I have a book dummy that I am finishing up, and an agent is waiting for the submission from me who is also friends with me on facebook. Is it unwise to share an image from the book dummy? I want to see how it is received before sending it, and also, due to the amount of work I have put into this project I have had very little work to share recently, so I was hoping to use a single image from this.

Any thoughts?

Looks great. I am actually writing a very similar book. So freaking strange lol. Maybe it will be a year full of pig books.

I am streaming via facebook and it has been fine. It might have already been updated, however it isn’t showing in my podcast list on my iOS devices.

As for the topic: I love this topic. Ever since I was a kid I have dreamed of having a caldecott sticker on my art for some reason. It probably has to do with the fact that all of the books I liked had that sticker on them when I was a kid. I had no clue why some had them, I just assumed it meant that I should read them because I would most likely love them.

However, idk if I would want to be that artist known for that one work you did all those years back. Seems like it could dwarf everything else you do.

She’s been such a valuable SVS artist. I am happy that she got recognized.

@will-terry I am so happy for everyone here at SVS. It has been great to see everyone moving forward.

I just did my first professional job with Highlights magazine. They gave me a full spread, which was not stressful at all :-). That will be out in December. The best part was how the Netflix documentary on the inner working of highlights launched the day I started on the final painting, and I got to listen to the AD I was working with stress out while I painted. That was surreal.

I have other things in the works, and will know in early October. I love seeing everyone here have success.

@bichonbistro Thanks for the nice compliments. I use a lot of texture, and I do not use many tools to paint faster. I treat it like a piece of paper, and limit myself to using basic brushes for painting, and for the details I use the basic pencil. I think the trick is that when I use texture I try my best to be spontaneous. One thing traditional has over digital are the accidents that come with it, such as not being able to control the water flow completely when doing watercolor painting, as well as exactly how each brush stroke will look when painting with oils. So when I drop in texture, I try my best to turn off my brain and just go with it. I start warping the scanned image without much thought, and when something clicks I stop, and I try to make sense of it.

@christinakal have you done the mixed media class by Will? That is a great one.

Thanks everyone. Really good input!!!

@christinakal thanks for the compliment!!! I only use the basic brushes in photoshop, because I am too stupid to figure out how to do much else lol. I use a watercolor paper texture to start out with, and and drop in a ton of different textures. I reserve textures of objects such as rocks, stucko, wood etc for characters and mostly focal points, and then use water color scans for pushing objects further in the background. I found it is a nice way to create depth and contrast.

So my basic texture theory is:

• Textures on objects in the world

• Textures that would appear on the canvas.

I have been really interested in texture theory, and there isn’t much out there it seems, however, I know it exists. Certain textures definitely have better relationships, just like color theory.

I am working on the car and the passengers atm. However, I want to add in a few other things in the image. I will be putting smoke on the back tires to make the car look like it's in motion, but any suggestion of extra items would be appreciated. I have a hard time making sure my pieces don't feel empty.

oh and there will be mirrors and windshield wipers just fyi