Working on an illustration for a Sports company !

This is great @ixspen I enjoy the overlay of colors & the warm & cool, Very tasty.
Would you be able to have anything that's human size for scale? Like birds maybe?
Currently everything looks proportionate in size to the giant character.

Great piece. What are your required size dimensions? For I'd suggest cropping the top of the last edited image to make the giant bigger. If the dimensions are set, another possibility is to scale the giant & reduce the distance between the umbrella & the giant's face.

Thank you @ixspen ! To art & more art!

@sigross The country thing is good to know. I have had agreements where the case if contested would be held within my country..so that was manageable.
Not sure if traveling from India to the U.S if things go sour, is a good idea.

Thank you for pointing that out!

@nadyart Yes..a license for a small amount if works for a fixed fee & an agreed royalty percentage

Thank you for sharing your insight on Etsy & standalone stores & your past experience & the experience from Etsy. Much Appreciated!

Yes, S6 takes 50% of the selling price & artists retain their copyrights. Will look into Etsy too and analyze the pro's & con's via your link .

Thank you for your advice & positivity ! Have a great day!

Hi @KathrynAdebayo . Thank you for sharing your art. For me personally, I love your graphite rendering..the first image..considering you aim for children's books illustrations. You could also scan them & print them out for glazing with transparent mediums if color is required.

I understand where you are coming from..I work in a few styles as well. I attempt rendering realism digitally, I have a line-art style with vibrant colors & traditionally I work with inks, watercolours & acrylics as well. I think the key is to do more works in a certain style for consistency & confidence :). Also, do you have a preference of a medium that you tend to enjoy more than the other mediums? I find that it's quite important to enjoy what you do as it shows up in the work.

I suggest to keep working in a style that you feel the most confident in and produce more art in that style & work on the other styles/ mediums through experimentation with a rough timeline or schedule in mind. Another thing to consider would be how long a certain medium or style takes you to complete an illustration considering the business of children's book illustrations. The faster you work the more projects you can take up..if that's what you would like to do.

@sigross Yes..that's a good idea too. It's an international client.

Another thing I am wondering is whether there are any clauses that are only applicable to a specific country or area which are void elsewhere when it comes to art & art sales in terms of permissions & licenses.

@sigross Haha..a minefield is a fun & creative way of putting it. Thank you for the insights!

Yes..things do look a little sketchy with the client with..& maybe they don't know that they don't need the copyrights but a license, or they are aware of it & just trying to get the most out of this deal.

I am currently looking at contract templates from the Practical & Ethical Guidelines handbook of the Artist's Guild.
It might help me out.

Congratulations @NessIllustration ! I hope you'll let us know when it comes out Sounds super fun. Happy for ya!

I like how your thumbnail for it's eye movement. I see the racoon first, followed by the falling leaves, on to the bunny & the heap of leaves, leading to the ladder and then to the tree itself.

Is the focus of the design the decorated tree, or the animals helping with the decoration? If it's the animals, I suggest having one animal in greater contrast & focus & let the other animals be secondary & tertiary.

I think it's a good call to include more of the tree as seen in the bigger sketch. It will look great with all the tiny Christmas lights
Maybe you could keep the ladder in the same angle and direction as in the thumbnail & compose animals on it helping with the decor.

It is a very enjoyable piece visually. I look forward to it!