Our SVS Virtual Studio MAY 2020 🌸

[MirkaH]

I submitted this to the Bright UK illustration #drawthisinyourstyle challenge. It was fun to do, and am working on a new dummy book to submit to agents.

[chrisaakins]

I was watching the creating characters when I started drawing one of the video’s references. He quickly became a super hero...

I am liking the pencil shading under the ink....must try this more...

[demotlj]

I decided that until I am feeling inspired again, I’ll just keep painting the birds in my yard. Maybe my lack of inspiration is due to the weather — this is a true-life painting from this morning’s snow. Will the sun never shine in western NY?

[burvantill]

@Oliver-Itson very sweet.

[burvantill]

I’ve been playing. I needed a third image to fill in a gap I have on my kitchen wall. The other two images are of some paisley pigs that I bought for my mother before she passed. I wanted something similar but not another pig. I like bears. The first one is okay but I think the second one is the winner.

[braden H]

Gotta put some cats in the picture frames

[baileyvidler]

Spending quarantine working on new portfolio pieces!

Lessons learned here: muted colors are okay too. Doesn't have to be bright all the time.

[aprilshin]

@baileymvidler Loving this so much. Even though the orange flowers are muted, it really pops against the green! Beautiful!

[Elena Marengoni]

Fading dreams followed him down the hallway,
as he gradually emerged from his slumber.

A little experiment with a new technique: pencil linework done in analog + digitally applied color.

[chrisaakins]

@Elena-Marengoni I really like the effect!

[Elena Marengoni]

@chrisaakins thank you!!!

[sigross]

Most stuff I do is monochrome so I thought I'd go wild and pump things up by making some paint with the pinkiest pink pigment. Slightly frustrating that my camera phone cannot comprehend how pink it is.

I eat hummus and soup so I can get the free mixing tubs that come with the food.

A rock study..

[ajillustrates]

Final defeated the Inktober 52 color month!

[jdubz]

Another Mermay idea - instead of a cutesy one maybe she was going take ass and kick names.

[Coreyartus]

I've been listening to a lot of podcasts and vidcasts lately, and one day I doodled a cat. Then I put a big "C" on it, and labeled it "Cat". And it kinda snowballed from there... The completion-ist side of me has to finish it now. I'm alternating two fruit letters and two animal letters, and trying to find things that aren't really common... I'm going to be stuck with Orange for "O", though. And the only fruit that starts with an "X" is an alternative name for watermelon: "Xigua". Who knew? I'm concentrating on layered textures and trying really really hard to stay loose in my rendering, but I have discovered that doesn't come naturally and it's really easy to slip down the rabbit hole and get tight very quickly. Still, I'm having fun! Woohoo!

[alisa]

Lulu and Beans!

[burvantill]

Playing and learning.

[chrisaakins]

I have to take my iPad in today. There was a flaw in it and the screen cracked. Sadness. Meanwhile, I am back to Photoshop playing around with digital painting and texture:

The background texture is actually the ashes from where I was burning cardboard.

[chrisaakins]

I added my wife as a kayaker...

[jdubz]

Trying a more painty feel - on this one 95% of it was using just a flat brush and smudge. I did some line definition and some airbrushing for the lights, but I tried to keep it a bit choppy as much as I could.

I also really wanted to play with lighting and push way past what I normally do for darker tones.