NEW RULES FOR CONTESTS STARTING IN MAY

[xin li]

Great stuff. Thank you for doing this. Video crits plus Draw-overs are the best.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@MichaelaH yeah I hope they’ll reconsider

[MissMushy]

Thanks so much guys! The draw over crits will be particularly helpful and a great incentive to get back into the contests. And the added value to subscribers is great!

[A Former User]

@MichaelaH @nyrrylcadiz me too

[Elizabeth Rose]

@MichaelaH Yeah, same

[Lee White]

@Squirrelsize @hannahmccaffery @nyrrylcadiz We would love to have you come on board and be a student at SVS. We have a ton of new things planned (including a whole children's book series of classes!). As a subscriber you can enter the contests and see the crits. You also get access to almost 100 videos! We are a school first and foremost and we really want to make our students happy first. That means giving them access to exclusive content and benefits that aren't available anywhere else. We hope you guys will join us! : )

[Lee White]

Hey, wanted to mention that in addition to the stuff I wrote above, there is going to be a new subscriber area here on the forums! It's going to have demos and all kinds of stuff. It will contain extras to our video classes such as new assignments, drawing challenges, crits, and other goodies. Maybe even discounts on software and hardware!!!

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

@Lee-White It is SO worth being an SVS subscriber and your podcast is fantastic! Really awesome to watch SVS grow! You guys make it possible for anyone regardless of income, time restraints, etc to get a stellar art education!

[Kat]

@Lee-White OMG that sounds wonderful! Very excited to hear about all the extras, that sounds like just what I need to help me figure out how to proceed. Sometimes I feel like I'm just swimming around randomly in a very big lake, and not actually reaching a destination. So happy to continue as a subscriber!

[sigross]

@Lee-White You guys just keep on giving. Great value for money. Well better than Netflix! I just drank 6 less coffees a month to get on-board.

[evilrobot]

@Lee-White sweet!!

[kylebeaudette]

I get it. I always felt like I was stealing coming here and interacting. I was hoping to win a contest to see if I wanted to join. That was never going to happen anyways

[Susan Marks]

@Lee-White I’m excited about the new content and added content for subscribers. I appreciate that not everyone financial situations or priorities (or the same for personal time and commitments) get in the way of subscribing. However after looking around for something as deep pointe at comics as SVS is toward illustration made me really appreciate the value SVS provides for the price. And you let new folks try it out for free for a short period of time so people can check it out.

[MissMushy]

@Lee-White awesome! This AND a Procreate update with text in the same day #lifeissweet

[KathrynAdebayo]

Nice. Critiques are so helpful to learn from, at least in my own experience.

I wonder how many people, like @kylebeaudette, participate in the contest with the hope of winning some quality education because they can't or don't, for whatever reason, buy the subscription (which I think, by the way, is a phenomenal price, at least for people who earn USD or similarly weighted currencies).

Just to throw out the idea, perhaps there could be an occasional contest for non-subscribers only? It might be a big draw to the forum for artists who don't yet participate much with SVS. It could even have a slightly different format so those with potential or drive could be rewarded and earn the subscription months.

[kylebeaudette]

@KathrynAdebayo sounds fun! I can afford it, just not this year as I'm teaching only part time. Next year!

[burvantill]

@kylebeaudette I feel your pain. I’ve been trying for months just to place 3rd. Lol.
That being said , this comes at a good time as I was already planning to sign up in May. Serendipitous.

[A Former User]

@Lee-White Do you guys still do a 7 day free trial?

[Lee White]

@hannahmccaffery yep!

[Chip Valecek]

@burvantill trying to place 3rd for months? I been trying to at least make the honorable mentions for years