Great entries so far, I'm looking forward to seeing more!

Here's my entry! Thank you to everyone who gave feedback and suggestions on the forum!

Meet Cyril the squirrel and Bug the beetle!

Finished this just in the nick of time! Loving everyone's entries

(Sorry I've been a bit quiet on here recently) Thought I'd share the good news with you guys! I signed with Advocate art this month and my portfolio went live on their site this week. https://www.advocate-art.com/anna-bishop I still can't believe it!
I know from personal experience how easy it is to get disheartened with illustration. Hope this might provide a bit of motivation to anyone on here feeling that way. I graduated 3 years ago and beginning of this year I was feeling pretty demotivated with everything and felt like I hadn't got anywhere. But SVS and the forum have helped so much giving me a push to work on my portfolio and the confidence to put myself out there.
Thank you!!

Here's the latest version! I'm at the stage where I'm not sure if it's finished or not. What do you guys think? Are there any adjustments I could make to improve it?

I've been working on some more portfolio pieces this month

updated version, feeling a bit happier with it now... I think

My historically inaccurate representation of The Pony Express. The theme was suggested by my agent, I'd never heard of The Pony Express before!

@chrisaakins This is so cute! Lovely little details

Piggybacking off @jimsz comment. I agree that if you haven't sold your prints before then investing in an expensive printer right off the bat is quite high risk and it might take you a while to make your money back. I'd suggest you start by using a print company with then move on to printing yourself if you feel confident that a decent customer base is there. What I've done in the past is ask on social media who might be interested in a particular print and use this as an informal pre-ordering system. Then I ordered a very small run of prints knowing I'd sell them and they wouldn't be gathering dust at home. Of course with most of these printing companies it works out cheaper to buy in bulk but that's up to you to weigh the risk and reward. Btw just from browsing your insta I think your work would look awesome as prints! Best of luck

@Braden-Hallett Looks like a bee to me

@marek-halko This is so great! I wonder if they'd consider doing a monthly contest brief to create a gif, that would be cool!

@carlianne Thank you! I love your flower fairy!

Meet Cyril the squirrel and Bug the beetle!

Wow I love your design, so many pleasing details. And she is sooo cute! Excited to see your finished piece

@Griffin Ooh I like the atmosphere in this, excited to see it finished

@Neha-Rawat Aww! It's so cute when cats and dogs get along

@Elliot I love how he looks like he's raising an eyebrow at you