These are looking great! Really dig the style and movement you're conveying.

@smceccarelli in regards to self publishing authors I wouldn’t take those jobs for a couple of reasons.

1.)The pay probably won’t be as much as with a traditinal publisher, and even the advance from a larger house doesn’t really cover the hours put into illustrating a book. The possibility of future royalty payments makes it worth it, but it’s still a risk even with wide distribution. With a self published author you lose any real hope of royalty pay since they usually have little to no distribution options outside of amazon.

2.) I try to look at the work I’m doing in the context of my overall career goals. As I mentioned in my interview, even working with smaller publishers isn’t always going to help. With that. One of the benefits to working with an established publisher is that you get to know editors, art directors which can lead to future work. There is also more exposure for other publishers seeing your work if it’s showing up in more places.

Hope this helps!

@smceccarelli I’d love a video on color pallet! I do color completely by ‘feel’ and am very interested in how you approach it.

Hey guys, I was recently interviewed by Kidlit 411 and got to talk about SVS

http://www.kidlit411.com/2017/12/Kidlit411-Illustrator-Nat-Iwata.html?m=1

Hey everyone, I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. Finally feeling settled into The Netherlands and working on a book finally!

One thing that has caught me off guard a little is how much directing the art director is doing, so I’m wondering what is typical? After the dummy is sketched out do art directors usually throw out pages they don’t like, and ask for very specific actions, expressions, compositions? It’s not that I don’t agree with it like much the feedback/changes, just curious what other people have experienced as I’ve heard @Will-Terry talk about illustrators having more freedom. Thanks!

Thanks!!! I just saw this and was going to post about it. I can easily say that this deal wouldn't have happened without SVS. Though I've been MIA the last couple of months with my move to Europe, you all have been, and continue to be, such an integral part of my journey as an illustrator. Thank you for the encouragement!

@MirkaH Really love this! When I was a kid I loved illustrations like this that you could look at a for a long time and see the different stories/scenes taking place.

My entry...for now

Just seeing this now, thoughts and prayers for you and your family. Thank you for, in the midst of all that you've been going through, sharing your art, process and feedback with us!

Welcome!