I need art friends! =)x

[burvantill]

@kathrynadebayo Thank you! I’m actually redesigning it right now. I want it to cater towards children’s book illustrating. More drawings of children. Check out my Instagram for the most current stuff... if you want . @burvantill

[burvantill]

@eli Yay! Thankyou!

[burvantill]

@sarah-luann Thank you!

[burvantill]

@sarah-luann I recognize you! Lol, well your art. Will Terry did a critique on You Tube of the big turtle piece. I like your style.

[Sarah LuAnn]

@burvantill Thats me! I guess its a good thing that it's memorable, right?

[lenwen]

Hi Lisa! welcome to the forum. I also just joined this forum for like 2 months and I like it! I understand what you mean with artistically isolated. That's how I feel too! with this forum I learned to put out my works to be criticized and that's really help. Again, welcome my art friend

[smceccarelli]

Hi Lisa! Welcome to the forum and happy to consider myself your art friend! You made me laugh already with your puns
I am 45.9 and I decided to move into illustration at 39. And now, 6 years after that decision I actually work as illustrator practically full time. So let me tell you two hard truths that apparently nobody has ever bothered to share with you: a) it´s never too late and b) you can make it at anything if you put in the work needed. Everybody who says the contrary is just a shameful champion of the „fixed mentality“ - i.e. the kind of people that put Galileo on trial.
I`ve read „The Emperor of All Maladies“ (I was a research scientist in Pharma in my previous life) and consider it one of the best books of all time - that quote made me smile too. Maybe you should read (if you haven’t already) „The subtle art of not giving a f@§k“, by Marc Manson: it also spends a whole chapter on the realization of mortality and its consequence on the way we live.

[Kevin Longueil]

@burvantill Welcome to the forum!

[burvantill]

@sarah-luann yes!

[burvantill]

@lenwen Thankyou for the welcome!
I am looking forward to interacting with everyone. I feel like a beginner again with everything I’ve been learning the last couple months even though I’ve been “arting” my whole life.

[burvantill]

@kevin-longueil Thanx!
I love your Wizard of Oz illustrations. Was that a job or a personal project?

[burvantill]

@smceccarelli Thank you for the warm welcome. It’s funny, when I listened to the 3 point perspective podcast “am I too old to get started” and the guys kept using examples of people in their mid 30s I would just bust up laughing and think, you have no idea.
Thanx for the book recommendation. I will have to get the audiobook. I consider myself an avid reader right up until 4 months ago when I made the decision to stop wasting my time. I look back on my life and it makes me ill, all the time I’ve spent on mindless entertainment when I could have been working towards my dreams. I’ve made a lot of progress in a short time and yet I know I still have so far to go. I’m glad I found SVS. Now I won’t be alone.
PS I love your sock dinosaurs painting.

[burvantill]

@kat Thankyou

[Kevin Longueil]

@burvantill Thank you Lisa - it is a personal project that i have nearly finished (i am actually currently struggling with trying to let it be finished instead of reworking everything I just checked out your website - some very nice work there! - my favorite piece is "Two for Mirth"

[TessaW]

Welcome Lisa! Glad to have you here on the forums. I'll be your art friend.

[Whoopidoo]

Hi Lisa, I was told the same by my high school teacher and so left school at 15. Now at 41 I'm taking my BA in illustration & animation while mentally doing a two fingered jig at my old teacher! I'm a bit of a lurker on the forums but determined to change that

[burvantill]

@tessaw Yay! Thanx!

[TwiggyT]

Welcome, Lisa! You have come to the right place!

I approve of your art dream and your sarcasm. I'm never sarcastic /sarcasm

I'm sorry to hear that your professor squashed your dreams, but it's really great that you're pursuing illustration. Better late(r) than never!

This is a great place to get critique and learn, so I'm sure you'll find lots of assistance, advice, and encouragement on your journey while you're here.

[burvantill]

@whoopidoo You are very brave. Most people wouldn't start college at 40. Well done!

[burvantill]

@twiggyt Thank you! Actually it was a visiting illustrator in a graphic design class. He was like a rock star in our naive eyes, so when he said that, a lot of us were shell shocked. I wish I could remember his name so that I don't accidentally follow him. LOL!