose a thread that I had originally opened in the recents and have to go searching for.. But I would really miss having all of the recent posts highlighted for me if categories menu were to completely take it’s place. The forums work well when you get past the initial struggle 👍

@sigross sweet, I'll check it out, thanks

One more illustration to do unless I keep the curent one (which I don't know if i like). Then I can figure out hwo to put it together. Ha!

Sorry, I couldn't get them the right size to share here so I photoed them on my computer screen or they might look better 🙂

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@Julia thank you! I'm really happy you like it. ☺

@Hector-Sandoval-Ormeño I'd love to give it for free but I'm already not earning anything from the books. i don't have money to spare. I honestly don't know where I'll get the money for shipping if not from the backers. $4 can add up if you have multiple backers.