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I am trying to decide between a few tiger designs, one I want to put in a setting where the cub is behind a tub, not wanting to get in until they are intrigued by the ducky floating in it. The other is meant to be a scenario where someone is swimming in a lake and the tiger is embarrassed that it was caught wanting to use the lake for bath time, or the tiger could be eager to join someone in their pool, where you just see their head poke above the rim of the pool or something like that. Going for a sketchy, cutesy style almost like a kids drawing, but the tiger I made at the top of the page I would definitely fix up a bit if people like it. It was kind of a way to also figure out the color and brush styles.

This is my first time participating in the monthly challenge, and while looking into all the info on what I need my artwork to be in order to upload, I came upon the question of how to resize my art down to 1200px for whatever side of the canvas is longest, when I use procreate for everything right now?

If anyone is also wondering how to resize their art small enough to upload without cropping the art, I found a super short video tutorial with the solution: https://youtu.be/Go6z2hXo2sU

I'm learning something new all the time with the procreate app. Best money I ever spent haha

Nicky and Vera by Peter Sis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZQ1eDoLE_A

I'm making progress but this is my first attempt at digital rendering. Any suggestions? Working in procreate.Kim's Tiger Jan Contest.jpg

As I’ve been working on character designs for the CBpro class I’ve been wondering about do’s and dont’s of character design sheets.

Character design sheets are pretty much always characters on a white background. Does it have to be this way? Could it be a mid tone, can it be colored or do art directors just want to see characters on a white background?

Should they just be line drawings? Should the characters be filled in with a different tone to separate them from the background? Should one of them be colored? Should all of them be colored? Should we do close up headshots/expressions? Should we have the basic design sheet as well as a pose sheet in our portfolio or is this redundant?

I sort of feel like I’m overthinking here but at the same time there are so many unspoken rules in the art industry so I feel like I have to ask a lot of questions. Thanks for any tips you may have!

I didn’t realize the difference between a Drawing and an Illustration until just recently. In my mind, I was Illustrating, but in reality, I was simple Drawings/Paintings pictures. Looking back at my 400+ pieces, I can clearly see where I have improved over the years. I can only find a small handful of images that I might categorize as an Illustration though. Do these count as Illustrations?

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AT least something went right in 2021 - Interesting to see how many children's books, old and new, in the top 25 best sellers of 2021. All totaled, David Pilkey sold around 3 million best selling books last year plus the ones, I suspect, that didn't make the list.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/88253-dav-pilkey-dominated-the-2021-bestseller-list.html

Just trying to plan out my year. Any updates on the upcoming mentorship program before I take another one? Thanks!

Hi all,
Names Max, first time poster here with a bit more of a business question about renegotiation of a price.

So just a bit of a behind the story but without the names because of NDA's.
Got offered a high quality job for a large company selling a product with my artwork on it, was told to send over what I'm expected to be compensated.
Sent over, no real reply to the price and was told to have a video chat with the team in a few days times.
Essentially was told the price was too high on the video call and since they're giving me a certain product valued at a certain amount and that's why they can't compensate me as much. A bit of back and forth about how retail value isn't the same as actual compensation.
After the video call after feeling the pressure, I naively signed the deal at a much lower price, and then the old buyers (or sellers remorse kicked in).

How would you go about renegotiating a price? Have you experienced with having to renegotiate?

all the best,
Max

Re: [Excited](but so uncertain how to move forward)
I am sorry that I have not been good to stay up to date on this forum. I am a terrible technology user. Still learning where to fit in this new high-tech world and apply my art to it. Also I have taken a bit of an illustration break and have been dipping my toes in the 'becoming and author' territory. I LOVE it! But have a long ways to go.
You all inspire me by sharing your art. I am becoming braver...gradually, and I hope to share soon. I know that it definitely part of any form of progression-taking that 'sharing your work' step.
I hope all is continuing to go well with your art! Keep creating!

I haven't posted for a while, happy new year everyone. Does anyone recognize what adobe or Kyle Webster brush I used to create the pastel on rough paper look? I can't find it. Also is there an easy way to create a favorite brushes section? Thanks
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This guy reviewed it - makes me curious for sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE02xGd2CCY

Just an FYI for anyone that's a big fan of that world, A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh was published in 1926 and enters public domain this year. That includes Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo.

Be aware though that Tigger joined the gang in 1928, so he as a character is still copyrighted.

Hi everyone I'm here to show case my work hope to see you reading it and if you want to get a hold of me message me on Instagram as Hitogami_Sensei

https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/gallant-witch/list?title_no=717578

https://tapas.io/series/Gallant-Witch

Happy New Year!

My creative gears starting turning and creative juices started flowing as I was reading through this list of movies, stories, etc. entering into the public domain in 2022. This only covers the US so if you’re like me, living outside of the US, best to double check (not sure how). Anyhoo, thought I’d share as a new year creative exercise in case anyone was looking for one.

Winnie-the-Pooh, Bambi, and 400,000 sound recordings enter the public domain in 2022

A few off the top of my head:
Barnes & Noble Press
Redbubble
Teespring
And sure Lulu is wonderful I use them for all of my paperbacks. They also so beautiful hardcovers!

Hey all! Just thought I'd share the final look of my 2021 Christmas card.
Every year I do a different Colorado animal since I live in the Rockies, and this year I chose to feature the mountain lion.

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I'm offering it as a limited run print over on Patreon as a way to get the printing/postage costs covered. A fun way to do it, I've found.

Hi everyone!

I just signed up for a year long subscription to SVS and have been learning so much already. I just finished watching the mammal class and I heard some reference during those lessons to lessons on birds and other types of animals. Is there an ETA on those, or is it already out and am I just searching the wrong thing? When I searched “animal,” I didn’t see anything to follow up after the mammal one.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi all,

I'm negotiating with a potential publisher for a book that I did the illustrations for (with a previous publisher that is folding). The publisher does not want to collect royalties for direct purchases by the author or myself.

For example, if the author bought 1,000 copies directly, I would not receive any royalties. This seems weird to me. Has anyone else run into this?

Would love to hear from you! 🙂

Cheers!
Jessica

Hiya! I'm new here (and a relatively new visual artist in general). I'm curious if anyone has had success with selling prints of their work online and what forums/formats work for you.

I've had a few folks inquire about prints through my instagram, but I'm not setup to sell as of yet. Any pro tips?

Thanks so much!

(My Instagram if you're curious)