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  • RE: traditional --> digital disconnect. I need help with cohesive art style and direction...

    @Katt No matter the reason you chose those crazy colors, I think they're really pretty and would look stunning in a picture book! As long as you keep the same color palette, even if you mix them differently each time, I think it would still look consistent. It's a style that stands out! That is SO difficult to do, to find a look that's pretty and marketable, but unique too. You have something special here, don't abandon it by trying to make all clean digital art like everyone else 😕

    I would encourage you to experiment more with that style again, and figure out process and method that you feel comfortable and happy with. It's also easier to keep working to stabilize a style you've used in the past, than start from scratch trying to find something else brand new.

    I think this may be partly your problem here. You have things that you liked and gravitated towards in the past, for many reasons (feeling free, working around difficulties with colors, enjoying watercolors) but instead of leaning into those things that spoke to you, you're going away from them and starting from scratch. It's like you're re-learning all over again, which may be why you feel like some of your newer work is actually worse.

    Experimenting is an important part of the creative process, but it's meant to help make decisions and lean into something, eliminate others. You try something new and then decide: Did I like this? Do I want to do more of this, or is this a hell no? It's a process of elimination. You shouldn't start from scratch every time. You should look back at what's worked for you in the past, what you enjoyed most, what displayed your strengths the best and hid your weaknesses the most. And then you lean into THAT. That's your style 🙂

    posted in Projects
  • RE: traditional --> digital disconnect. I need help with cohesive art style and direction...

    @Katt I love your watercolors, the mix of bright colors together is very beautiful and fun. They're much more interesting than your digital works, which look very generic. If you gravitate towards traditional... then just do that? There's no need to force yourself to do digital. You don't need digital to be a picture book illustrator. Just learn to scan and clean your paintings properly and you're good to go.

    posted in Projects
  • RE: I HAVE A LITERARY AGENT!!! Thank You, SVS!!!

    @Jeremy-Ross Oh Jeremy, that's so wonderful to hear!! Congrats 🙂 It is SO well-deserved! Very happy for you mate!

    posted in General Discussion
  • RE: Stitching together scanned images

    @kylebeaudette Very neat! Flexibility is so important with any kind of professional work. It's great that you found a process that allows for mistakes and tweaks!

    posted in General Discussion
  • RE: I need questions for YouTube videos

    @Nyrryl-Cadiz Congrats on your first video!! I left you a comment and subscribed ❤

    I took the liberty of checking out your video set up with my TubeBuddy extension:
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    We can see that your SEO score is very low, and that's in big part because you used no tags. Tags are how your videos can get found in search. You can used a free extension like TubeBuddy to do keyword research to find phrases that are searched often but have low competition. Then you repeat these phrases in your title, description, and tags. This gives you a higher SEO score and makes your videos more searchable 🙂

    I also recommend taking a look at the best practices at the bottom. Adding info cards, end screen, pinned comment and chapters all help your channel.

    Best of luck with your new channel!!

    posted in General Discussion
  • RE: Requesting pricing help for my illustrations.

    @Darian Hi! Very nice style!
    I am afraid, there are no "normal" prices in the self-publishing world. I got anywhere from $40-$120 per illustration when working for a self-published author. I took it as a terribly paid learning opportunity, I knew I would not be delivering the best work as I was still learning the craft, I was happy I could practice while getting paid.
    So the question should be: what is your price for such an illustration? Is the price enough for you? You will never see any royalties, you will lose all rights to the illustrations (a very bad deal, to be honest. I would want to retain some rights, so I could at least make prints and sell those). The author will probably be a pain in the butt. I have the experience that the lower the budget is, the more problematic the work gets.
    If there's room for negotiation, I'd definitely want a higher rate per illustration, and restrict the rights they are buying from you.
    Good luck!

    posted in Questions & Comments
  • RE: March 2024 Submissions - How To Fix Your Art

    @MarcRobinson Thank you Marc! Your's lovely too, our kids need a pet griffin like yours, they said. So thanks, I guess 👍 😆

    posted in Artwork
  • RE: March 2024 Submissions - How To Fix Your Art

    @Larue Thanks Larue! 🙂 It's funny how different all these Griffin stories are, right? We went through each and every post with my kids, telling stories for every illustration. They loved your library griffin a lot!

    posted in Artwork
  • RE: March 2024 Submissions - How To Fix Your Art

    Lately, I felt a bit burned out - working on this prompt was such a joy!
    Seeing all the different takes on griffins is very inspiring ❤👍
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    posted in Artwork
  • RE: Basic Perspective Final Project

    @Erin-Hawkins Nicely done! Keep going with the courses -- the "carving in" gets even more detailed in future classes. But it all relies on the information you've mastered here.

    posted in SVS Class Work