Carlianne Tipsey Featured for January!

AustinShurtliff

The featured student for January is Carlianne Tipsey! The Q&A with Carlianne (@CARLIANNE) is up on the blog. Below is an introduction to the Q&A that Kathryn Adebayo (@KATHRYNADEBAYO) conducted with Carlianne:

"Some people talk longingly about making art their profession. Others create on the side. Yet there are a few who take the plunge into earning their living from their art without looking back, including Neha Rawat Battish. In this interview, she tells a bit about that process and also shares some of the gems of knowledge that she’s picked up along the way."

Read the whole Q&A on the blog.

Want to be featured on the homepage? Submit your art to this post by January 31st for a chance to be featured for February!

Jeremy Ross

Congratulations @carlianne!

carlianne

Thank you all so much!!

I came to SVS about a year ago when I was at a really low point as an artist. It took about six months of listening to the classes and podcasts before I was ready to even pick up a pen again. I really feel like SVS gave me back my passion and love for illustration, and being a featured student is so validating, especially because there are so many incredibly talented people in this group.

So, thank you guys for featuring me, but also thank you to this group for welcoming me into it, and helping me get to a place where I can feel proud of my art again.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@carlianne congratulations!️️️

Neha Rawat

Congratulations @carlianne ! Your Q&A was lovely to read too! Your art is super cute!

BichonBistro

@carlianne said in Carlianne Tipsey Featured for January!:

Thank you all so much!!

I came to SVS about a year ago when I was at a really low point as an artist. It took about six months of listening to the classes and podcasts before I was ready to even pick up a pen again. I really feel like SVS gave me back my passion and love for illustration, and being a featured student is so validating, especially because there are so many incredibly talented people in this group.

So, thank you guys for featuring me, but also thank you to this group for welcoming me into it, and helping me get to a place where I can feel proud of my art again.

I am even happier to see you as featured student after reading that you were at a low point before finding SVS—so glad you rediscovered your passion! Your illustrations are charming 🥰

burvantill

@carlianne Yay!!!

aska

congrats @carlianne! you've earned it

deborah Haagenson

Great work! I am so happy for you - Congratulations!!

deborah Haagenson

I have to add - I just read your blog Q&A. You have worked very hard, for a long time. I hope you find a wonderful agent! Hello to San Jose, CA. I left CA 18 months ago after living there for for 30+ years. I lived in Ventura. I miss it!

Coley

Congratulations ! ️

TessaW

Congrats, and well deserved! Love your work.

demotlj

Congratulations and thanks also to @KathrynAdebayo for a great interview. Learning about the artist is as fun as looking at their art.

Jenna Jenks

@AustinShurtliff congrats @carlianne !!!

KathrynAdebayo

@demotlj I agree completely!

LauraA

I am a bit behind this week, but just wanted to say that I read your interview this morning and I really enjoyed it! Lovely work, and that octopus should exist as a real stuffed animal!

carlianne

@Neha-Rawat thank you so much! I love your work too! I also totally thought you were going to take that first round of the contest this month! Your little kitty so cuuuuuute

@deborah-Haagenson thank you so much!! It must be hard to get used to "real weather" after living in Ventura so long:smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

@LauraA Aw thanks so much! I'm also way behind responding to people lol. And omg I would have so much fun designing plushies. They're everything I love in life

@BichonBistro that's so sweet! I'm also glad I found SVS and have been able to be revitalized. I didn't want to go into negative stuff in my interview, but I had a large client who was pretty horrible to me, and it has been a long time since I've really had any validation as an artist. Winning a contest and a feature here really makes me feel like I'm on the right track again.

and thanks everyone else again, I really really appreciate all the kind words and encouragement

deborah Haagenson

@carlianne Yes it sure is! One day this week when I walked into work it was -11, which is already very cold, but the real feel temperature was -32. Driving is the worse!

carlianne

Crazy!! Driving sounds super scary in temperatures like that.

Neha Rawat

@carlianne said in Carlianne Tipsey Featured for January!:

@Neha-Rawat thank you so much! I love your work too! I also totally thought you were going to take that first round of the contest this month! Your little kitty so cuuuuuute

Ahahaha! Thank you! But I'm so happy I lost to a good contender Oh man when I saw those owls, I was like damn! Why didn't I think of something cute and fun like OWL MOUNTAINS!