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    Heather Boyd

    @Heather Boyd

    Focusing on your goals means focusing on your gains.

    Illustration Goals for 2021: Complete the drawing portion of SVSLearn.com curriculum and by the end of the year start a children's picture book dummy from one of my own stories.

    In 2020 I retuned back to traditional mediums mainly pencil and pencil crayon, I started to develop a personal style, I made a website, and I reached 200 followers on IG.

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    Website heatherboydillustration.wordpress.com/ Location Canada

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    Best posts made by Heather Boyd

    • RE: OCTOBER CONTEST: Everyone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until...

      Hi! This is my entry. I had a lot of fun! I wanted to push myself out into more characters, and their interactions, along with pushing gesture with shapes. I hope you like it.

      However can someone help me -when I try to resize my canvas/image to upload it here, my image becomes very blurry. How can I get around this? I also had to scan so the image is not as it should be (value/pencil and colour) but I hope to get proper lights in the future.

      β€œEveryone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until Mr. Wolf splattered pumpkin pie onto Mr. Pig. Mrs. Wolf was not happy! Mr. Pig laughed.” -Heather Boyd

      Thanks, πŸ˜‰

      NEW svs contest october 2020 svs size all collapsed tog.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: JUNE CONTEST: GODZILLA'S NEXT CHALLENGER

      Ginkgo Overcomes Godzilla πŸ™‚

      3 USE NEW ONE FINAL SIGNITURE.jpg

      Edited and thanks to everyone who helped. My computer screen still looks better than my Ipad -what can you do (shrug).

      ❀

      posted in Announcements
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: MAY CONTEST: ISOLATION

      LARGER TRY MAY Isolation 2020 with signiture cropped TOUCHUP DONE.jpg

      Isolation comes in many different forms. πŸ™‚ and ❀ for all submissions.

      posted in Announcements
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST PROMPT "LOVE"

      LOVE is completed. lols But real love keeps on going.
      I hope you guys enjoy - I learned not to fight against myself - I like outlines -so I will pursue this route in the future. ❀

      This reindeer is one of those types of friends that will go to many lengths to love and enjoy the company of his friends.
      After pulling along his hedgehog friends, he sinks down into the snow to rest.

      NEW NEW.jpg

      posted in General Discussion
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio December 🎁 2019

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      I am very proud of this short 2 day work, especially when the candy cane looks like I could eat it. I had not intended to go realistic but when I add shadow and light it always seem to turn out that way. I just love looking at it and it reminds me of drinking it up. And I saw those bubbles and I just had to try and paint them.

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio FEBRUARY πŸ™ƒ2021

      I have been waiting for February virtual studio to post my prop class assignment because I made characters and story for it (though a book and a drink got replace by a plant lols). And now that it's here, I can check it off my list so thank you, thank you and hugs for your new year @burvantill .

      Grandfather pruning final for SVS forum.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: AUGUST CONTEST: SUPERSTITION

      Irish Superstition: To stave off sorrow a solo magpie brings to its passerby, another brings joy.

      I am very happy how this turned out. The subject matter is very close to my heart this past year. ❀ I hope you like it.

      Magpie Cry 01.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: Our SVS virtual studio

      So this is what I have been up to. With the aid of Shapes 2D, Drawing Fundamentals with Dave Malan. I have used a single reference but it is for practise. 6 animals and working on 6 objects this week. I plan to do 6 people/portraits and 6 environments. Then I will move on to Shapes 3D and repeat. πŸ™‚

      0_1533660388344_aCamel1REVIS.jpg

      0_1533660720261_aOctopus1REVIS.jpg

      0_1533660793650_aWhale1REVIS.jpg

      0_1533660821169_aLion1REVIS.jpg

      0_1533660874387_aReindeer1REVIS.jpg

      0_1533660893092_aBird1REVIS.jpg

      Thanks πŸ™‚
      Heather B.

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST: NIGHTFALL

      final NIGHTFALL REALLY SMALL svs feb 2020.jpg

      This was done in carbon paper transfer, watercolour and pencil (and only digital to adjust colour/contrast issue because my image was larger than my scanner, so it didn't scan exactly). I have become so accustomed to digital in being able to zoom in and add detail that I was unprepared to design this way, however thanks to @demotlj and @burvantill πŸ™‚ who so kindly helped me out, I was able to adjust things at the end. I still have lots of improving to go.

      This work was inspired by the thought that only from earth's perspective do stars fall across the heavens. Also I wanted to tell a story about this adventurer kid who imagines steering his sights to the greater unknown. πŸ™‚

      posted in Announcements
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio JULYπŸ’₯2019

      The first sheet of daily shapes - roughly one a day. Pencil and pencil crayons. πŸ™‚

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      Thanks

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd

    Latest posts made by Heather Boyd

    • RE: Scbwi winter conference online- anyone signing up?

      @Coley Not this year unfortunately. I know it will be a good chat. Maybe next year!

      posted in Questions & Comments
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST: YETI COOKING

      @SheerArt The cat and the fish bottle are cute!

      posted in Announcements
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: elaborate spot illustration?? is there a such thing

      @Kevin-Longueil I like the fox/wolf -it's a destination but anyways, you do you. πŸ™‚

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: elaborate spot illustration?? is there a such thing

      @Kevin-Longueil Maybe then have the text 1/3 down the page just below where you placed "and the secret spices" that way it isn't seen right away.

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: elaborate spot illustration?? is there a such thing

      @Kevin-Longueil I feel like they are more like vignettes then spot illustrations but I could be wrong on that (but it has so much more background included, even for the first I'd cut out the blue sky). But I do like how one leads to the other however I feel that seeing the Yeti words right next to the wolf spoils the story for me a bit. It's like giving away the ending at the beginning. Perhaps instead of a vertical sensory experience do a horizontal one with the yeti and the beginning of the story text together and the wolf to the right (now though I can see how this may be boring but you could have the aroma wafting "journey" meeting other things or creatures that are interested or not at all (I do realize this is a lot more work) or you could maybe have stuff in waft (smoke) that may give clues to the wolf whose eventually going to snuff it out). Anyways, I have gone off on tangent. I look forward to your work progressing and very happy to see you return and participate. πŸ™‚

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio FEBRUARY πŸ™ƒ2021

      @KayPotter thank you -it's been a long time coming. πŸ™‚

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST: YETI COOKING

      @K-Flagg lols I have too many spot illustrations in my portfolio so I am passing but I am sure you could make something, just simplify and make sure all the important parts of your story is in it. I hope you change your mind.

      posted in Announcements
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST: YETI COOKING

      @LisaF I have been doing spot illustrations so I'll pass on this one. Is there a vignette in the works? Then I might start to plan a design for a yeti, since I haven't participated as of yet.

      posted in Announcements
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio FEBRUARY πŸ™ƒ2021

      @donnamakesart I like the first one because the colours help it stand out and the edges look more refined.

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio FEBRUARY πŸ™ƒ2021

      @PieterVanDerBeek These are great! The second one is my favorite, he's got such swag.

      posted in Artwork
      Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd