Thanks to @Chip-Valecek of http://cshellmedia.com/ we now have a gallery containing all of our 3rd Thursday submissions. Check them our here: http://cshellmedia.com/clients/svs/ .

A few more Spam artists have made their way onto our Forums. I don't know why because they are not even selling anything, just seem to have an affinity for large bodies of text which are meaningless. Any time this happens flag their post and I will delete their account. Together we can fight!

Hey all. We have re-designed the forums recently to improve the ease of access and community interaction. If you have any comments or concerns feel free to reply to this thread.

Added Features:
-Home page now shows all recent posts
-Group creation is allowed, all groups are private, the creator must approve members
-Tabs at the top of the site have been added for better navigation
-You may now create you own account without having to use a social media account

Prompt

"Astrid cautiously stepped out of the craft onto soft spongy turf. Though she didn't see anything she had a deep sense that she wasn't alone."
Rules

One entry per person
jpeg images only
Images should not be larger than 2000 pixels in the long dimension
Label your jpeg with your name (ex: joeSmith.jpg)
Illustrations that do not fit the category or prompt will not be considered.
You grant the right to display your artwork on www.svslearn.com

Submission

Images must be submitted before 12:00 noon EST August 20th 2015
Images must be sent to svslearninfo@gmail.com for consideration
In the email please include your Instagram and Twitter username (we want to tag the winners)
Posting your image in the forum is a great way to get feedback leading up to the competition

How it works:

The day after each 3rd Thursday competition we will announce a NEW illustration prompt for the following month. Anyone may enter - you don’t need permission - just start creating. We will accept submissions up to 12:00 noon EST (That’s 9:00AM for California) on the 3rd Thursday of the month. At 11:00PM EST we will critique 5 of the best submissions on that same 3rd Thursday in our online GoToMeeting classroom. It is free for anyone to join in and watch us critique each image according to design/composition standards and appropriate storytelling principles and intended category. We will provide the joining information at a later date so check back on our Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/schoolofvisualstorytelling

Out of the 5 entries we pick for critique we will award 3 of them with two free classes of their choice. Once someone has won they will not be eligible to have their work critiqued or win the store credit for one year - giving more artists the chance to win.

Our goal for this competition is to give you real world assignments that will help you add relevant artwork to your portfolio that will hopefully help you land assignment work from publishers. You will be able to pick up many tips and tricks by attending our monthly critique sessions online for free. Good luck and we’ll look forward to seeing your creations in May!

Merry belated Christmas, here is another Quick Tip vid https://youtu.be/lcOWWQT4LXY

These are looking awesome!

Hey SVSers.

We are always trying to make our service better and we rely heavily on comments and concerns from our subscribers. So if you have anything you think could positively impact our company reply to this thread! Below are a few questions we have for you.

What are some suggestions you have about our course content?

What are some suggestions you have about the functions of our site?

What does SVS do better than art school?

What does SVS do worse than traditional art school?

Any other comments or concerns are welcome. A big thanks to everybody for being the best part of SVS!

Prompt:

"None of the animals could believe their eyes. The aircraft worked! For the first time Ostrich was actually flying!"

Rules:

One entry per person
jpeg images only
Images should not be larger than 2000 pixels in the long dimension
Label your jpeg with your name (ex: joeSmith.jpg)
Illustrations that do not fit the category or prompt will not be considered.
You grant the right to display your artwork on www.svslearn.com

Submission:

Images must be submitted before 12:00 noon EST October 15th 2015
Images must be sent to svslearninfo@gmail.com for consideration
In the email please include your Instagram and Twitter username (we want to tag the winners)
Posting your image in the forum is a great way to get feedback leading up to the competition

How it works:

The day after each 3rd Thursday competition we will announce a NEW illustration prompt for the following month. Anyone may enter - you don’t need permission - just start creating. We will accept submissions up to 12:00 noon EST (That’s 9:00AM for California) on the 3rd Thursday of the month. At 11:00PM EST we will critique 5 of the best submissions on that same 3rd Thursday in our online GoToMeeting classroom. It is free for anyone to join in and watch us critique each image according to design/composition standards and appropriate storytelling principles and intended category. We will provide the joining information at a later date so check back on our Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/schoolofvisualstorytelling

Out of the 5 entries we pick for critique we will award 3 of them with two free classes of their choice. Once someone has won they will not be eligible to have their work critiqued or win the free classes for one year - giving more artists the chance to win.

