Here's my entry for this month. I wanted to do a piece that would tie into Earth Day so a recycle-bot seemed appropriate. Good luck everyone!

Here is my entry for this month. Good work everyone!
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I haven't entered the monthly contest in a while, but here goes....good luck everyone!

Wow! Good stuff everyone. Here's my entry...the premise is a botanist girl brings her dog back as a hybrid dog/plant. Good luck everyone!

Here is my submission. Good luck everyone!

I see have no chance of winning due to the overwhelming amount of AMAZING work submitted. Good work y'all and happy new year!

Hey everyone! Here's my illustration for this months prompt. Good thing its leap year...I needed all 29 days.

I decided to try something different this month... inspired by Greg Pizzoli and screen printing. I'm not sure if it works, but it was a fun little experiment. Good luck everyone!

Hi everyone! I'm new here. There are some really gorgeous submissions this month...here is mine. The scarecrow's worst fear.

@Paula-Morgan Looking at your work you don’t look lost to me. You definitely have a unique style which is HUGE. The one thing I notice is that there is less story telling in your work than your dream portfolio. I think adding some minimal background or accessories to suggest more of a narrative to your pieces would help it feel less sparse. Keep it up!

@charitymunoz said in May WIP (Ok, I'm doing this!):

for me free time has evaporated with the return of homeschooling on top of work.

Amen sister! I thought I was the only one!

I'm with @theprairiefox. The caterpillar in the armchair is excellent.

@NessIllustration This is already soooo good I feel terrible suggesting you change anything, but if this were my piece I would try and hide the wolf. Once her clothes are colored red everyone will know the story and instinctively look for the wolf. I think it will be more engaging if he is hidden.

Think of Steven Speilberg "monster" movies. You don't ever get a good look at the monster (alien, dinosaur, shark, etc...) until the movie is half over because it is scarier to let your imagination run wild.

Maybe only show his glowing red eyes from within the trees in the back ground. Or his tail or a claw sticking out from behind the tree in the foreground. Footprints and broken branches might be enough to suggest the wolf is near.

Now that I've completely suggested to change the entire composition of your piece...please feel free to ignore my ramblings. Good luck on this one and please let us know when we can see the finished illustration.

I like D the best. I'm really drawn to the color. However, I agree with @Julia about the name being too small. Maybe you could remove the bear that is just to the right of the word "illustration" and use the extra space to increase the size of your name. Hope this helps!

@xin-li Congrats! In these times it's so wonderful to hear happy news! Maybe now some of us can win the monthly illustration contest

@NessIllustration That really stinks! I'm usually the one out for blood and vengeance when stuff like this happens, but I think in this case you might want to cut your losses. I'm guessing those png sites are not all that reputable and probably won't do anything. Your time would probably be better spent creating new art instead of trying to hunt down everyone who stole your work. Again, this totally stinks and I'm sorry you're dealing with this. If it were me I would just try to move on and realize that in a perverse kind of way it is a compliment when your work is stolen.

@NessIllustration I'm glad you were able to get your artwork removed from Etsy. If you really wanted to go after this Etsy seller you could reverse image search (like @Jeremy-Ross suggested) the other artwork and contact the original artists. If they all contact Etsy perhaps Etsy would shut down the account. Although, Etsy gets a percentage of the sales so they might not care.

With all the art thievery I see posted online I'm really pleased to see the good guys get a victory. Congrats!

@NessIllustration Thanks for sharing! Much of your experience echos the issues I've been wresting with in my head. It's wonderful to hear about the boom in your career even though the money was less than it should have been.

I've been asking questions. It doesn't seem like he is willing to give me his budget, which I understand. Hopefully when all my questions are answered we'll be able to work out a deal. Thanks again for your help!

I am totally interested! However, I'm still in the process of working on my dummy and probably won't have it ready until Monday. If you don't mind waiting until then I'm in.

@lpetiti I'm in a similar situation. I have a graphic design job and can only illustrate at night after everyone else has gone to sleep or a little on the weekends. Luckily I don't need the money to pay my mortgage or buy groceries, but I also want to get paid a fair amount for my work. You mention doing research. Can I ask what that was? I've been searching online, but am finding very little quality/trustworthy information. I really appreciate you sharing your experience. It has been very helpful. Thank you.

@gavpartridge Thanks for the advice. It made me realize I do want the experience, but I also greatly value my time...and that's my dilemma. Thanks again for the help. I greatly appreciate it.