And two weeks later, I figured out my black-streaks shading problems! It was awkward revisiting fundamentals but I highly recommend it 😉 Here's the finished birthday card post-customer-feedback-incorporated:
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@AustinShurtliff thank you Austin!

@eli Thanks! Made for fun researching.

@Braden-Hallett Thanks much--this gives me insight into how you work and I can see more into each of your steps. And alas, many of the things I learn along the way are more in the "foundation of the house would be better 2 feet to the left" than color of the paint. But I am learning and progressing-much do to tips and encouragement here.

Have a great comic-con!

@evilrobot Thank you!

@MichaelaH That's what happens when I leave for one day - something new 🙂 .

I've been scrolling through your updates on these since you started them but never posted. I must say I'm blown away - the colours are amazing and you've got some lovely pattern styles going on here.

Your consistency and your dedication to this too has really inspired me.
Any tips for us users on motivating yourself during such a challenge?

@DLArmantrout Really interesting! I am always amazed by how specialized each industry can be. Not that I should be surprised -- illustration is full of all kinds of niches.

My knowledge on copyrights is due to a personal/professional interest in it. No formal training, just a lot of late night reading of IP law blogs. With that in mind I always want to be careful to note that mine are only opinions.

As for the Boldly Go case -- from what I gathered CBS/Star Trek have deemed this a tolerated infringement. They haven't issued a takedown notice for the book.

I do wonder about defending mash-ups under the Fair Use Defense though. The judge felt in this case that it was "sufficiently" creative. But that is arguably a personal judgment call. Would that same judge always think mashups of two IP's are creative enough to warrant protection under the Fair Use Defense?

Link for week 3 🙂

https://forum.svslearn.com/topic/7953/how-to-ink-group-runthrough-week-3

@Jad-Bautista @Kristin-Wauson thank you!

@demotlj It's such a smart idea to take inspiration from another artists pieceand make it your own. You really soak in their knowledge that way, especially as you are spending hours on one piece. Best way to learn!

@carlianne Ok, this is adorable and made me smile, I need more!

@Annaaronson Thank you so much for these immensely important insights! I definitely am working on specific things that I believe will help me towards my goals but you've definitely pushed me in a more purposeful direction with this. When I ask about filling 7 sketchbooks, it's more of me trying to gauge how much practice I should be aiming for in the coming year and halfish. I do plan on filling these with the fundamentals and intersperse that with copies of favorite artists and experimental pieces alongside some attempts at prompts. When the fundamentals feel solid enough, I will hit the rudder much harder towards attempting prompts and telling stories. It'll be a lot of: do art, analyze/get feedback, drill the weak areas, repeat. (Made in part by your recommendation to read "Ultralearning" these 9 points seem to have a lot of awesome applications here. Anyways, thanks again, I appreciate you looking out for a person in the early stages 🙂

@LauraA thank you so much. I am definitely seeing improvement.

@bennyschmidt12 @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen @Pamela-Fraley @Kat @Lynda_Percival @Eli @Photoshopoholic @Russ-Van-Dine @Bursaroo @Spencer-Hale @Marina @Lu-Lima @Jazeps-Tenis @evilrobot Thanks for all the great feedback from my inktober art this year. I appreciate it so much.
I want to share the products I have made from the art because it is amazing to see the sketch turn into something real.
The 'Little Tiger' collection of watercolour paintings are now avaliable with ARTWOW [https://www.artwow.co/products/search/elizabeth?_des=194]
We have prints, framed prints and canvas to decorate baby's nursery. Thanks.
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@robgale Wow, I love this one. I love sketchy graphite work. This guy is a dapper gent but something about his expression gives me the feeling that he is not completely trustworthy. Compelling image.

Another vote for the first version

@TessaW I feel your frustration, this is why I don't like platforms that are not your own because they play by their own rules. The rules that benefit them and not you. Mostly their interest in getting their monthly payment out of you. This is why you should bever invest in a platform that you cannot own. Ant web service that requires a monthly service fee tied to their platforms like Wix, or square space or adobe portfolio is going to serve their own interests and will have limitations on what you can and cannot do. This is why I am putting together a free course for everyone here to show them a better way. It's in development and it's going to take a little time but here is what we are going to cover...

https://forum.svslearn.com/topic/9903/setting-up-a-wordpress-website-for-artists-free-course?_=1597383014955