Hi from Texas
-
Hallo and welcome! You have some really wonderful pieces in your portfolio - your sense of design and typography on top of that is so great! I am always trying to learn that and I feel like I am struggling all the time!
The winter SCBWI will be my first SCBWI conference....I will be "lost in a wide wide sea" to quote Morpurgo.
If you accept a random thought on the polar bear illustration - it is lovely (and great salt texture in the back!), but left me wondering if there would not be a more fun and action-oriented way to illustrate this line. The idea of a bear trying to eat an ice-cream has a lot of potential!
Looking forward to seeing more of your work! -
@MirkaH Hi and Welcome from Texas (D/FW)!
Nice work! Glad to see you on here. I so agree that the forum & courses are quite helpful in guiding, focusing, and refining.
Regarding seeking an agent, you've probably seen this post thread already, but your question should be answered in a webinar this next month (or so)! Here's the post: http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/2797/next-3rd-thursday-agents/
Like @smceccarelli, I look forward to seeing more of your work and comments!
Scott Monaco | QuietYell.com
IG/FB/LI: @QuietYell
IG-2: @QuietYellSketches
TW/PIN/BEH/DEVART: @ScottMonaco
SCBWI: http://bit.ly/1r8Dmqr -
Thanks guys. I saw the webinar topic and think it'll be super useful. Thank you for the tip @smceccarelli ill keep that in mind.
My concept for this book idea has evolved a little and the kid will be a bit older but I was still going to include this image in the dummy. I keep hearing about monthly (?) illustration prompts and uploading your images. I tried searching the forum but can't find them, where do I find those? -
@QuietYell I'm in College Station.
-
@MirkaH Ahhh Aggie Town! I have a friend who grew up there while her father was a professor at A&M; her family is still there and she goes back often. I'm in Plano (was in Grapevine for 10 years).
I think the "monthly illustration prompts" you are referring to is "3rd Thursday". This has changed formats (a few months or so ago). There are various reasons. If you look back in the forums, you will see a post by @Lee-White discussing this with everyone. The new format is more webinar oriented, covering various topics, like the upcoming agent-focused one or last month's social media engagement & growth one.
I might suggest going back into the archives to see the 3rd Thursday prompts to do them now, and then post them to the forum here. You are sure to get great feedback! You can find the old prompts here: https://svslearn.com/blogListView or here (even with the recorded critiques of the entries): https://www.youtube.com/user/SVSLearn
-
@MirkaH Here is the post where the new format was defined: http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/2660/new-3rd-thursday-format
Here is one of the earlier posts about it:
http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/2498/3rd-thurdsay-is-evolvingScott Monaco | QuietYell.com
IG/FB/LI: @QuietYell
IG-2: @QuietYellSketches
TW/PIN/BEH/DEVART: @ScottMonaco
SCBWI: http://bit.ly/1r8Dmqr -
@MirkaH Pretty much blown away by your personal work in your portfolio - so impressed - i love the engravings!!!!!
-
@QuietYell awesome. Thank you so much for the links. I'll go and read through those tonight.
I went to school at UD in Irving, so pretty familiar with the area. -
@Kevin-Longueil thanks! Your black and white work is awesome too. Ever thought of woodengraving? Your eye to detail would work well with the media
-
@MirkaH Great looking work! Welcome (said another newbie)!
-
Welcome fellow Texan to the fray. I'm from San Antonio
Your work looks great! Hope to see you around. All the best and happy new year!
