Hello there...from Mexico
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Hi everyone! My name is Anaid. I'm a graphic designer and illustrator based on Mexico City. I'm very thrilled to be here, because I'd love to connect with more people that loves art and works on getting better at their craft.
I am currently trying to relearn fundamentals, since my education has consisted mostly on what I found on internet, without a structure. What I loved about SVS is the fundamentals curriculum, the chance to participate in contests and get feedback. That's why I'm here for!
To be honest, I'm kinda lost on what I should pick as an art career. I love drawing, I've worked on doing illustrations for editorial before but I don't know if that's what I want to do. This year has been nuts, a lot of struggles and such. Been even on the verge of giving up, but 3PP Podcast helped me to remember why I loved drawing in the first place, and since I don't think I have the proper skills to dedicate myself entirely to illustration, I'm here to learn.
I really hope to connect with you guys, find some art friends to chat and discuss about our art. And to learn a lot because that's what I love to do, more than anything really hahahaha.
So anyways, thanks for reading me. I'm not sharing social media rn bc I'm on hiatus from IG (got fed up from it honestly) and I don't use other platfoms to share my art so, I'll try to do it here. Have a nice day, lots of greetings from Mexico!!!!
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@Anaid-J Hello and welcome! I haven't been here that long but I can say that this forum is one of the best illustration communities. People are helpful and so encouraging towards growing illustrators
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@Anaid-J Welcome! As @ArtMelC said this is a great place when you're looking for a community and looking to learn. I'm a complete newbie, have no art background whatsoever, but it's so inspiring to see other people's work and see their journey and developments, to share struggles and successes. And svs is packed with stuff to learn. Already my work improved by miles by simply having a clue what to pay attention to. I'd love one day to combine education (not art) with illustration. But still far away from that. So looking forward to seeing your work. And maybe a website instead of IG would be a good way to showcase your work?
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@ArtMelC Thank you so much! I've heard that and I'm very excited to be here, so I hope we cross paths here frequently!
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@Chantal-Goetheer Thank you so much for the warm welcome! And yeah, being surrounded of people with the same interests is very inspiring. I'm so glad to hear your work has been improving, I hope you keep growing and growing!
And well, I've been thinking about it actually, but I don't know what to put in there because I'm not sure what path I should take. I'm kinda overthinking it hahahaha. I'd love to have a blog as well but what stops me from it is that I'm not sure if blogging is still a thing or it can help me. But it's a great suggestion indeed!
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@Anaid-J you can always change your website content. And when i listen to 3pp newsletters seem to have a more meaningful following as opposed to IG. Just give it a try and see what happens.
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@Chantal-Goetheer Well...that's very true the newsletter thingy is something I've been thinking about to as well. Gotta plan a strategy to do so, but you are right. Thanks for the encouragement!