SVS Virtual Studio JULY 2022

[MelissaJacie]

@Coreyartus Exciting project! This is big--and I'm guessing it's been time-consuming! Way to go on dedication. At least one of my favorites, if not my favorite is the fall one.

The leaves on the surface of the water are neat. Are these nature scenes inspired by places near you?

[Asyas_illos]

@MelissaJacie yes it’s a banner/masthead entry for my regional SCBWI.

[braden H]

Random reference characters

[Kristen Lango]

@burvantill Aw thank you!

[Asyas_illos]

This wip started as a rabbit road race, but it ended up in Oz…

[mcschweitzer]

@MelissaJacie Thank you !

[Kristen Lango]

@Asyas_illos I'm loving those light spots on the grass! Nice color picking as well

[Asyas_illos]

@Kristen-Lango thank you

[Asyas_illos]

Still have more to do here but wanted to share an update

[Jose A Nieto]

@Asyas_illos Looks great so far!

[Jose A Nieto]

@burvantill Hello everyone, hope you are having a great year. It's been a long time since I've been here so I wanted to share one of my new pieces I started creating to try and improve my portfolio, I hope you like it

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[Kristen Lango]

@Jose-A-Nieto That is beautiful! I love the point of view and the color choices, nice job too with not making the background too detailed.

[Jeremiahbrown]

[Jose A Nieto]

@Kristen-Lango Thank you! Getting the perspective right was tough but a lot of fun

[Asyas_illos]

@Jose-A-Nieto great perspective! I really like your style, and that poor bald guy back there that’s me lol

[Jose A Nieto]

@Asyas_illos Thanks! You and I both

[willicreate]

See you later, alligator.

[Coreyartus]

@MelissaJacie No, actually, I go to Unsplash.com for my photo reference. I just did one using a friend's pic that he let me use, and that was fun! I spent last night finding winter landscapes and thinking about composition and layout on the page with each image's inspiration.

The images on Unsplash are all royalty-free with no attribution required, and it's my "go-to" spot to find images that are quite lovely and safe to use. They curate each photo so people can't just upload whatever they want. They're owned by Getty Images, who have no plans on creating a paywall and don't want to in the future--they want it to be free. So It should remain so for the duration if we're lucky.

It's worth checking out!

[von_Nimmermehr]

Every time i'm struggeling, i come back to whats easy to get out of my head, so i get into a flow again.

So i know its not Kidlit art but i am working on this right now. i just wanted to share it with you guys.

[MelissaJacie]

@Coreyartus Thanks for sharing about this resource!!! That's awesome it's so royalty-free and nice that they curate it as well.

Also--it's amazing you'll be printing and assembling the calendar by hand. Do you plan to make many copies?