@kkahn I personally would be worried about using this one especially for selling Pixabay is another site with wonderful free photo refs and Deviant Art has got some nice animal refs from people who live in countries with more wildlife.I would say the best way to ensure there are no copyright issues would be to buy stock images

@pam-boutilier I nave had alot of problems with my printer this week I printed with canon software in JPEG format instead of Photoshop and PSD and it did come out much better with no banding and a better colour so it might be worth a try

@pam-boutilier Just check on Canon you have the lastest drivers mine was printing weird and I had old drivers

I do like them all but 3 looks really interesting

@amber-bellerjeau Thanks Amber I did not mean to imply i got placed in big art contests,it was just some small websites contests.I would say to people enter If you really want but just be aware if you see your art in a game a few years from now there is probulary nothing you can do about it

You could use masking tape applied with a ruler to keep your edges straight on buildings and things that need to be straight.Also for your lines maybe use an ink brush pen instead of watercolour.

@will-m I dont know if you find out tell me,looked at your instagram and followed you .Jake Parker has a video on here How to get your first 10,000 followers there is a lot of good information on it. I think your instagram already looks good so I dont know what else you can do.

@k-w Yeah it is well worth $13 I am enjoying it

@amber-bellerjeau I amber I was thinking of entering this one ( if I have time) ,but I do get exactly want you are saying.First of all have entered quite a lot of contests maybe about 5-6 a year, I do find there is a lot of complaints by non winners,but in general I think the best entries are chosen. I did these for experience and dealing with time limits and it really helped me.I have also entered because the prizes sounded good,I have placed in some contests and got good prizes but usually you stand a better chance in the smaller contests.
I do have a problem with certain sites offering challenges with no prizes,( I am not talking about SVS challege here) although I dont want to name the very popular site. The thing is I participated in a couple of them and the sheer amount of work they are asking is a real cheek, I dont mind doing one illustration ,but certain sites want you to design 10 characters .I cant help thinking they are using artists designs to stockpile ideas for the future. so on principle i will not be entering anymore character design challenges. I feel if they want 10 characters they can pay for them but I am surprised by the number of artists still entering these I felt said when a really great artist said he strained his wrist because he was drawing so much-artists need to look after their hands so doing a lot of work with no pay is really bad for your future.Anyway sorry for the ramble

Hi I bought this and guess what I was actually able to use the pen tool- adobe illustrator has always been a disaster for me, so looking forward to doing vector art soon