Our SVS Virtual Studio June 2021🌞🍉

[ajillustrates]

Set of camper group logos/emblems for an elementary aged fine arts camp this summer.

[Melissa_Bailey]

@donnamakesart LOVE this! So, so, SO simple and so good! Love the expressions, the vibe, and the yellow!

[Melissa_Bailey]

Did this little spot for an illustration challenge with the prompt "The moment before..."

And chose a pug because my latest picture book project is about a pug, so ... a great chance to sneak in some practice drawing pugs! (For this one, I challenged myself to draw from memory, just looked at one or two reference pictures of a plate of cookies and dogs counter surfing to get started.) Still unsure if this is how I want to approach the character and rendering style ... might need to draw a few more pugs.

Loving seeing what everyone's up to this month!

[ajillustrates]

@Melissa-Bailey-0 This is absolutely incredible! We've got several of the "Pig the Pug" books at home (my daughter is a huge fan), and I would way prefer them in your style. Blown away!

[Melissa_Bailey]

@ajillustrates aww, thanks so much! Yes, there are a TON of pug books already out there, so I have to make sure this character isn't too close to Pig the Pug, Puddle Pug, Pug 'n Chick, etc. -- all of which are absolutely amazing character designs! You've given me hope that I'm headed in the right direction. (This guy is a little too animated for the book character, who is laaazy!)

[Tiffany Thomas]

Hi Everyone!!!! Here are a couple new ones. Putting characters in environments is super challenging for me so I'm forcing myself to do it, lol. Both are watercolor with digital enhancements.

[williammeany]

A sketch of aliens in rush hour:

[Jeremy Ross]

Amazing @Melissa-Bailey-0! The precision is spot on with your memory, well done! Are those snickerdoodle cookies? Yumm!

[Melissa_Bailey]

@Jeremy-Ross thanks!

Yes, I’m thinking they’re snickerdoodles — didn’t want to make the cookies too dark or they would be mistaken for chocolate and then I’d get a ton of comments about how you shouldn’t feed chocolate to dogs. Wanted to avoid that if possible!

[KGatto]

Hi Everyone,
I am working on finishing up a self publishing project. Anyone use IngramSpark? I am new to the self publishing pod market. Thoughts?
Kim
Also, working on teaching for a small art studio in Randolph, NJ. Lots of fun to come up with projects for kids Pre-K-3rd grade.

[Jeremy Ross]

You make placing characters look easy @Tiffany-Thomas!

[donnamakesart]

@williammeany love this. Reminds me of the Arrival of Shaun Tan

[donnamakesart]

@Melissa-Bailey-0 thank you so much 🥰 experimenting on style so that means a lot

[Tiffany Thomas]

@Jeremy-Ross Haha, thanks! I had to cut and move them around in the latest one but I've never drawn a room with multiple people in it, haha. I'm literally amazed at how long I've been avoiding backgrounds

[donnamakesart]

The making-of process of Pandan Ice Cream is pretty cool.

[braden H]

Gotta be super comfy

[lpetiti]

Back to my never ending quest to try to finish last years Inktober

[williammeany]

@donnamakesart Thanks! Shaun Tan is one of my favorites!
Here's the more refined painting -- finished for now:

[Georgios Christopoulos]

Just a warm up with our lovely Mario!!

[demotlj]

Another watercolor speed sketch -- I set my timer for 10 minutes and drove left-right-left-right etc. every time there was an intersection (which in our rural area wasn't often) and then as soon as I could find a place to pull over, sketched what was there. This is a study in brain tom-foolery: The first is what I painted of what I saw and the second is a quick photo I took before I left. You'd think it was two different places!