SVS Team

This has been a crazy year for everyone, and we thought a great way to end it was to have everyone share. something they have learned over the 12 months. So, for December’s special edition of the featured student we are asking everyone to share one image they created this year that was impacted by SVSLearn. This could include images that are based on exercises from the new foundations curriculum (or based on the things you learned from it), images made as part of the monthly contest, or images that you shared to the forum and received feedback on from other students.

The hope for the Q&A blogpost is to include a large number of people (with all forum users able to particpate), so we are only asking everyone two questions. Please include the answers to these questions with the image you submit.

1. How have you improved this year thanks to SVSLearn, and
2. How did SVSLearn impact the creation of this piece.

Submissions will be taken until the 6th of December. Because a large amount of students might be selected, we might not be able to include everyones’ individual image on the student gallery.

Instructions:
To be considered share 1 of your best pieces created this year on this forum post with answers to the two questions listed above. Make sure to share your image by the 6h of December to be considered. 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/story. 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?

I can't wait to see what everyones' work from 2020!

@iamreedicus thanks for that! Love hearing where this stuff comes from!

For what it's worth my kids really like ladybug 4. I think the face on 7 is very appealing. Maybe you could combine the two?

Frog H is a great design!

I have the Huion 22inch and love it! Great colors and perfect price!

Art by Taylor Ackerman

This week, Jake Parker, Lee White, and Will Terry take on listener questions — should you work with a small publisher, and what red flags should you look for? Should you track all your ideas and inspirations? Should you do spec work? Should you get more training if you already have an art following? Listen on as we tackle these questions and get you practical answers!

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I will second what everyone here has said. Don't worry too much about if it's in your style or not. The key is to try the exercise as is and then use the things it gives you along the way. You will be surprised at how applicable some of the things are, even when going from very stylized to very realistic.

@Eli Yep! Full 78 card deck with booklet and a bunch of other goodies. Custom box too!

Curious to hear how everyone's slowvember is going? post some progress pics in here!

I am moving forward withe my project: The Wonderland Tarot. A 78 card tarot deck based on Alice in Wonderland. Here's some rough concept development work from it:

@Natalia But yes, there will be a recording available!

@Natalia Emailed you the link!