Dream Portfolio

[lmrush]

@kaitlinmakes Wow awesome observations well done!!! I will have to research who did the images you mentioned, sadly when I started saving files I didn't use the artists name

[burvantill]

@kaitlinmakes I missed this post. What is the dream portfolio challenge? I’ve tried searching but all I get are financial portfolios . From looking through the thread it seems you collect art from others as goals for yourself. Is that correct?

[kaitlinmakes]

Hey @burvantill! Try searching the forums - I feel so silly starting this thread because there were 100 others already started! But it's a Lee White assignment, and the basic idea is you collect work from your favorite artists who are doing work that you sit there and go, "man, I wish I did that piece." You're only "supposed" to do 20 images - and then you out them together as a portfolio, and ideally put one of your own pieces in the mix to see how you stand up to your heros.
It's a cool idea, because then you have a catalog of pieces to do studies from, and you start to see patterns in what attracts you visually to an image.
Mine took me three weeks to put together.
But I would LOVE to see yours.
Also I can not wait to hear how your book dummy is coming along - I hope you've had a really successful month.

[kaitlinmakes]

@lmrush ah! You're killing me!
But seriously - loved your portfolio.

[burvantill]

@kaitlinmakes Thanx! I will have to do that, I would be interested to see what it looks like. I did a little challenge on Instagram a while back where I picked 8 of my favorite artists and then put mine in the middle. I was ALL OVER THE PLACE. I had fine art and illustrators, LOL! So I made two.
My dummy is going good. I have all the loose drawings placed in InDesign. Now I have to paint two pages/ spreads for the final part. Thanx for asking. =)x

[NessIllustration]

I think I will do that too! I'm making my way through the podcasts and keep hearing about this assignment, and it really sounds wonderful!

[kaitlinmakes]

@nessillustration
Yes!

[kaitlinmakes]

@burvantill
I just can't even wait to see them - are you going to post them here after you get the two spreads painted?

[burvantill]

@kaitlinmakes yes. I will probably post in Our SVS Virtual Studio. I am not going to finish by the September 30 deadline. I need to go back and fix some of my loose drawings. I rushed them to get finished and am now regretting that. I am hoping to start painting by Wednesday.

[lmrush]

@kaitlinmakes I know I suck at labelling my files