@Kayla-Groening I feel the most strain with sketching, using a real pencil and paper. Watercolour isn’t as taxing for sure. I actually devised a little gadget that would let me draw flat handed, since it was my hand cramping that bothered me the most. But digital essentially fixed that. On your thoughts about taking breaks, I think that’s crucial. Maybe set a 20 min timer and find some hand/arm stretches to do while you walk about for 5 mins, and then get back for another 20. I find this type of schedule helps my ability to stay focused and push through the less fun stuff too.

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thanks. This is what I did do and the loss of quality was minimal. It's still just a sketch so translated pretty well.

@StudioLooong I was literally listening to this episode as I read your comment. Spooky. 🙂

@Neha-Rawat Thank you. It took embarrassingly long to figure out the poses and I still wasn't quite sure.

Hopefully others will find the exercises and these example helpful.

@jsnzart I believe it! I keep that in the back of my mind all the time and I am treasuring these moments, I know the day will come when I will wish I could walk up those studio steps and sweep a little toddler up in my arms again. They always lift me up when I’m feeling down. Time marches forward always and each season brings its own sweetnesses and sorrows. Thank you for that reminder 😊

@miranda-hoover thank you for sharing this! I just watched the video and it was really helpful. I like how he broke things down and his emphasis on the stories and emotions attached to the images. I do feel like my story is cohesive so I may leave things as is

Just throwing this out there, but how about some red on the character/s you want to spotlight? Just a dab oughta do it.

This is awesome for everyone, beginners to pros!

I found it today in my feed, and I was just about to post it here,...actually I started typing it and found you @davidhohn had already shared it. Good job!

I am lovin' it!

@ambiirae The colors look great.

I just noticed something and I'm mentioning it because this looks like a perspective assignment.

I was having a bit of an illusion now that there is a background edge for reference so I verified it. The vertical lines of the building are diverging upwards. I'm guessing this wasn't intentional?

I've marked out the horizon line and the vertical for reference.Screenshot 2021-01-04 at 11.24.08 AM.png

Since the viewer is still closer to the ground, the verticals should either be perpendicular to the ground (2 point perspective) or converging upwards (3 point perspective) similar to the sample piece you've posted.

If you're working in Photoshop, I suppose it should be a simple fix using the Free Transformation.

Congratulations @RajSolankiArt!!!

@Braden-Hallett Hi Braden, thanks so much for your comment. I think you’re right about being safe with left-aligned text. I’m definitely going to try it out. And an editorial consultation! That’s a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing that!

@erinrew I use the The Printspace. Excellent quality with a good choice of paper types. They have integrated limited editions (including certificate of authenticity) drop-shipping for my website shop and only charge £8 for global shipping.
https://www.theprintspace.co.uk/

@Michael-Angelo-Go i think they're just looking for a cheap illustrator.

Google fonts is a great free resource! If you have an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription, they also offer Adobe fonts in that subscription. Many of the same fonts can be found in Adobe fonts and Google fonts. YouTube also has some great graphic design tutorials that you may find helpful.

I've had this happen twice to me the past couple months... 😰 Haven't found a solution! I just "save as..." a new version every day so that IF it's corrupted I lose a day's work at the maximum.

@Kayla-Groening i also missed that one. Perhaps we can be classmates if it returns in the future.

@xin-li I 100% agree with you on this! In fact I don't often ask the reason for requested changes (I only question it if I think the change is a bad idea) but I think I'll try to adopt your way going forward and ask! You're absolutely right that the solution they propose might not fix the problem they're actually trying to fix. Going back to the root, asking what the real issue is to brainstorm solutions as a team sounds like the ideal work scenario 🙂 Thanks for that!

@Mackenzie-Melendy I use "Export As" in Photoshop instead of pre-adjusting the size of my image using "Image Size". Using "Export As" you can tell PS to save your image as a JPG which will automatically be at 72ppi.

You can also save your image by adjusting the percentage level of quality in the image instead of changing the size.

You can tell PS how you want the image resampled when it is reduced (there are I think three different options when you're reducing that each impact the clarity of an image).

Lastly, you can just simply save it at a percentage of your original size or in different formats like PNGs.

For all these adjustments, PS will tell you how big the file is going to be before you save it. That way you can make specific adjustments.

You can find "Export As" in the dropdown menu under "File"> "Export" > "Export As". There is also a Legacy interface that lets you save things "for the web", which does the same thing but uses an interface that's from older versions of Photoshop.

I sometimes bump up the size of the image so that it's bigger and closer to 2500kb (2.5mb) if my image has room by increasing the image size.

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Also keep in mind that all the images posted on the forums are clickable, and you can see the image at the actual size you've uploaded it. I think all posts on the forums have set size parameters to which they'll shrink an image to appear in a thread, but clicking on the image itself within each post enables readers to see a bigger, sometimes crisper, version of the images posted.