Our SVS Virtual Studio February❤️2020

[braden H]

Most reference for rays of light I can find are in forested very leafy areas. I've found something I need to work on, lol.

[braden H]

Gonna enter the SCBWI 'draw this' contest. The prompt is 'secret admirer'. They seem to often go for kinda cliche images (though I'm sure they have their own criteria) so I'm goin' with a classic pairing.

[burvantill]

@Braden-Hallett I’m doing that one too. I’m trying to combine Nightfall AND Secret admirer. Lol. Two birds with one stone kinda thing. Good luck!

[StudioLooong]

@burvantill I was thumb-nailing ideas for doing that yesterday too. Not sure if I'll finish anything since Draw This is due on the 20th... I'm also debating whether it would be better for me to stop doing all these prompts and start concentrating on a book dummy. I'm feeling a little discouraged with the whole art contest thing. It never seems to work out for me.

[Heather Boyd]

@Braden-Hallett your line-less studies are cool.

Yesterday night I burned out a lot, but started this morning with cleaning up and moved to sketching character studies -below. I like the volume created in the skirt in Salu B. C by Kevin Roulland was a favourite to draw -she’s got an exaggerated expression and gesture (brings out her spunk, edge and sass) along with those beautiful angles. And D by Ciara Nina -I left out her face and put in my own eyes and mouth, D makes me so happy to look at.

I’m working on watercolour soon and I will be putting in some elements that I like that I have been hesitating to try.

Thanks guys,

[braden H]

@Heather-Boyd said in Our SVS Virtual Studio February️2020:

your line-less studies are cool.

They are helping SO much

[braden H]

Now with more mousey reaction and sense of scale. Also, what the heck was the mouse hiding behind before? Now a flaring table foot.

[burvantill]

@StudioLooong don’t get discouraged. Back in October for the Penny challenge I didn’t make the top 16 and I was really really REALLY bummed because I thought I did a good job, so I took two months off, and then I came back and did the January prompt and I am a winner!
Use the emotion your feeling to come back harder!

[Katie Kordesh]

hoping to finish these turn arounds and expression sheets by monday

[braden H]

@StudioLooong @burvantill I felt similar for January's prompt. I spent soooooooo much time on December's prompt but didn't make it in, either. Sometimes your concept lands, and sometimes it doesn't

Workin' on a book dummy is also a good thing to do. Whatever keeps you making more content, right?

[burvantill]

I’m going with this thumbnail. Nightfall & Secret Admirer.
BTW, it’s still called procrastination when you work on something, and you SHOULD BE working on something else. I’m trying to trick myself, but I’m not stupid, I know what I’m doing. I’m avoiding, that’s what. I’m still doing it! BAH!

[Aaron_T]

Got to do a superhero doodle of a coworker who retired this week. She loves cooking and is famous around here for her albondigas soup. This was printed at 4’X3’ on foam core, then cut with a jig saw. Then, at the event I was asked to do a caricature of someone else I don’t even know who is retiring next week. It’s funny because I’ve never felt like I could do caricatures, and know some really talented artists who do it for a living. I think people just like to see themselves as cartoons

[braden H]

Whoof.

[braden H]

gigabunny ranch.

[burvantill]

@Braden-Hallett

[Coley]

@StudioLooong your piece for the January contest was really strong. I totally remember it and I have forgotten a lot of them or who did them. I thought it was awesome. This was the first time I ever made the cut and I do remember feeling disappointed on the other occasions I didn't make the cut. Especially one time. Then I just figured best to keep on keeping on and not feel bad. It will happen in time! Just like @burvantill said!
That being said I think it's totally normal to feel frustrated and disappointed. It's the ones who keep coming back who rock it in the end.

[Coley]

Working on two wizard lamps for props course. Hey, also my first project on procreate .
Today I ordered my new iPad case and some of those paper like screen protectors. Super excited. Oh the nerdiness!

[carlianne]

Can't share anything I'm working on, but I took a short break and made some VDay cards for our work exchange.

[burvantill]

@carlianne these are cute.

[burvantill]

Rough sketch

Value study.

Yep, still procrastinating.