Great love and respect to Will and his loved ones.

@nyrrylcadiz I have been going through @Lee-White ’s How To Make Money in Illustration series after reading his responses here. If you haven’t watched those I highly recommend them. You won’t get to a quick answer for questions like this but if you go through the series doing the homework I think pricing will be less intimidating because you will have so many other things in place already. He covers usage in that class but it’s also covered for a different market in the Art Licensing class.

@Phil-Cullen @Aleksey Yea so i guy around the way is starting up a comic studio. He asked me if i could create a character that is a hybrid between venom and sabertooth who comes from a talisman that a (miles morales) kid named adrian has.

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He would say, i'm writing everything down that everyone has done. haha
I even sign the character over to him.

I'm not burnt about it. I am just asking because i am in the spot where he wants me to do more for him and i am waiting for the basic compensation. Average cost to create a character and a 36 panel web comic. this is just to have an idea of what to say when he asks me to do more.

I am going to try to find a sure fire method in sharing photos but in the meantime i'll have to edit a lot.

Thanks for all your help.

Much love and God bless!

@Heather-Bouteneff Thank You for sharing, we all can learn from this feedback.

Congratulation!!!! 😀 :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: 🎆

@Amber-Lynn-Benton Thanks, that's extremely generous to be compared to the likes of David Weisner.

I think your thumbnails are looking so good—can't wait to see more progress on it!

@Braden-Hallett you should start a thread. Show pictures of everyone’s studio setups. That would be fun. And maybe helpful. I have a sign on my “art room” door that says Room of Requirement. I don’t think I need to say more. 😜

Libraries are the best! My brother lives in Connecticut where the library is literally the community center: gardening class, yoga, print-making... so cool!
I will check out what my local library has to offer.

AND I think your reading lizard is charming.

@Susan-Marks Do finish and join me in posting your worksheets in the new thread I started!!

haha! Our plan is working! I'm so glad to hear that our instruction is sinking in! : )

Keep it simple! Plan carefully and thoroughly, then paint freely!

@Kristin-Wauson Oh my hecking heck this still brings laughing tears to my eyes. Most inspiring image I have ever seen! 😂 😂 😂

I agree with Becky. The sky is the limit when you can go to this beauty to the incredible art I saw last night.

Nor/Cal SCBWI Conference this Saturday in Sacramento, CA
Just letting everyone who is going that I will be there! Can't wait to meet you all in person....I will have helium balloons with an SVS sign on it at the table so we can find each other. Bring your portfolios/art....

See you there!
PS: And sorry this notice is so last minute (I just got my computer back from the shop...along with a nice $600 bill!) That's the way it rolls sometimes....I'm just happy to be back!

Yes, the second one shows a lot of great improvement! That just goes to show how willing a student you are 🙂 Poses, expressions, character design...everything just leveled up!

Hello all,

Can we talk insurance please?

Im just starting to take on art related work like Logos, thank you for your order cards etc, more graphic than illustration but Im wondering about insurance here in the UK.

I want to know Im covered if something goes wrong. Ive looked at Coverly which seems reasonable but can you recommend what you use?

thank you!

@Lee-White @Jake-Parker So I just went to the SVS Store and noticed that the shirts are sold out. Not sure how long it has been like this, but that naturally has me asking the question, will there be more items added to the store at any point?

On another note, if there is, I'm curious to know if there might be opportunities for SVS members to contribute art for more merchandise options?

@Charlie-Eve-Ryan Thank you for sharing Charlie. Will has been a friend and mentor to me. so I was happy to help.

@Susan-Marks said in We need a safe word:

And @Chip-Valecek - How could we help new members not wander into that space if its not quite what they're looking for? "Serious feed back here"?

@Chip-Valecek Thanks for adding that category. Is there an easy way to add an explanation of what to expect in this category? Even changing the title to "Serious Critiqes Requested" gets closer.

@JerrySketchyArt Thanks Jerry!

@xin-li It depends on what I use it for. I sell my art on Society6 and the 'lowest size' they suggest is 6500 pixels 300dpi. Since I also post my work on Instagram I usually make it a square.

If I were to enter a contest I might start with the square and change it to landscape or portrait, but the shortest size will never be lower than 6500 pixels. In case I do want to upload it to Society 6 it's still valid.