Happy New Year from NY! First Post from a new member :)

[Suji Park]

Hey everyone,

Nice to meet you all!
My name is Suji, an illustrator based in NY&NJ.
Just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I am pretty new here, just joined in December.
My sister is a vet, and I love to draw animals. I've been posting art on instagram but recently, I decided to finally focus on
learning the art of storytelling.

I went to Parsons but the school did not teach me as much storytelling skills as I hoped for.
After graduation, I always missed the classroom setting, group support, and feedback from fellow students.
So finding this forum felt like a surprise gift for me!

Here is a small illustration, I wish everyone an awesome new year (and a new decade) filled with more success than ever.

P.S. If you have an instagram account, please let me know! I will add you

Cheers!

[IgorWoznicki]

The illustration is absolutely adorable
Really like this rough, textury feeling. Kinda fits my current taste

I guess I am the first one to welcome you here, so...WELCOME!
I've been on couple of forums and SVS is the only one I stayed. Never seen a friendlier environment, really. You're gonna love it here.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

Happy new year!

[demotlj]

Welcome to the forum! It's a great place to find art friends and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

[Suji Park]

@IgorWoznicki Thank you for the welcome, Igor!!
I do try to keep texture to the final image, I think it adds more interest.
I have a feeling that this forum is friendly indeed, based on your warm welcome

[Coreyartus]

Welcome, Suji! I bet you'll find a lot of friendly folks here! Take some time to do some searches through the forum search mechanism, and I'll bet you'll find a lot of posts with a lot of friendly advice! Happy Illustrating!!

[Suji Park]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Happy New year!
Thank you for the welcome, Laurie!

[ArtofAleksey]

Hi hi fellow new yorker. Welcome to the forums.

[Suji Park]

@Coreyartus Thank you for the welcome I get a sense that everyone is very friendly and supportive. It's a lot of fun to check out other illustrators' works too. I'll be searching a lot for sure!