Critique vs Marketing

Nyrryl Cadiz

@menalkhan hi! first off great illustrations. Secondly, is it alright if I critiqued your portfolio? thanks.

menalkhan

@Nyrryl-Cadiz - Thank you! And yes, go for it, I'd love feedback!

Nyrryl Cadiz

@menalkhan hi I'm just gonna keep it brief. I think you have a good style going and I would definitely recommend making submissions. I always recommend submitting even if you're not ready so that you'll get over the fear of rejection because that fear is very strong and paralyzing. A lot of illustrators give up before they even get started because of that fear. And boy, will you inevitably experience a lot of rejection during this process. that's just a given.

what I think you need to work on most is adding sequential illustrations. if you want to illustrate books or narrative works, you need to show that you can illustrate the same character consistently over various illustrations.

overall, this is my 2 cents. all the best. keep us posted.

menalkhan

@Nyrryl-Cadiz - Yes! I've actually been working on a sequential piece. Initially, I had the chimp-polaroid image to show the same character in different poses, but decided to make one that's a bit more obvious. Thank you for the feedback, it's very much appreciated!
I submitted myself to a few places and actually signed an agent this past week, excited to see where this takes me.

tombarrettillo

@menalkhan congrats on getting an agent!

Nyrryl Cadiz

@menalkhan woah! that's wonderful news! congratulations who did you sign with?

menalkhan

@Nyrryl-Cadiz @tombarrettillo - thank you! I signed with Bookends Literary!

Nyrryl Cadiz

@menalkhan that is wonderful! all the best.

Yogita Chawdhary

Hi Menal, Love your art style! Your work would look super cute on PBs. Congratulations on getting an agent! All the best!

menalkhan

@Yogita-Chawdhary Thanks so much, Yogita!! Your work is great too!

StudioHannah

I'm kinda late to this post but I just wanted to say you have an excellent style and portfolio! Great work!