SVS Virtual Studio APRIL 2024

[Sarah VanDam]

@ArtistErin Thanks, Erin!!

[Sarah VanDam]

@Yiming-Wu Thank you! I designed the pieces on my iPad and cut them out using a Cricut machine. Then I painted or stamped the final details.

[ArtistErin]

@Sarah-VanDam So so cool! I have an old Cricut calling me to figure out. My sister gave it to me I love paper cut stuff!! Just watched the second 3PP interview with Samantha Cotterill, I love the way Will describes how you can really use light to your advantage with cut paper illustrations.

[burvantill]

@Yiming-Wu Very cool!

[Tom Harshberger]

I'm currently early days working on a book with a friend! This is one of the concepts I sent him to get the ball rolling. Procreate and Maxpacks FTW.

[makekong]

@Tom-Harshberger excuse me but this is lovely

[Joshua Chennault]

Been working on the SVS prompt Living Underwater. Combined it with MerMay, two birds, one stone sort of deal.

Anywho, still a WIP on the character explorations, and this is the direction I am taking it. After getting these characters finished here, I'll be doing some more thumbnails for the scene I want them in. Then I will dive headlong into illustrating that piece for the HTFYA stuff.

Just thought I would share it here, but you can also check out my sketch thread to get a little insight into my thought processes for creating my illustrations.

[Tom Harshberger]

@makekong thank you!!

[jvartandillustration]

Really into vector illustration lately. This one took forever to do.

[kylebeaudette]

[Oana]

@kylebeaudette Thank you. I totally relate to this. I showed it to my daughter too.

[burvantill]

@kylebeaudette This made me laugh. Thanx, I need it. =)x

[Coreyartus]

Lately I’ve been working on a series of greeting cards and stationery focused around teacups, and now I’m starting to incorporate cups from my family’s personal collections. My new goal is to maybe include a bit of dictated narrative with all the illustrations (like on the back of the card or something), since I know each cup has a story whether they’ve been gifted, inherited, or purchased. I’ve been livestreaming my process, and I’ve discovered a whole world of tea that I didn’t realize existed! Did you know there are two plants that brew edible blue-hued tea? Ha!! Neither did I!

I’ve taken to making a pot every time I stream. My favorite tea thus far is Good Earth’s “Hibiscus, Rose, and Sweet Berries” herb tea. Yummm!

[Oana]

Hi! Trying to push myself towards a still unclear goal, I made time and tackled some online challenges, besides the SVS challenge (which is the best ). Coloring is still something I am struggling with, but I will adress that better after I feel more confident over ideas, composition and poses. For these, I inked manually and colored digitally

[jenn]

I've been helping make raffle items for our high school drama club, who like many other schools is putting on Mamma Mia for their spring musical. It was a fun opportunity to flex my graphics skills. I usually don't have so much time to produce, because I teach full time, but it was April Vacation here in MA. Here are the things I have done. It was fun trying to capture the disco vibe!

Not sure what can be done with this graphic, but it was a fun mental challenge, like visual sudoku!

This boot graphic is going to be a wall sign that my husband will cut out of wood.

(a few of the process sketches for the flipped letters)

A graphic for an iron-on that is going on a tote bag. My daughter came up with the Bunny Bunny idea as a parody of ABBA's Honey Honey.

I crocheted some ABBA-style flower beanies to add to the baskets.

[kayleenartlover]

[Larue]

It may sound weird but I'm bummed that I'm not doing this months prompt because everyone is having so much fun on this one but I have a job I have a tight deadline on so something has to give. I should be happy to have work right? but I want to do this prompt (wah,wah) Here's a sample of what I'm doing instead.!

[kayleenartlover]

[Oana]

@jenn I love these! Really fun project the dancing queen graphic is awesome. Just a thought, maybe one of the "e" in queen as a buckle on the shoe? Anyway, it is fun and readable the way you did it.

[Oana]

@Larue looks like you're having fun with the "proper work" :))) I'm all for drawing pigs, this looks adorable