Hello, New here from SF Bay area..

[RG Spaulding]

Hello SVS creatives, I joined a few months ago but haven't officially introduced myself. I am a pre-published author/illustrator for Picture books. My only qualification to even be here is the love for drawing. Everything self taught. Thanks to sites like SVS for people like me. I have listened to all the SVS podcasts and also for first time participated in voting for this months live critique.

I hope to learn a lot from folks here who are good at Picture Book illustrations. Here is my site if you want to check out. I have to learn a lot about colors and using limited colors. Lastly, I am from the SF Bay area in the heart of Silicon Valley. Any one from around here?
RG

[lauramarie_art]

Hey there, I'm new too (well I've been lurking for a while now). Welcome to the forums!

[RG Spaulding]

Thank you Lauramarie, Welcome to you too. We just visited PA this summer.

[TwiggyT]

Hi, and welcome!

[braden H]

Welcome to the forums

[RG Spaulding]

Thank you TwiggyT and Braden Hallett.

[arent-draper]

@RG-Spaulding
Hi, I'm Rebecca (I write/illustrate under the name Arent Draper....which also happens to be my weird last name) I live in the SF North Bay area....and I just wanted to say "WELCOME!" This is a great group!

[RG Spaulding]

Hi Rebecca, Nice to meet you. Thank you.

[lmrush]

Welcome you are going to love it here!

[RG Spaulding]

Thank you Lisa.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@RG-Spaulding welcome to the forum!

[burvantill]

Welcome

[RG Spaulding]

Thank you Nyrryl Cadiz and burvantill.

[Chip Valecek]

@RG-Spaulding @lauramarie_art Welcome both of you to the forums!

[RG Spaulding]

@Chip-Valecek , Thank you.

[korilynneillo]

Hi there! Welcome to the forums!

I'm also in Silicon Valley, let me know if you ever want to meet up and do an in-person sketch meet! You can message me here or instagram (you'll probably get a faster reply on insta, I'm horrible about checking here if I'm not currently doing a class)

[RG Spaulding]

@handdrawnviolist , Thank you. I am not active on instagram yet. I have to learn to use it. Seems like it is a more popular platform for artists than twitter (for writers). I will follow you on twitter.

[demotlj]

Welcome to the forum! Regarding your comment about Instagram -- you should sign up. It's pretty easy to use and there are a lot of SVS forum members on Instagram. It's fun to follow everyone's work.

[theprairiefox]

Greetings, it is great to have you here. I hope I get to see more of your work and watch your journey!

[RG Spaulding]

@demotlj @theprairiefox , Thank you both. I will have to get going on IG soon and meet all the other SVS artists.