Hello, I'm Amber!
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton I am dusting off my skills after many years too. Also 43. I have wondered in the past what my journey would have been had I chased my dreams when I was younger...but life happened and I am chasing them now. I was thinking just yesterday about how much I feel like I have to offer starting out much older than what might be typical. I feel like now is perfect.
You have such a wonderful eye and style. I love your color pallet and your images. Good luck as you progress. I will enjoy seeing how your work takes a new shape. Welcome to the forum.
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton hi Amber! Welcome to SVS. I loved reading your story it is actually quite inspirational. You’ve done so much in your life already! You are totally ready for this change. You’ve already got a great eye for design (way bettet than mine, totally struggling with concepts).
You’ve also got the digital skills and the life knowledge to create great stories with your art. Im sure you’ll knock out the other technical stuff in no time.
instagram and twitter: @artofaleksey
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@JennyJones Thanks so much, Jenny. And here's to 43 and lots of life!
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@Aleksey
Thank you. I have learned a lot in three years but have so much more to go. My mom is a fine artist and so I grew up watching her - maybe that helps my eye but it didn't affect my hand, lol. One of the reasons I started with graphic work is a lack of ability to depict motion and action and things happening. Things begin to fall apart. I love your little vignette's on your website. That's just the kind of thing I need to begin tackling! That's what I'm here to work on. -
Welcome! I have a dream portfolio on a pinterest board, but I like how you laid yours all out so you can really SEE it all at once. Good idea. I agree, your reality portfolio is very sweet.
Lisa Burvant
www.lisaburvant.com
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@lmrush Thanks so much, Lisa! I love your Madeline illustration!
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton aw thank you! I am really proud of those. They were very tough to come up with for me but it is getting easier the more I do it.
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@burvantill Yes I have mine on Pinterest as well with a little more than 20 pieces:
https://www.pinterest.com/amberlynnbenton/dream-portfolio/
That was the hardest was to weed out that board from several of my largest ones.
I did the layout for this in AI and was only looking at the Pinterest board so it was easier to refine it just a tad more. I'm thinking about making it my desktop background. I think it would be fun to repeat the exercise in a year or so.
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Hi Amber!
Thanks for posting this. I'm new to the SVS forum and I'm so blown away by the talent here, including yours. I feel like I need to 'catch you up' and follow the curriculum classes. Thanks for inspiring me! -
hi Amber! I love love love your style and your story, I'm in the exact same boat except I'm 41 with one turning 2 and my oldest with special needs turning 14 this summer. It puts a different spin on things that is tricky since it's not a cookie cutter road!
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Hi Amber,
Nice to meet you! Your illustrations are so lovely - you have such a great style! Can't wait to see more of your work!!
@abhainn_fionn
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@justjax Thank you - so far the classes are great!
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@Heather-Bouteneff yes, it is a different path with its own blessings and challenges. I think it's good for our children to see us investing time in work and stretching ourselves. Love your little gator character, btw!
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@ShannonBiondi
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton LOL! I can imagine. I have a board specifically for the dream portfolio with only 10 images in it but about 100 more favorites scattered throughout several other boards.
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Hi @Amber-Lynn-Benton, Great to meet you. You'll love it here!
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Welcome! It's neat that you already have a graphic design component to your art to build on. I wish I understood graphic design better. I think you'll have a blast growing the illustration part.
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@Tamisha Thanks, Tamisha, I love it already!
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@Jon-Anderson My graphic design is self taught and learned through hard knocks. And you can 'know' things but remembering to apply them in new situations takes effort. The creative composition class has many of the same elements used in any kind of design. Perhaps a future 2D design class is in the works for here?!
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton your work is darling! I love your enthusiasm too! I had the same thought about my portfolio. I need to finish bigger stuff. Thanks for sharing!
