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@mrsdion I'm so sorry to hear that hun, my condolences.

@kayleenartlover where you put the work in is showing for sure. Love the little bear with the big fish!

But right now your problem getting it all to mesh together may be the environment and staging. The art style for the background is so different from the bears that it seems like two different illustrations. And then with the staging, the composition and the addition of the small bear on the left leave the focal point being a bit confusing. I keep looking at the small bear instead of where the payoff should be on the bear carrying the big fish.

I would do some composition and layout studies in the same way you did for the character and it should be working just fine in no time. : )

@Tamzin-Barber you can print it yourself or simply just make a digital pdf. You don't have to make a hard copy unless you want to.

@Valerie-Light All the things @Kim-Rosenlof mentioned are great. Adobe Max maybe not as much (unless you live local) because it's expensive and the focus of the attendees is so broad and many of the people in the audience are teachers. But anything by AIGA would be fantastic. Try to find anything local because that is where it's cheap and easy to get out and meet people.

Here's another list I found: https://www.mediavalet.com/blog/creative-conferences/

@Tamzin-Barber Great question. As @Nyrryl-Cadiz mentioned, doing your own dummy is going to be essential. But, you do want to focus on finished art as samples as well. I would mix in a combo of both finished art, dummies, and story ideas with sketches.

@Asyas_illos Yup. (Speaking from experience here)

@ann-nadine Do you have a contract in place? What have they agreed to pay? Don't start drawing anything until compensation has been agreed to in writing. This seems weird to me!

@lpetiti I agree! Public sentiment has been really bad lately. When companies announce they're releasing NFT products, everyone goes "ugghhh" and several of those launches have done embarrassingly bad.

@mrsdion NFTs are weird. They're more akin to an investment than anything else, and a risky investment at that. It's very similar to cryptocurrency investment. Several months ago there was a big buzz about it and a few people made millions. This made many people jump in trying to make a quick buck. The resulting crash was abrupt. There are many people who spent millions on an NFT with the thought of selling it for double, and ended up getting a highest bid of $30. Pretty wild!

Everyone in the NFT space is trying to make money, but there aren't enough people in it out of pure interest to really sustain the industry. Everyone wants to sell, no one wants to buy. Many people are also stealing art to sell as NFTs, or trying to hire artists and pay them peanuts to create NFTs for them. All in all, the space is a cesspool of art theft, scams and greed. The peak point of interest in NFTs has also passed months ago and is now free falling. It may bounce back one day, but that day is not today.

I remember when you made you first post on that thread years ago! Congratulations, this is amazing Not only it's a very needed story, it's breath-takingly beautiful and well-made. You did it!