@NessIllustration It does seem a bit ironic! I know when I first started learning Illustrator I thought it would be the greatest thing ever, since I love drawing so much.. but it is very different. It reminds me of my earlier days using GIS mapping software, with all the vectors and having to close polygons etc. It is obviously incredibly powerful, people do amazing stuff with it.. but it does feel different to how I naturally draw.

@MountainBeehive LOL. I think there is a lot of variance in MTG artists. The one I was looking at was on my dream list for a reason. 😉 Some artists do massive canvases partly so they have something to sell after the card is made as well. My understanding is each card isn't a huge sum so you either work really fast or need other income streams. I'm no expert though.

Hello! I m having the same issue, could you tell me how to turn it off? I tried as I found online and it didn't work... Thanks!!!

@mag

Other than doing the usual thing of estimating time and charging an hourly rate I'm really not sure.

I suppose you could always ask them what their budget is...

I'd check in whatever contract you sign that you still own those sketches though.

Thanks, @NessIllustration! In the end, I was convinced that they only wanted it for their own organization, so I sold it for time spent. It was a small amount, but more convenient than teaching ESL!

@hannahmccaffery thank you! 🙂

@aleksey Yeah I got applecare for my ipad and the screen had some light leak down the side. I think I crushed it slightly climbing over a boulder. Oops. But Apple just gave me a new one for free, no questions asked.

My favorite class so far has been the creative composition class. I see it making a huge difference in my artwork lately.

@coreyartus This is everything! Thanks for sharing it. I have a much better sense of the color palettes seeing them in the different works. What a great tool

I have signed up for backgrounds (very excited!) and am thinking of adding a second class because I'm in the mood to work hard. I took Turbocharging last year and really liked it, but am now looking to add something new. Ideation lab looks interesting, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what it is---is it more related to drawing or to thought processes in general? And how is it related to the creativity processes that we learned in Turbocharging?

Has someone taken both? If so, could you explain the difference to me? Thanks!

@thiskatecreates thanks for the info 🙂

@coley Yep, I think that's a platform, also known as an Operating System. I've used it before, and in comparison to more commonly known programs or apps it reminds me a lot of Corel's Painter, not so much Photoshop. It has indeed been heavily criticized for crashing all the time, but with the newer 2018 iPads that have more memory that may not be a problem anymore.

It has a lot of controls in a very tight area which requires a unique way to access them--they reduce in size until you tell them to pop up into a larger scale. It's... interesting... hehe...

@kaitlinmakes I took a course that was an evening a week for a year, great thing was I met some good friends. The teacher was coasting on previous successes with the course I felt tho. So I felt for the money it wasn't worth the 1300 euro. Then I found schoolism which was so affordable and on par with the cost of SVS. All about the instructors! I'm a big fan of Jake parker, Lee White and Will Terry so I'm looking forward to getting stuck in.

@laura I get the numb pinky too. Super annoying. My traps are always tight and I have to figure out how long I can go and use a left handed mouse at work usually (I'm right handed). 😞

@teju-abiola I am going to make a post about it right now.

@laurel-aylesworth Definitely this week! Just finishing up some details now 😁

@nessillustration Thank you! That's super helpful!

@nyrrylcadiz I thought that initially as well, but what confuses me is that when I export from my MacBook, or my iMac, the colours are consistent. I did quite a bit of graphic design work and web design work on both of those devices, and I never had colour consistency issues (even when viewing on client devices). How did you go about calibrating your devices?

@burvantill Thanks, I will do that for all future posts!