Oh, and I forgot to share my favorite piece that I worked on this year. It was this Adventureland poster, because it let me define a new detailed, retro style for myself in vector, while limiting myself to 7 colors. Also hippos.

Painted this piece for an exhibition this coming weekend at a local gallery in Dallas. Love working traditionally, and I'm focused on finding more avenues to do so this year.

Here's my first time posting to the forums! I made this little big guy in response to the "breakable" prompt for Inktober. I had a blast getting away from the computer and getting my hands on real ink and watercolors.

Finally able to get to a project where I need to create groups of animals for 9 posters, and just completed the first group tonight. Also, I think sometimes you just have to illustrate a happy pig.

Back into the contest after a year! Gonna try to do this every month moving forward to build up my portfolio.

Late to the party, but here's Christmas coloring page I made for the kids at my church. Happy New Year!

I made this riff on the "Loosening Up in Watercolor" class painting as a warm up to Slowvember. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

So, I'm doing Inktober 52, and I thought it would be cool for there to be a place for everyone taking part to be able to share what they've come up with, and if they have any personal or professional goals they have for the artwork. Here are my pieces:

Week 1 | Flight

Week 2 | Shadow

Week 3 | Brick

Week 4 | Snake

Going to start development on a sci-fi graphic novel, so I painted Skull Chaser as a warmup exercise to get me in the right mindset.

@demotlj I found the core of my dilemma is a loop as well. Mine goes something like this:

Why don’t I get 1.5 hours of illustration work done a night?
Because the kids take forever to get to bed.
Why does it take them forever to get them to bed?
Because they’re not on a set bedtime routine.
Why aren’t they on a set bedtime routine?
Because my wife and I are exhausted when we get home from work.
Why are we exhausted when we get home from work?
Because we stay up too late?
Why do we stay up too late?
Because the kids take forever to get to bed.

This was a really easy loop to fall into once we had our second child (they are 6 and 4 now). However, assessing the trade-offs really makes it obvious what I need to do. For example, the trade-offs for keeping things the way they are now are that I can be lazy and chill with my kids as the evening ticks by, but I feel guilty for
not putting the work in, clients may possibly have to wait to receive proofs, I dread work piling up because of that, and I end up resenting my wife and children for not helping me get to my evening illustration work. However, the trade-offs for solving the problem are accepting the initial resistance, blow-back, and stress of enforcing a consistent bedtime routine, but I'll (eventually) have more time for and pleasure in my illustration work, with the added bonuses of having happy, rested children and more one-on-one time with my wife.

Going to start development on a sci-fi graphic novel, so I painted Skull Chaser as a warmup exercise to get me in the right mindset.

My vote is Plan A, since at that point, I may still be working remote full time and homeschooling my kids, so it'd be easier for my schedule to carve out a few hours a day for the live hangouts. For those same reasons, Plan C wouldn't work, because if there's any emergency at home or with work, I could end upt missing the whole day.

This is an awesome plan, and will be much appreciated!

Here's what I did for the second month of Inktober 52. What did everyone else come up with?

Week 5: Balloon

Week 6: Hammer

Week 7: Dinner

Week 8: Spider

@eriberart Your work is so solid. My only notes (which echo what has been said by others) would be to include adult men, anthropomorphic animals, and another exterior setting. I'd suggest a city street scene because you could combine that with some male characters and a vehicle or two, plus I'd love to see what that would look like in your stye (like what would period London look like in your version of Peter Pan).

Second in a series where I'm exploring a faster, looser watercolor style. A really relaxing way to close out February.

@Coley I love the low key lighting top left-hand option; just needs some rim lighting to help the ring and blanket stand out from the night sky.

Painted this piece for an exhibition this coming weekend at a local gallery in Dallas. Love working traditionally, and I'm focused on finding more avenues to do so this year.

So, I'm doing Inktober 52, and I thought it would be cool for there to be a place for everyone taking part to be able to share what they've come up with, and if they have any personal or professional goals they have for the artwork. Here are my pieces:

Week 1 | Flight

Week 2 | Shadow

Week 3 | Brick

Week 4 | Snake

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I vote #3, because the orange successfully makes the T-Rex the focal point, but doesn't dominate the rest of the characters, and the cool sky separates from all the characters.

Welcome from one full-time graphic designer to another! Your stuff looks great!