Hello ! I'm about to create my postcards and send them to my dream clients. Mainly beauty / fashion / lifestyle companies based in Paris (as I am) targetting to millennial women. For the same budget, I could get either : A. 25 fancy moo postcards with golden elements on my illustration (I have a nice concept for that) B. 250 average postcards Which would you pick? Also, what should I actually write there beside my contact details? Thanks in advance !

some random sketches...

Hi Guys,

Hi Guys, I tried my hand at Pen and Ink Drawings.. Critiques welcome!

Hi Everyone, I have completed 'how to draw everything' and now just finished the basic perspective class. Perspective has never been my forte - I didn't really take an interest in it at college but now I wish I had as I realise how important it is not only for illustration but for my art in general. That's why I'm pushing on and methodically going through the classes step by step instead of galloping ahead to level 2. I struggled with deciding where to start and what view I was after but I think I got there in the end. So here's my final project, drawn with pencil and paper on a lap tray - not the easiest way trying to line up three rulers to a vanishing point!! Any thoughts welcome thanks.

Hi folks, i did some quick master study today.

Hi I'm wondering if anyone on here has run into this problem with a wacom intuos M 2017 edition. When I press the pen to the tablet, for instance to make a stroke, sometimes it thinks the pen has been lifted and mid stroke it stops creating a mark. If I keep the pen pressed to the tablet it still moves the cursor around just no marks. This is very frustrating for instance if I grab the top of a document, in photoshop, to move it on my screen, it will stop moving the document as if ive brought my pen up from the tablet. I end up accidentally moving layers around. It's so frustrating to draw with, its like drawing with an actual pencil that breaks every few seconds. I re-installed the drivers, still have the same problem. If anyone has had this issue and knows a fix that would be amazing. I've had the tablet for 3 years now, first problem i've had with it. Thanks Phil

I've got a technical question about digital arts vs. prints here, So now I have a digital piece I created on ipad. I'm checking it on laptop to make sure everything looks good before sending it editors, but using different "brilliance/contrast" on my laptop apparently makes this piece looks drastically different. Printing it out using my own printer doesn't make much sense either, the outcome from my printer and industry printer can look totally different. So what "brilliance/contrast (laptop display setups)" set up should I use to check digital art, before sending them to editors? Thank you for your experience!

Hi, here is the preview of the book Inktober All Year Long by Jake Parker releasing on 15th September

I’m just finishing up gesture class and now starting folds class....now that my figures are improving I need to figure out clothing lol! Otherwise a bunch of nekkid figures or good figures with crappy clothes I have a decent interest and knowledge of human anatomy but I’m far from a fashionista or remotely interested in clothes lol, so I think this could be eye opening for me. She starts out with a discussion on Lyendecker, Rockwell, Sargent.....so I’m already getting a bit interested which is a win already haha I’m starting today if anyone wants to join in today or anytime soon

) Hi all! Here is my submission for June SVS prompt and would love any general or specific feedback. If there's one things you had to change, what would it be? The first image is retouched with photoshop, second is the original. "Bongo kept lowering his tail more and more as Clyde raised his head out of the water." Things I was thinking: -Struggled with the background/foreground separation (depth?). Do you guys start with the background and then insert the characters? -How are the expressions? Want Bongo to look like he's having fun, Clyde to look annoyed -Bongo pose- stiff or loosey goosey? Is it clear? -How far away is this from a 'portfolio piece'? Probably should have asked for feedback earlier in the process, but struggle finishing things so just went for it u know. Hope this isn't considered bad form Really appreciate the time to look at my work Cheers! Eliav @projectmr.kite on insta https://www.instagram.com/projectmr.kite/ p.s- how do you guys do that thing where you link to your social media at the bottom? Is there a way to do this automatically?

Hello everyone! I'm in the process of working on some gifts for our two pastors who will soon be leaving. My idea was to draw pictures of them and their wives doing their ministries. I've tried to stylize them a bit (based on the "Stylizing Human Characters" course), but also wanted to keep them in the realm of realistic. I was wondering if I could get some thoughts/critiques on each or any of the drawings? I've included the reference photos that I was working off of and would welcome anyone wanting to draw on top of them to demonstrate what you're talking about. 01 02 03 04 Thank you so much in advance!

Hi everybody. If you, like me, some times struggle to come up with ideas / inspiration on what to draw - then maybe this App is for you. I have created an iOS app that generates random drawing prompts based on some template sentence structures and loooong list of words.... - The result is odd challenges like these : “Draw a Hippopotamus which is a mix of a Bricklayer and a School Teacher.” “Draw a Horse which is a Sorcerer with a shovel in a Chinese Restaurant” “Draw a Turtle which is a Librarian with a pair of slippers in a Haunted House.” “Draw a fantasy animal that is a mixture of a Ladybug and a Polar bear” You can check out more challenges, and some of my solutions at : https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/artpromptsapp/ The app is still fairly basic, but before investing more time in the project, I'd love some feedback on the concept, and inspiration on what to add. There's and app homepage here (where you also can sign up to be a beta tester) : http://artprompts.bofrese.dk Or you can go straight to downloading the beta via this link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/FriXmEJx you will be prompted to install the TestFlight App from Apple first, if you haven't got it already. I would also love feedback and ideas on the challenges themselves. The app can easily be configured to support all kinds of randomly generated challenges. So ideas are more than welcome. It basically work like this: The app takes challenge templates like .feks.: "[an_animal] which is [profession] with [an_object] [in_environment]" and using long lists of words for each of the tags ([an_animal] etc) turns it into something random like this: “Draw a Turtle which is a Librarian with a pair of slippers in a Haunted House.” Which you then can turn into something like this .....(sorry the app can 't help you with that)

I’ve been experimenting with a more flat style this month. Any thoughts on how it can be improved? I’ll probably end up reverting back to a style I’m more comfortable with, but I’m curious if there’s anything here worth pushing further. Thanks!

Bongo image.pdf

Bongo.pdf

Re: [June Contest](my steps in the contest process) first rough color pass

Hello Everyone! I'm still working on the other assignments for Lee White's Light and Shadow class. Just want take this time and post my favite artists comparison chart I created in Powerpoint, since I currently don't have photoshop at the moment. These are just a few of my favorite artists who's work I admire. LightandShadow_Assignment_02-191217-183723.pdf

Hi everyone, I'm brand-new to drawing (about a month in) but am loving the SVS courses--so far I've taken the Draw Everything Class, and just finished the Basic Perspective class. I'm posting my attempt at the final 2-point perspective assignment--I'm pretty happy with it, but definitely see areas for improvement. Mainly posting for accountability, but any thoughts or tips welcome!

Hi SVSLearn community, I have a question regarding doing our taxes as a freelance illustrator/sole proprietor. I have been doing mine the last few years but last year, as things have expanded, it got a little more tricky and feeling stuck. A lot of my biz expenses are actually towards buying art prints and merchandise incorporating the art the re-sell (I was not holding an inventory yet) I am wondering what is the pourcentage limit you can claim for office expenses and supplies? Is there anything that has helped you found a bookkeeper/accountant with experience with artists? Did it make a difference? Any articles/resources that has helped you with this? I found it easy to find info for regular businesses but not so much for the artists specifically...Thanks a lot!! (sorry if the questions are not super clear, I find this subject a little awkward and can become overwhelming ha!) P.S: I am based in Canada but I bet some info must be similar enough?