Our goal for this competition is to give you real world assignments that will help you add relevant artwork to your portfolio that will hopefully help you land assignment work from publishers. You will be able to pick up many tips and tricks by attending our monthly critique sessions online for free. Good luck and we’ll look forward to seeing your creations in September!

Check out September's 3rd Thursday:

https://youtu.be/AjY-NBkWfPQ
Here are last month's winners:

Jason Baskin follow him on Twitter @baskindraws

Katrina Fowler See more here: katrinafowler.com

Marlo Garnsworthy follow her here @MarloWordyBird

Prompt:

"Stanley ran outside as fast as he could to see what made that horrendous noise."
Rules

• One entry per person
• jpeg images only
• Images should not be larger than 2000 pixels in the long dimension
• Label your jpeg with your name (ex: joeSmith.jpg)
• Illustrations that do not fit the category or prompt will not be considered.
• You grant the right to display your artwork on www.svslearn.com

Submission

• Images must be submitted before 12:00 noon EST January 21st 2015
• Images must be sent to svslearninfo@gmail.com for consideration
• In the email please include your Instagram and Twitter username (we want to tag the winners)
• Posting your image in the forum is a great way to get feedback leading up to the competition

How it works:

The day after each 3rd Thursday competition we will announce a NEW illustration prompt for the following month. Anyone may enter - you don’t need permission - just start creating. We will accept submissions up to 12:00 noon EST (That’s 9:00AM for California) on the 3rd Thursday of the month. At 11:00PM EST we will critique 5 of the best submissions on that same 3rd Thursday in our online GoToMeeting classroom. It is free for anyone to join in and watch us critique each image according to design/composition standards and appropriate storytelling principles and intended category. We will provide the joining information at a later date so check back on our Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/schoolofvisualstorytelling

Out of the 5 entries we pick for critique we will award 3 of them with two free classes of their choice. Once someone has won they will not be eligible to have their work critiqued or win the free classes for one year - giving more artists the chance to win.

Our goal for this competition is to give you real world assignments that will help you add relevant artwork to your portfolio that will hopefully help you land assignment work from publishers. You will be able to pick up many tips and tricks by attending our monthly critique sessions online for free. Good luck and we’ll look forward to seeing your creations in September!

Here are last Month's winners:

Joanie Stone

Karen Etherington

Leon Strapko

@Chip-Valecek There are 3 main winners, and 8 finalists.

Hey SVSers.

We are always trying to make our service better and we rely heavily on comments and concerns from our subscribers. So if you have anything you think could positively impact our company reply to this thread! Below are a few questions we have for you.

What are some suggestions you have about our course content?

What are some suggestions you have about the functions of our site?

What does SVS do better than art school?

What does SVS do worse than traditional art school?

Any other comments or concerns are welcome. A big thanks to everybody for being the best part of SVS!

So many great submissions. I am so excited to see who wins.

