Hello, I'm Amber!
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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!!
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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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@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!
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@juliepeelart Wow, Julie! I love your piece, 'Reaching'! Thanks for your kind words. It is good to have a community to help you keep striving and moving forward.
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton Thank you Amber, I am in a bit of creative block currently. Hopefully the Mermay contest will help. Cheers!
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton I did my dream portfolio a year ago and I am just seeing now how it has evolved and is ready for an update. I think it’s such a wonderful tool. I love your idea of making it a screen saver. I have mine printed and hanging around my art desk. I also printed several and made them into “postcards” to hang up in my preschool classroom. That way when I am at my day job I can still be inspired by my art goals.
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@JennyJones Those are great ideas!
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Hello Amber! I'm liking your art a lot
You've made me interested in that Lee White class now, I'll stick it on my list … there's so many cool SVS classes to study from, it's exciting
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@Sophie-Lawson Thanks!! That’s a quick class and I think it helps set a target to aim for not just in style but in portfolio project ideas as well.
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton Hi Amber! I join the crowd liking the way you put your dream portfolio together. I have a pinterest board and pulled them together a little differently. I use one of the images as my monthly calendar-and 2 months so far, I've used that image for a master copy. I'll give the "finding your style" class a go-so many great classes here at SVS. I also think you've mapped out a good course for your journey. Have you listened to the SVS podcasts? The episode on "Am I too old for art school?" has good pointers for mapping out a plan.
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Welcome. I like your art!
Marsha Ottum Owen
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@Susan-Marks I’ve been doing a total immersion I think!
I’ve listened to several of the latest but don’t think I’ve done that one yet - though I think Will has a YT vid on that same topic.
