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

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

This month I've been working on some new portfolio pieces. This one is based on The Fisherman and the Genie from One Thousand and One Nights. I'm pretty happy with it, I love drawing fish for some reason

Hi everyone! I'm Anna. I'm so glad I stumbled across this forum, it seems like such a lovely and helpful art community!

I've been working on and off part-time doing small freelance illustration commissions along side my day job for a couple years now. Recently I've been feeling a bit directionless and lacking a clear approach to improving my skills, building my portfolio and reaching out to new clients or agencies.

Finding SVS and the podcast has really given me the kick up the arse I needed to be a bit more intentional with organising myself and planning pieces to fill the gaps in my portfolio. It's also made me aware that since leaving uni (art school) I don't seek nearly enough feedback and critique on my work from other artists.

Here's my portfolio site: www.anna-bishop.com

I'd love to hear any feedback you have! Good or bad, don't hold back I need to hear it!

Looks like you did an awesome job! I agree with you on perspective, it doesn't come intuitively at all (at least not for me). Seems like you are well on the way to defeating the beast!

I'm not a parent but I remember doing something similar as a kid. I think you conveyed the concept really well! The characters are appealing to look at and they have really great expressions. To me it looks more like a panel from a comic book than a page from a children's picture book though. I think the speech bubble, lineart style and details like the white line around the foreground characters make it read comic book-y to me. Others might disagree though. Overall I think it's a really nice image - has a really clean and professional look to it!

It looks great so far! I love the concept!

@eriberart Thank you! Just had a peak at your website and I love your work it's so cute and lively!

Welcome! Your style is really cute! I think you will surprise yourself how quickly you'll improve when you start learning in a more structured way. That's been my experience at least. I'm new here too, also taking advantage of all this free time in UK lockdown haha. (btw - we're both brits, both named Anna and both work in a primary school...are we the same person? haha)

I like both thumbnails but the umbrella bot made me smile the most! Looking forward to seeing how it develops

For a small book commission I did last year I made sure write in the contract that any significant changes they wanted to make after the roughs had been approved would cost them £30 per hour it took me to carry out these changes. This turned out to be a good move because in the final stages of the project they suddenly decided one of the main characters needed to be wearing different clothes (a hat, etc) in every illustration. Because of the contract I felt confident asking them of extra money, which they did pay me - phew!

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

@Katie-Kordesh I love the style of your grumpy princess character, really nice expressive lines! Is the style of the top image inspired by the book Madeline? It has such a nostalgic feel to it

@baileymvidler LOVE this character!

Congratulations Erin! So exciting!

@aprilshin Ahh thank you!! I can't wait to see your entry

@Ryan-Ehr Thank you Ryan! Your entry is wonderful! I love the snake in the chef's hat haha

@Melanie-Ortins Thank you! Love your style btw

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

@Heather-Boyd Thank you Heather! Perhaps if I have time I can make it into a series of images