Best posts made by drawnbyshawn

Here's my entry. (When I thought of this idea, there was no way I could NOT do it.)

Here's my entry.

My submission for the July 2019 contest. (This was partly inspired by a “bad design” image I ran across a while back. Here’s a link if you’re interested: http://bit.ly/design-mixup)

Here's my entry.

Ok, enough tinkering with it. I think I'm ... done.

Ok, last day of the month and I just finished it up. Here's my entry.

Here's my entry for December. I remember that feeling ... not fun. But now, all these years later, it can help inform a piece of art. So, there's value in all experiences I suppose.

Here's my May contest entry – “You’re Never Too Old to be Young”

Here's my entry.

Here's my entry.

Here's my mushroom village.

I wasn't sure I'd be able to get one in this month due to some other projects. I was trying to come up with some kind of unique take on "shocking". This idea wasn't the direction I was going initially, but it kind of stuck with me so I went with it.

(Incidentally, I'm not even sure they make braces this way anymore. I've seen ones that are a bit more subtle, but this is what I had when I was younger.)

I live in Minnesota, and we've had ... well ... a TON of snow this winter. (And another storm is forecasted for this weekend.) My 4-yr old likes to help me shovel.

I also take part in an open artists prompt on Instagram from The Monster Project called Monster Project UNITE, where kids submit a monster drawing and then artists re-interpret and re-imagine them. Here is my latest one, along with the original.

(As a side-note, Monster Project UNITE is a lot of fun and I would recommend taking part. It's interesting to take the seed of an idea from a child's drawing and running with it. And, often times you'll hear back from the kids or their teachers about how much they like the different artists interpretations.)

Here's my entry for the July 2018 contest "Hidden".

Two recent pieces.

My entry for "Godzilla's Next Challenger".

These are from two past SVS monthly contests.

March 2020 ("Everything was rattling, falling apart, and breaking.”)

Dec 2019 ("...as she listened closely, she overheard them talking about her...")

@ArtofAleksey I will try. Just got to keep drawing (In fact, working on my June SVS contest submission as we speak.)

@charitymunoz The entire Affinity suite is becoming quite popular as well. Pay-once software vs subscription like with Adobe. In particular, Affinity Designer would be comparable to Photoshop and Illustrator kind of mixed together, and costs $50.
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/

SCBWI has a month "Draw This" prompt (which I kind of just realized), so I figured I would submit for August. All submissions get placed in their online gallery and the winners are featured in their "Insight" email. The prompt is "dress up", and here is my tight sketch. Yeah, I probably should solicit feedback sooner in my process, but it's just not something I've gotten used to. But I really need to, so I'm trying to post more to both get AND give feedback.

Any feedback/critiques appreciated.

FYI, if you're an SCBWI member you can submit by the 20th of each month. The link is here: https://www.scbwi.org/calling-all-illustrators-2/ (although they haven't updated the language on the page for this month).