I have been having fun using this prompts to practice sequential art.
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Hi all! It's time for another round of HTFYA! We'll be going live at 2pm MST on Nov 21. Hope you can join us!

The prompt this time was Sure, it looked disgusting, but it was delicious! (You can peep the submissions here).

A big thank you to all who submitted! We just love seeing what you do each month😍

All are welcome to join the livestream, whether you submitted a piece or not. You can join here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rEWSLzlYbo

And, just fyi, this will actually be our last HTFYA livestream on YouTube. It's not good-bye though!

Starting in December, you'll be able to catch the HTFYA livestreams in our new community🌟

You might've already heard, but we're building a brand new home for SVS, and we'll be moving everything over there in December.

If you're already a member, don't worry, you'll automatically be switched over. We'll be sending notifications in the next couple weeks, so watch your email for details.

In the meantime, tune in and join the fun on Nov 21!

What: How To Fix Your Art livestream
When: Nov 21
Time: 2pm MST (check here for other time zones)
Who: You!
Where: YouTube

Can anyone recommend a pen that will not smudge when I add alcohol marker over it? I am using a Pentel brush pen and even when I let it dry for a while it will smudge when I put marker over it and I have ruined a couple drawings because of it. I am not saying there is anything wrong with this pen, it is a really great pen by the way, but I don't think it's for markers, unless I'm wrong and I'm just not letting it dry enough. Does anyone have any suggestions for a alcohol marker proof pen?

@ArtistErin This was soooo helpful! Thank you so much for making this for me! I did a rough redo of the character and it's not perfect and needs some work but it is a lot better than before.Messenger Kids_creation_72860357.jpeg

@Yogita-Chawdhary thank you so much! This looks great ❤

I'm in the NYC area and never heard of this event 😮 Great to know! I do a lot of cute illustrations and sell at events but tend to cater towards anime crowd, specifically fans of chibis. I do cute and colorful. But would love to attend 🙂

One Bad Apple Finished.jpg The finished result of "The Last Apple"

Thanks to everyones advice I did a second round for these characters with a bunch of adjustments and I think they look a lot better!

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@Gabby-Correia That looks great, wonderful piece!

@Avondrood-art I'm following the course curriculum as well, and I'm about to enter Lv3 classes. They've been fun! I was "classically trained" so I can draw like a reclining nude figure in charcoal like nobody's business, but my cartoon/illustration work has always felt kinda stiff because of that. I worked as a graphic designer for the last decade and my drawing skills were utilized, but not a whole lot (usually really corporate-looking vector illustrations/icons), and I've gotten suuuper rusty. These classes are helping a ton. I feel invigorated!

I'm looking forward to seeing what my portfolio of homework looks like when I'm done. Some of it will go into my actual portfolio for querying agents, and then I can assess to see what other pieces I can do to fill it out. I'm excited to see it all come together, I guess you could say 🙂 But I'm also weirdly excited for the rocks and trees class, I don't know why that seems so appealing haha

@ArtistErin Sounds great! The hand gesture will definitely add more to the rage expression!

Haha, your story is hilarious! 😂 You and your sister were definitely a mischievous duo. I’d love to see you illustrate the scene of you both throwing dirt clods at the neighbor's house and then getting scolded by the Sheriff. Those would be such fun illustrations!

Listen to the latest podcast and decided to take up the 3PP stories challenge.

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BTW, what happened to SVS Studio NOVEMBER 2024?...

@Avondrood-art Some of them do (Like Posing Characters with Jake Parker) so it's a little inconsistent. The descriptions do seem to all say the name of the teacher at least, though you're right that when you're IN the class there's no obvious info in some of the classes. Good suggestion. Commenting to bump (if that helps) @SVS

@AnthonyWheeler Your video inspires me to get rolling on my cards this year! Thank you Anthony! I have a list in my cart for art supplies... just need to take the plunge and just do it. 🙂

@ArtistErin drivethrurpg has a great couple free guides on ussing affinity publisher

@mzameckaart LOL these are the things I totally love about family life. OMG... I get caught scrolling through silly memes, reels and stuff on social media because I crave it, the goofier the better! Love how you saw this in my piece 😂

@ArtistErin Thank you, that's really encouraging. Don't think the author is going for the increased rate. But I'm going to focus on creating other things that speak to me.

@Meg-Clayburn There's nothing wrong with centered subjects in a composition. Lots of great works of art are centered. It shouldn't be the default, but it's totally acceptable.

If you're worried about that though, you can always shift things to the left slightly so the golden ball is more the focus, or the frog/ball are both falling into the thirds of the page.

@Meg-Clayburn Oh this is such a great detail, i will try that too, thanks a lot 🌱

Thanks for the responses everyone- really helpful advice!