Finished scene. Practising a little bit of everything, background sky, snow, winter outside colours, animals and thinking about making portfolio art for picture books and board books.

Some more done on this cute snowy scene.

After a year working on the cintiq my style is changing and is at a crossroad.

Thanks @theprairiefox This a was a fun experiment. I'm looking forward to drawing more animals next year.

Good news is I'm reenrolled with SVS and looking forward to study the Building Backgrounds class with Brian Ahjar.

This illustration is for the #adventchallenge2019 for the prompt - Decorating a house. Please critique, I'd love to hear if you think we could add some details or makes some changes to add some more Christmas magic.

@Braden-Hallett Yep, I have been confused about sizing because I did a bunch of research, some designers said 600dpi, others 400dpi and others 300dpi. This is a new venture I've been planning all yearand am finally about to jump in.

So far I found the most important thing is to work at 300dpi and everything will work out. 12 inches x 12 inches.

@demotlj It's such a smart idea to take inspiration from another artists pieceand make it your own. You really soak in their knowledge that way, especially as you are spending hours on one piece. Best way to learn!

Hey guys,

When you create patterns for a collection to sell to a fabric manufacturer, what size file would be optimal. I'm working at 300dpi.

If anyone has any experience I would love to hear it. Thanks. Jude

@LauraA Hi Laura. #advent_challenge2019 is a challenge I found yesterday on instagram.
The prompts are,
Dec 1 - Decorating a house,
Dec 5 - Write a letter to Santa,
Dec 9 - Turn the Christmas music on,
Dec 13 - Wrapping presents,
Dec 17 - Make some good stuff
Dec 21 - Go ice skating
Dec 25 - Merry Christmas
Last month I did #folktaleweek2019 challenge and it was really worth it, new illustrations and new followers on IG. Also I found a new group of illustrators so it was great. Hope you join in.