Sooo.... finally I'm posting my finished #draw50thigs drawing! It was actually finished about half a year ago, but since then life has been super busy and I totally forgot to make an update here... :) But here it is! It was a great challenge and I'm really glad I give it a try. It definitely helped me with my illustrations. Now I'm not afraid to put much more stuff into a picture, because I know it is worth the effort. So thank you @Will-Terry for coming up with this whole thing!
Hi everyone! I just wanted to thank you all for your great advices!!! :)
It all went well, the library was full of kids, which was fun. I've prepared some coloring sheets with characters from the book for them, so they could color and have some fun while I was talking about how picture books are made.
I was really nervous at the beginning, but I made my friends to come over and seeing them there helped a lot.
Thanks again! And have a great winter :)
@lee-white
@carriecopa
Thank you so much! I'll try to breathe... ;) You both have some very good ideas and will sure use them. So thank you again. Hopefully it won't be a total disaster. :)
Hello everyone!
I really need some help, because I'm freaking out a little bit. My first book is finally out in the world and... the public library in our town would like me to preform first reading of the book. (I did both - the text and the illustrations).
The problem is, the book has only about 270 words in it, it's mostly images... So, the actual reading would take about two minutes. But the event should be at least one hour long! I never was at some kind of a similar event before, so I have absolutely no idea, what could I do and how should I interact with the audience.
There should be parents with their children, the library would like me present and sign the books...
Honestly, I'm really glad and everything, but mostly terrified. What if it will be disaster?
Does anyone have some experiences with book reading and signing?
Thank you all for your time, any responses will be much appreciated!
@Tyson thank you! It's all done in photoshop, the sketch, rendering, everything. I used a pencil-like brush (with a little help from SVS tutorial on photoshop pencil brushes) and draw with it like I would if I was drawing it with actual pencils. It's a tedious work, but it still saves me a lot of time (unlike the real pencils and paper)
Hi @will-terry-art and thanks so much for this possibility!
This is an illustration I've done for a client (the book is already finished and soon will in print) still - I'm not 100% happy with how it looks. And I do not know why. It's a double spread for Alice in Wonderland picture book.
My website: www.mag.takac.name
Thank you!!
#1 What helps me, when I get stuck (which happens 😒) is to get my self an assignment (like #draw50things, or #design100something... etc, or I just pretend I'm illustrating my favorite fairytale book - so I do a dummy, I work on sketches etc.)
#2 I just draw and redraw. When I'm lucky, I can see what is wrong with my drawing. In that case I google how to do this specific thing correctly. On the other hand, if I'm not able to see what's wrong... I just draw. And eventually I will go through... :)
Do not worry! The block will end! It always does.
@Tyson thank you! I'm now working on too many projects, but I hope I'll have some spare time to finally finish this up!
@Kevin-Longueil Oh thank you for noticing the slippers. I shall place them somewhere else.Thank you! :)
The story behind this picture is about that girl being angry with the scissors. Because she cut all of her really really long hair with it and now (after a series of events) she doesn't like the result. So she's upset and gives the scissors a time out.
I'm really glad you see her marching out. I was staring at the picture for so long I'm no longer able to see anything...