Prompt:

"Haven brought it to "Show and Tell"... even though she never got permission." THIS HAS TO BE A SPOT ILLUSTRATION
Rules

• One entry per person
• jpeg images only
• Images should not be larger than 2000 pixels in the long dimension
• LABEL YOUR JPEG WITH YOUR NAME (ex: joeSmith.jpg)
• Illustrations that do not fit the category or prompt will not be considered.
• You grant the right to display your artwork on www.svslearn.com
• This has to be a spot illustration

Submission

• Images must be submitted before 12:00 noon EST March 17th 2016
• Images must be sent to svslearninfo@gmail.com for consideration
• LABEL YOUR JPEG WITH YOUR NAME (ex: joeSmith.jpg)
• In the email please include your Instagram and Twitter username (we want to tag the winners)
• Posting your image in the forum is a great way to get feedback leading up to the competition

How it works:

The day after each 3rd Thursday competition we will announce a NEW illustration prompt for the following month. Anyone may enter - you don’t need permission - just start creating. We will accept submissions up to 12:00 noon EST (That’s 9:00AM for California) on the 3rd Thursday of the month. At 11:00PM EST we will critique 5 of the best submissions on that same 3rd Thursday in our online GoToMeeting classroom. It is free for anyone to join in and watch us critique each image according to design/composition standards and appropriate storytelling principles and intended category. We will provide the joining information at a later date so check back on our Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/schoolofvisualstorytelling

Out of the 5 entries we pick for critique we will award 3 of them with two free classes of their choice. Once someone has won they will not be eligible to have their work critiqued or win the free classes for one year - giving more artists the chance to win.

Our goal for this competition is to give you real world assignments that will help you add relevant artwork to your portfolio that will hopefully help you land assignment work from publishers. You will be able to pick up many tips and tricks by attending our monthly critique sessions online for free. Good luck and we’ll look forward to seeing your creations in September!

The winner for February is Danette Byatt:

Here is how last month went:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Vt9B_KwSA

Thanks to @Chip-Valecek of http://cshellmedia.com/ we now have a gallery containing all of our 3rd Thursday submissions. Check them our here: http://cshellmedia.com/clients/svs/ .

@NoWayMe Actually people who have been critiqued can be critiqued again. But people have won can't win until the new year.

Prompt:

"Love."

Rules:

• One entry per person
• jpeg images only
• Images should not be larger than 2000 pixels in the long dimension
• LABEL YOUR JPEG WITH YOUR NAME (ex: joeSmith.jpg)
• Illustrations that do not fit the category or prompt will not be considered.
• You grant the right to display your artwork on www.svslearn.com
• LABEL YOUR JPEG WITH YOUR NAME (ex: joeSmith.jpg)

Submission:

• Images must be submitted before 12:00 noon EST February 18th 2016
• Images must be sent to svslearninfo@gmail.com for consideration
• LABEL YOUR JPEG WITH YOUR NAME (ex: joeSmith.jpg)
• In the email please include your Instagram and Twitter username (we want to tag the winners)
• Posting your image in the forum is a great way to get feedback leading up to the competition

How it works:

The day after each 3rd Thursday competition we will announce a NEW illustration prompt for the following month. Anyone may enter - you don’t need permission - just start creating. We will accept submissions up to 12:00 noon EST (That’s 9:00AM for California) on the 3rd Thursday of the month. At 11:00PM EST we will critique 5 of the best submissions on that same 3rd Thursday in our online GoToMeeting classroom. It is free for anyone to join in and watch us critique each image according to design/composition standards and appropriate storytelling principles and intended category. We will provide the joining information at a later date so check back on our Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/schoolofvisualstorytelling

Out of the 5 entries we pick for critique we will award 3 of them with two free classes of their choice. Once someone has won they will not be eligible to have their work critiqued or win the free classes for one year - giving more artists the chance to win.

Our goal for this competition is to give you real world assignments that will help you add relevant artwork to your portfolio that will hopefully help you land assignment work from publishers. You will be able to pick up many tips and tricks by attending our monthly critique sessions online for free. Good luck and we’ll look forward to seeing your creations in September!

Watch the critiques here:

https://youtu.be/48smPrY0TF8

Lydia Mueller is this Month's winner:

Hi @dimarcora,

Would you mind telling me which classes you are trying to watch.

Hi @sergio. Are you trying to open it in Photoshop?

Hi Rowan. The SVS support email is svslearninfo@gmail.com . Feel free to contact me with anything you need.