I love participating in the critique arenas every month and the one time I make the final 16 my family and I had to go look at a horse... no lie!

Is there a time frame for when the Dec. recording will be posted to the critique arena class? I noticed no new classes have been posted since Aug. or am I looking in the wrong place?

Thanks in advance.

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you for replying 🙂 LinkedIn doesn't seem very popular with artists or illustrators...

@davidhohn @NessIllustration Thank you so much for your responses and reminding me about the scope of distribution. I just sent off an email asking a few clarifying questions and I'm going to hunt down a copy of PEGS. I'll update if the project goes anywhere. Thank you again!

@kalyquarles Very glad that it was helpful.
And that is a good video! I remember that it was posted on these forums.
I have watched other Art Prof videos that are not "wrong" so much as "not right" either. The legal info in that channel is a little hit and miss.

@krish-iyer @txels thank you so much for the help you guys! I couldn't go to the right direction without your feedback.

@Miranda-Branley hi! the way I draw leave is that I only draw the the ones at the front and then just doodle some leaf-like shapes in the background. I focus the detail on the front and leave the back parts semi plain.

@cianamacaroni I think it works! It looks very much like the picture, and not dull as the 1st scan. Well done!

Going through your work I expected a whole different situation but your work honestly surprised me, I'm not a pro at all but I can see that your work has a level of proficiency that a lot of people find difficulty getting to.
In terms of style and sticking to it, my opinion is that we are made up of many things and have many influences, it's often implied that we must pick one thing and stick to it, but honestly, I think that's not necessary
I think it's okay to have a few styles to work in, to have different ways in which we express, render and illustrate
what you see as inconsistency, I see as variation
I'm not sure of what your situation is so I can't tell you what you should or must do,
But I don't personally think you will have much trouble getting work because of using a couple different styles of which they are all appealing and interesting to me!
your work is so cool and I can totally imagine it fitting into so many areas of professional careers !

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I usually switch between standing and sitting. Luckily I got a desk that can adjust accordingly, makes a ton of difference for my back!

Pinterest 100percent!

@davidhohn Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I was very surprised by my previous experience when the editor refused to receive my proofs. Honestly, I am guessing it is probably someone in the production team who decides these things is not willing to do a bit extra work. The editor has no power to decide that. I worked as a graphic designer ages ago. I would go down to the local publishing house to see the proof print and ask for adjustments to be done in person back in the days. I am still in good communication with the editor and I continue to receive work from them. They contacted me for a second book starting next year, I will try again to bug them about the proof. You never know. The first book I did for them I got 2,5 months to complete. Now I asked for 6 months - it was no problem at all.

I heard from a designer friend yesterday that ChrisWare would fly across the globe to the printing house in Asia to make sure his book is printed properly.

As for my current project, I looked into the soft-proof option in photoshop. I am also in dialog with the editor. I am hoping she will accept me sending her production team a physical copy of the proof. I was also told that I will receive another round of proof, which is a good starting point I guess.

Chris they go into detail on this in the class: breathing life into your characters. There is a section on poses. I started it yesterday since I have always wanted to get around to that one and it seemed necessary for this prompt in particular.

@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson Thank you! I do use a lot of reference when drawing hands. There are still some negative expressions I have to draw, and I'll think about changing the outfits a bit on a next one.

@carlianne Thank you! 🙂 I feel like there is so much to learn and expand over. I'm currently trying to relook at my artwork and work on stuff missing out from my pieces and these pointers are very insightful and helpful.

It’s gorgeous don’t fret my pet!

Hi,
I agree with everything that has been said and would like to add that if you have scanned or photographed pics, make all the backgrounds the same shade of white and get rid of the scanner edge. or make it purposeful.
Doro