SVS Virtual Studio MAY 2023

[Kim Rosenlof]

I am trying to do some of the MerMay 2023 prompts this year. I always think about doing it every year, but haven't done it until this year. I am just picking a few of the prompts to do. Today's prompt is #StarWars, so I did the R2D2 and Princess Leia scene since Carrie Fisher is getting her star on the Hollywood walk of fame today. May the 4th be with you!

[lpetiti]

After a therapy session this week, my therapist asked me "do you make the art you want to or what you think you "should"?" That stood out to me so I'm diving back into landscapes and animal drawings. This summer I'll be taking some courses at CSU Monterey Bay around scientific illustration as well so hopefully all of these things will get me out of my funk I've been in for two years.

[jvartandillustration]

I have a whole list of ideas for illustrations that I haven’t started yet. Usually I pick one and go from start to finish. However, I’m trying something different where I do sketches of all of them first, then decide which ones I want to finish.

[Sarah VanDam]

I really tried to do an actual inked drawing for May the 4th, but I’m still not happy with the underlying drawing/anatomy/proportions. Oh well—It was a good effort for today.

[A Former User]

Editorial spot illustration "Deep Dive".

[Richy.s.ayala]

Oldie that I am currently retouching! Thoughts always welcome.

[Heather Boyd]

@Richy-s-ayala Welcome! So fresh and full of life filled colours! The lighting and mark making shapes and movement and energy you've created, very nice.

Nice to meet you, I am Heather.

[Jeremiahbrown]

Catching fishers

[Richy.s.ayala]

@Heather-Boyd

Hi Heather! Very nice to meet you too, I am Richy. Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to look at my work! Excited to share more and see your art.

[braden H]

I am pleased to report that with this spread of our fearful hero puking his guts out while his dad looks on I am officially DONE final art for my book!

Now it goes to the designer and art director for revisions/typesetting and other stuff and it is on schedule to be released Spring 2024!

And now I get to do it all again with the second book

[kylebeaudette]

[Sarah VanDam]

@braydin-hawlette AWESOME!!!

[Heather Boyd]

@braydin-hawlette That's awesome!!! Not the puking... I remember the olden days when 1/2 of the posts on here were yours. Now your work will be in a book -that's FABULOUS!

[braden H]

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[braden H]

@Heather-Boyd said in SVS Virtual Studio MAY 2023:

I remember the olden days when 1/2 of the posts on here were yours.

I HAD SO MUCH TIME BACK THEN!!! But yeah, it's pretty cool that I get to have a published book! From an actual publisher!

[Asyas_illos]

Dragon wip inspired by the newly budding poison oak that’s EVERYWHERE

[katsuds]

@Richy-s-ayala oh my goodness I just love this so much! I want to jump into that picture and visit this world. So much color and life to this. great job!

[katsuds]

@lpetiti YES!! It's hard to remember sometimes that art is built on play. It is supposed to be fun and enjoyable. It is letting our curiosity lead us down a path to see what we find and what we can do. As adults I think we get caught up in being productive and forget to just play. Children are always making art and not concerned about the outcome. I have challenged myself to play with my art more and stop focusing on my "should dos" and focus on just enjoying it. not as easy as it sounds sometimes though.

[Richy.s.ayala]

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[Richy.s.ayala]

@Robyn-Hepburn Thank you so much!! This made my day. I am actually considering setting up a little online shop for prints and this feedback definitely inspires me to do it!