Update and a little bit sharing

[xin li]

@lenwen Thank you so much for sharing your experience. The cat agency is on my "To-contact" list. I finally made up my mind going for the illustration agency route. So I will be focusing on reaching out to agency, and preparing getting rejections and loads of silence.

[Jeremy Ross]

@lenwen, congratulations! Love your work! It would be interesting to hear more about your style change to fit into mainstream. Perhaps you could share a side by side old vs. new to describe this topic further. I’m currently exploring many different styles and just having fun with the whole process rather than specifically searching for one.

Again, congratulations!

[MissMushy]

@lenwen congrats to you. I am curious to learn what sort of changes in style you implemented that moved you forward?

[lenwen]

thank you so much @Nyrryl-Cadiz !
@xin-li don't worry, you will find it sooner or later when you are ready

@Jeremy-Ross @MissMushy good question! So, my old style was exposed more to the animation style (like Pixar, Dreamworks). I uploaded here my past work so you can see. The eyes were enormous with the distorted body proportion (which is fine, but mine is too extreme like the head is huge compared to the body). My agent said it wasn't fit for a trade picture book (at least for the publishers who've worked with them). And this was my personal opinion, but I also thought I tend to render the image too much 3d-ish.

I hope it shows what I meant clearly

[xin li]

@lenwen your recent work is so beautiful. I can see that your color palette, the use of shapes are also evolving comparing to the past works. really really love your work.

[Jeremy Ross]

Hi @lenwen, thank you so much for sharing! While I think your previous work is awesome, I can see how the style adjustment helped you.

Also, I checked your site and noticed almost every character is holding something. That is such a great way of communicating story; well done! I’m taking notes.

I love your pieces and all the line work too.

Thanks again!

[MissMushy]

@lenwen lovely work. So interesting to see the evolution of your style. Thanks for sharing

[lenwen]

thanks so much @xin-li , @Jeremy-Ross ,@MissMushy

[Heather Boyd]

I love your work. I’ve been taking notes from your work just now to help me. And I too follow you on Instagram!

[lenwen]

@Heather-Boyd thank you, Heather!