My little traveler froglet, with his wanted poster hat and wish

Grateful for svs classes and contests this year, I feel like I’m finally developing a sustainable style that fits my personality

My April Inn. This was more fun than I expected tbh

I'm getting a graphic novel pitch finished up and doing a lot of the svs classes. I'm trying to use what I'm learning to do art for a picture book project in 12x12 as well as monthly illustration prompts like #scbwidrawthis

Oh, my friends, this is a difficult club to belong to!
I still struggle with this so much, both my kids are special needs and especially when I was a single Mom with my oldest who had the most sensory struggles when she was little- I cried so much because nobody could relate to how difficult it was. I felt like most people assumed I was "doing it wrong" either as a parent or regards to the system.
It's a little easier now that I've been doing it for over a decade, but when I easily lose an entire day because a sock is wrong- there's a part of me that has a pity party thinking I'll never get there because I can't put in the time that other artists can.
I always wanted people to be able to relate to that more, but not like this!!
I see you all, you are doing great, and it gets better!!

I ended up going tadpole because amphibians are the cutest to me and I had a book idea about him. I’m about 3/4 done I think? Any criticism welcome, still time to change a bit

I thought this might be inspirational to anyone stuck on their yeti home. We have a local house called the cave house and it would be perfect for a yeti that didn't mind really hot summers lol
https://cavehousetulsa.com/

My yeti may be too cute, he is kind of a miniature horse instead of a Clydesdale with his ice cube cabin and his mountain goat friends but I’m going to keep going for consistency!
I’m not sure which of these to go forward with though, or if they fit the bill...

My progress for today, it changed a lot! I want to finish the saddle a bit, and Ive been trying to figure out Will Terry’s color dodge layer trick. Ive seen it in so many videos now but I can’t quite figure it out for some reason.

Is anyone else doing these? Looking for feedback (and to offer mine to others) on my images and pitch. Last minute since one of them is tomorrow lol.

Ode MacDonald Had a Phone
Ode is overwhelmed by crows on her farm until some autocorrected texts by the animals send her husband on a wacky shopping spree for items that end up inspiring the perfect solution. #pitmad #pb #authorillustrator

Not sure if I should add comp titles? Maybe Little Red Gliding Hood x Click Clack Moo

I’m working my way through the old content of this on svs, my question for the new classes since they are also using traditional stories- Is the word count on books for these new classes more in line with current trends? Illustrating a 2000 word picture book doesn’t feel at all the same as a 600 one to me.

@RachelArmington thank you Rachel!

I had this idea a few years ago and I finally finished it lol

My April Inn. This was more fun than I expected tbh

@RachelArmington yeah I used the leaves, flowers and smoke brushes as well as stucco. I did have to draw a lot of leaves anyway but it was really fun to go crazy with those a bit

@RachelArmington I wish I had a story lol! I was just thinking of my graphic novel project where the Inn is run by a Buffalo gal and horse-alligator and all these fairy tale versions of the Americana terms I had researched that I loved. Then I went to a garden store and this idea was locked in. I also have been trying to get my family to go to Woolaroc with me so I have bisons on the brain.
I had planned on it being simple but I was having fun using some of the “cheesy” brushes that I always thought were off limits like leaves and smoke.

@Tiffany-Thomas thank you! I was overthinking the birds size vs the birds then I remembered in Narnia they visited some beavers that were people size. Fairy tales, after all lol

I can’t decide to go with plain inn or with the mouse and his baking mishap

That pigs face is perfect I love it