@Alicja-W The MATS classes are great. My only caution is that there are so many students taking those classes I would caution against using the assignments in your portfolio. Take the same concepts to a new topic. I heard first hand from more than one agent that they recognize the assignments from those classes.

@Coreyartus @Ash-Weaver There is actually an editorial class: https://courses.svslearn.com/courses/take/editorial-illustration/lessons/1037305-editorial-illustration

James Yang teaches another class here as well called portfolio promotion in which he discusses getting work and building a portfolio. He talks about the industry changes over the last couple of decades.

Also if you can catch the ideation class live that looks like it would be helpful for editorial work.

On the Skillshare platform I highly recommend all classes by Roman Muradov - He’s quick and dirty (messy) and really takes you inside his thinking process.

There are some other editorial classes there, but another teacher that you should be sure to check out is Tom Froese - especially his Odd Bodies and Map classes. He also has a helpful YouTube channel. I actually found SVS Learn from one of his YouTube videos:

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCrbP0H9WGKWMq9rs4tl2GuA

Another tip I was recently given is to try illustrating NPR stories.

I’ve still been illustrating Vikings. This is my seventh iteration and I think my favorite:

Here’s a closeup:

And if you want to see all the other versions in the order I drew them you can check out my Skillshare Project:

https://www.skillshare.com/projects/Viking-Tales/196985?via=user-profile

Another:

Last night to relax I watched Stephanie Fizer Coleman's newest Skillshare class - Develop Your Style Draw One Illustration Six Ways.

So far I've only drawn two ways but it was a nice way to spend an evening:

@LisaF I did get the emails but was unable to attend because of a prior commitment. But please communicate my hope to the SVS team that the replay is made available to subscribers - it's just not always possible to attend live.

Attempt #2:

@Buddy-Skelton Wow! Exquisite brushwork!

@Susan-Marks I think your solution was much better on this exercise. I studied it again after finished mine. I may repeat this one!

Here’s my Emphasis using value exercise. I have a feeling that this wasn’t supposed to be a lighting exercise but I had a hard time seeing another way to use value. Would love to see more examples of this exercise.