@Jennifer-Fletcher they felt this type of flyer didn’t warrant the additional budget for coated stock and 4-color printing.

@AustinShurtliff Thank you! I appreciate an open offer for feedback 🙂 It is hard posting when you are a baby illustrator like I am , but I'm working on conquering the fear! There is a lot to take in and learn here, but I appreciate knowing I have somewhere to turn when I need advice on my art!

@menalkhan Oh no, I hadn't noticed your message! But thank you so much, it's nice that the small characters are enjoyable to look at. 🙂

@Oana thank you so much, I’m glad to hear it 😌

When I was learning perspective, this kind of 2-point perspective confused me a lot! That's because we think of a traditional 2-point perspective where both vanishing points are on the horizon line. But in a traditional 2-point perspective (or 1-point for that matter), all the top-to-bottom lines always stay perfectly vertical (unless the canvas itself is rotated) and parallel to one another. In this case they are not, which is the clue that there is another vanishing point.

To tilt top-to-bottom lines, you'll have either a vanishing point in the sky (the zenith) for a bottom up perspective or a vanishing point deep in the earth (the nadir) for a top down perspective. It actually helps me to think of this illustration as a 1-point perspective + zenith instead of thinking of it as a 2-point perspective. That always just confuses me!

July is about to end, and many of my serious intentions are put on stanby due to holiday activities. Some minimal work is happening though...
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Hi! I think you wanted to post for the How to fix your art challenge but to participate you have to post the image directly into the "submissions" thread! Somehow you made a separate forum thread and it might go unnoticed

@lpetiti You're made great progress. Some things I want to flag. The character still looks Indistinguishable from an adult. As an example of what you can do, in the following image I shifted the eyes to be lower, giving a more juvenile proportion.

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This might go against what I said about being faithful to the reference model... The eyeglass frame could be more complimentary to the character. Look up frames for round faces.

The lower legs I think you were going for plump, but instead look swollen. I would straighten the outer sides of the legs so that the skin looks lean against the bone. Shoes/feet could less dome-shaped, more snout-like.

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Lastly, the character could benefit from having a more contemporary attire. She doesn't have to look like a child model for the GAP, but less like an aid worker.
I think I now know what the attire is based on and will keep quiet now 🙊

@Jeremiahbrown Hey thanks for the feedback, this is really helpful! I'm just starting to learn anatomy so I will definitely take what you have taught me and apply it. Appreciate it!

Hi everyone! I feel like it's been ages since I've been on here, probably because it has been.

I've got a series of books in the works, some with former clients and others with a potentially new client. I'm SUPER rusty because I've been in an art rut for a couple of years.

Anyway I'm starting to draw the main character of my next book and I see a lot of my rusty skills coming out. In trying to stylize the character she's coming out very...stale. And I've really only just started the face shapes. The client is wanting to use a great-niece of hers as the character (which I expected as this is a common theme) and while I'm trying to stylize, I feel like I'm starting off rough.

Any advice? I don't feel 100% comfortable with posting the reference photo unless necessary but here are some initial sketches. the latest one is circled and I think it's sort of in the right direction. I am not the most confident drawing people so it takes a while to make things look more organic and less stiff.

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@Jeanne-M-Bowman No need to tip me for the tip XD but glad I could help!

@Shawna-Calder-Tenney, this is wonderful! I'm so happy you participated this month.

@Katherine thank you very much!

@Mark-Wilson-Illo

Hey Mark, there's no better compliment than knowing my work has inspired other artists 😃 Thank you for your comment!

A while ago I wrote down a list of ideas for portfolio pieces, one of is “gardening with grandparents”
My grandparents love staying active. Even when they stay at my family’s house to visit, they refuse to sit down.
So here is a sketch I made of 2 kids weeding with grandparents:

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@Larue Yes, I'm going to get hold of that tape. For smaller pieces or when I'm not doing a large wash, it's usually fine just to tape it. It's when I soak it and do a lot of wet washes that things need to be tight!

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Dun dun DUN! Hee hee. Aren't cliffhangers just the worst? 
Hey! Heads up. If anyone is still following this thread, [hope hope] I am condensing my posting routine and will not be posting the weekly updates to SVS forum anymore. BUT you can still view them on my website, on my Substack, or if you would like to get them delivered right to your in box, I can do that for you if you Join the Adventure. Hope to see you there. =)x

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I’m so close to finishing this… How does the lettering look? Should I make the drawing bigger and have the road drawn to the bottom of the page, or keep it a centered vignette?

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Here’s a closeup of the bus:

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@Reb-Erlik Swimming is great exercise, thanks for the reminder. My son and I swim in the ocean a lot during the Summer because I prefer it over a pool.
I'm glad to hear your back is better.
Thank you for letting me know about the Zoom meeting. I may not be able to join it as my brother's birthday is this weekend and all my siblings are coming over for the weekend but I will see if I am able to sneak away for a bit on Sunday.
Thanks again for the support.

Jessica