There is so much amazing advice here I need to take notes and then thank you all! I’ll get back to working on the website on Wednesday! You guys are so stinking supportive and helpful! Thank you so much!

It's okay @kaitlinmakes . The post looked like it was legit on first glance.

@Chip-Valecek oh OK. Have you thought about mixing it up and having walkers with non walkers. Haha I need to reign myself in and focus your idea is giving me ideas lol. Keep it up 😁👍

@Aleksey Hey! I am using Wordpress for mine. There are some really useful webcomic themes that make life extremely easy.

@demotlj I didn't know Richard since I'm fairly new to the forums. I've been really touched by all the posts everybody have made and I was just wondering if anybody thought of mentioning this to his family. What you've done is really special @demotlj and I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated.

@therealcpg Really cool perspective on this one 🙂

@Chip-Valecek thank you! I will definitely be in touch!

@Jiang-He to be fair this was posted back in 2016 the xp-pen 16 pro still didn’t exist back then

Also include some book covers if there are any certain books that you love!

Excited to get my copy!

There are a ton of great classes here and I have barely gotten started. Hard to pick a favorite since the topics can be so different. If forced to pick only one course it would probably be Creative Composition.

We are excited to announce the new featured student gallery!

Starting this month we are now going to begin featuring the work of our students, and alumni on the homepage. The new gallery is already up. Go check it out!

We'll be featuring new work in our student gallery every week, and posting Q&As with our featured students and alumni a couple times a month. To help us find new work to feature every month we are asking anyone who is interested to share some of their best work (1-2 images) on a monthly Forum post (the post will be titled Featured Students for April this month). Make sure to share your image during the first 10 days of the month to be considered for the following month. Also, make sure your images are at least 800 pixels on the shortest side and do not exceed 1mb in size.

Work will be selected based off of how well the work uses the following:

Concept: how well does your illustration convey a clear concept. Is it a unique approach? Does it make me want to know more about what is happening in the illustration?

Technique: How is the composition working? Does it have good use of lighting, rendering, mark making, etc.? Does the technique compliment the concept?

If you are interested in being featured for next month then go post your illustration on the "Featured Student For April" forum post (its under the Artwork category).

I’m excited to see your work!

Thanks!
Austin

@Chip-Valecek said in LOVE Slideshow:

Here it is everyone... Enjoy all the LOVE in this one - http://cshellmedia.com/clients/svs/

When I saw how many entries there were this month, I was thinking it was going to be a lot of trouble to put the slideshow together. Thanks @Chip-Valecek!

@demotlj Thanks for sharing your thinking. It really helps me to frame my own thoughts. I see what you mean and agree wholeheartedly.

Hey Friends!!

I know a few of you are SCBWI members and I was just curious to see if anyone will be attending the SCBWI - Southern Idaho/Utah's illustrators conference this Saturday?

This is my first SCBWI event that I've attended and I'm feeling nervous and excited. I'd love to meet up if anyone else will be there.

I'm at my best in the middle of the night. Just jumping out of bed and start writing. (Yeah, I'm not drawing, I'm a writer. It's not a big difference. You guys are creating with images, I'm creating with words). To be totally I'm working at one of these services that helps kids with homework and other kinds of assignments. But my passion project is writing novels.

Hey guys.
I came across an interesting contest for children's book writers and illustrators.
https://www.openideo.com/challenge-briefs/early-childhood-book-challenge

Maybe some of you will find it interesting too?
The main contest sounds like they are just look for authors and manuscripts. But if you read the section "Submission Guidelines & How to Participate". They are also looking for illustrators to produce the winner book together with the chosen author.

@nadyart just go for it. You already have the book and it’s beautiful, the hard part is done. Also unconventional means originality.

The flow (squiggly lines) you've created with your ink of the man and the bike really creates nice movement!

@Sas said in Got our proof copy!:

Congratulations! That's wonderful!!

Thank you!