Hi! Newbie from France!

[marine]

Hi, I’m Marine, just signed up from France!

I’m very happy to have joined the SVS community but also very (scared) impressed by everyone’s work. I feel I lack so much of the fundamentals and those classes are on the top of my (long) list.

Thought I would introduced myself : I have been a sculptor, an interior designer, a paper engineer (not all at once of course) and I recently switched to digital illustration last year. My first goal was editorial illustration but I’d love to illustrate children's books. I’m currently working on a proposal for a children’s book residency.
I don’t know how to draw with photoshop (not good with my little tablet but upgrading to an Ipad pro) so I work in vectors and then add colours and textures in photoshop. My hopes are to improve my technical skills as well as my storytelling skills which are quite weak.

Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope I’ll be able to participate to the challenges and the community!

Here a couple of pics of my work : (open to any critiques )
The first one is my only published editorial piece for a financial magazine :

The second one is an attempt to more storytelling with an environment and it's a personal 3-parts project about resilience :

[A Former User]

Hi Marine, welcome to the forum! Don't be scared, we're all nice and are either in the same position as you or have been at one point I've just had a look at your website and I'm blown away by your work!!! It is so beautiful and charming, i'm looking forward to seeing more of it!

[Sas]

Hi Marine and welcome to the forums! I love your art! Your colors are so lovely and peaceful. Can't wait to see your growth.

[Claudi]

@marine Hi Marine well this is bizarre! I just joined and am so happy to see you and your beautiful work here! big wave from Amsterdam

[Julia]

hello from Australia! It is a pity we have missed each other! I love your portfolio, it is very poetic!

[marine]

@Claudi !!! That's so great to see you here! I'll be on the lookout for your submissions

[marine]

@hannahmccaffery Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope to not be too scared to post some submissions in the future

[marine]

Many thanks @Sas , that's very kind of you! Can't wait to where these classes take me to

[marine]

Thank you @Julia ! I'd been so inspired by Australia, I hope you are too!

[Phil Cullen]

Welcome your 2 pieces are beautiful. I love the texture and design of the fox. I've just started in january taking classes and finding them very helpful.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

[CobaB]

Welcome!! I'm also new, will need to do a similar introductory post soon, but hiiii!

[Coreyartus]

Lovely work!! Your website is great--I love the essence of shape in your pieces and the gentle "sprayed" form and texture! Very elegant! Welcome to the forums!

[marine]

Thank you so much @Phil-Cullen ! I think I need to make a plan for the classes I wanna take first, and add deadlines in order to be effective

[marine]

Hey @CobaB ! Thanks! Yes do an introductory post! I think it might help to connect with other students, because the feed with all the undergoing posts feels a bit intimidating to me..

[marine]

Thanks a lot @Coreyartus for your kind words, that's very nice of you!

[Chip Valecek]

Welcome to the forums!

[marine]

Thanks! @Chip-Valecek It feels good to hear and see about everyone's work

[djly]

Welcome! I'm pretty new to the forums too but it is really such a lovely community. Very supportive. I can't wait to see more of your work, just beautiful.

[marine]

@djly Thank you! Yes I feel very welcomed here and it feels good as I don't have this creative community in my city

[avfarrar]

Welcome!