Hi @thomas-young , thank you! I love that idea! I feel like the secret garden also cultivates timelessness and flow state in a safe area. Good stuff!

Yep! @tombarrettillo

It’s a great medium for writing and possibly helping others in your community.

@carlianne Congratulations! The description says "series launch", so can we expect more adventures from Yeti and the little girl in the future?

@julia-ford Hello

I am Freelance web designer and developer. If you would like I could help you with your Web project.

Are you looking to host one yours or a promotional platform?

I've sold at some smaller pop up events and local anime conventions, as well as two out of state cons: I've been doing this for over seven years now. It's a great opportunity and learning experience. Competition is very fierce but I wish you the best on your creative journey: Key things to consider BEFORE you start, based off my experiences:

What kinds of styles, themes and aesthetic are you going for? What types of items do you plan on selling? Target Audience/demographic: Who do you expect to sell to? I love making cute, colorful creations. Examples are chibi animals and/or food. my stuff does well with young crowd and LGBTQIA+ community. Register your business through the IRS. Disclaimer: This part is definitely not my strong suit. We have a family accountant to help guide me through these steps. I started out just selling in my home state. For every state you plan to sell at, especially for a big con, you need to register your business for those states. Tax reasons Record business investments, keep track of sales, profits and losses. For reporting/filing taxes to the IRS. Again with the disclaimer: Not my strong suit dealing with IRS or filling out paperwork Research the cons/events beforehand, especially if not local. This includes location, what the con has to offer (programs, panels, guests, etc.) Having a well -put -together, powerful, and eye catching display will attract more people. Part of marketing your brand.

I still have A LOT more to say regarding cons, lol, both as attendee and seller. Feel free to message me :). ALSO: STAY HYDRATED, FEED YOURSELF ENOUGH, STRETCH/ WALK AROUND PERIODICALLY.

@danielerossi That was pretty good! Thanks for sharing.

@Arthur-Campling
Thanks for the detailed response! I love my pencil sketches but they lose their “life” when I redraw over them in procreate. I’ll be rethinking my process.

@Katt you’re welcome. Have you chosen a specific masterpiece to copy? If so, would you willing to share which one? Please explain what you find confusing about replacing the grayscale with color.

@makekong this is way cool

Oil painted animated film:
The Peasants 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh10LL50i_s

@kayleenartlover Yes thanks I've got a website on squarspace, it was as you said really easy. I've got it under my signature here 🙂 You have really nice characters on your website, well presented too. I'm going to do some projects now, so maybe I will do somthing similar with my homepage, where you can click on an image and come to the project.

Nyrryl, thanks for sharing your story👍

I can only imagine they'd get any access to stuff you save to the cloud instead of your machine. Which I never do, and find it annoying every time Photoshop decides to default back to Cloud saving 👎

@AustinShurtliff Thanks for expanding the list to let me and Sarah in!

This looks promising. Not sure how it protects but good on Wacom!

Wacom's found a use for blockchain - and it will protect your art from AI

I'm glad they addressed this on the podcast today. I think when all artists freak out, it's hard not to join into the collective mob mentality. I did start posting on Cara and it is like Lee says: People are focused on posting their own stuff, not connecting with other artists. There isn't the audience that people need to sell their projects. Although, I started posting my comics in TikTok with the slide show option (and on IG still) My goal is to do it for 30 days. I have a 30 page comic so I will post a page a day and see what happens in the end. By no means am I a super amazing artist, but I hope my cute/quirky short story comic draws an audience.

@Jason-Crowley hmm, maybe I should try blue-sky to then. Oh man, I already see myself jumping from one to the other🙈

godzilla progress.jpg
I didn't think to take any screen captures of the final illustration progress, but I thought I'd share my progress through idea generation, composition, and lighting/coloring.