Here's my entry for the Mermay contest! There so many awesome mermaids here, so great to scroll through and get inspired Good luck everyone!

So many cool Yetis! Here is mine good luck everyone!

Here is my entry, had to make it a little bit Christmas themed also took a "Together in isolation" approach. Hope you all like it, and good luck everyone!

Happy Halloween everybody! Here’s my entry for this month, such a fun topic and so many great illustrations!

Hi everyone!
I'm new here on SVS and the forum but I'm really liking this place a lot! Great people and amazing art! Can't wait to take one of the courses
Here is my Misunderstood monster for the October challenge, hope you'll like it!

"The big Forest Monster's main task was to scare everybody away, including small creatures, so he just couldn't understand what he was doing wrong. They just kept climbing on to him, nesting and falling asleep and stuff. Couldn't they see how big and dangerous he was!?"

Please come with constructive criticism and tips! I'm new with digital painting but really wanna learn more!

SVS name: @kajsah
Instagram: @kajsah.art
Twitter: @kajsahart

Here's my entry for the September contest - Everyone was shocked to see her show up to school with...A DRAGON!!!

Hope you like it! Great as always to see everybody's entries, so much creativity here! Good luck everyone!

Hi guys!

I'm trying to make it in time for this months theme, because I really want to do a mermaid before May is over haha. And also I'm now finally subscribing to SVS and an offical member! Feels so exciting to take this step and invest in myself and my art! I've been wanting to do it for a long time So I'm celebrating with this mermaid illustration

What do you think about it? Composition, colors etc. Is she too creepy looking? As you can see I have a bit left to paint and will add more details to the water. Maybe some fish as well... Hopefully I will make it in time...

All input welcome!

Thanks!

So many amazing entries!
Here is mine, a spread from a picture book I illustrated last year. I really wanted to make something new for this prompt but there were just not enough time this month but I hope you like this one and good luck everyone!

Here I go!

Hi again!

So now I've changed the wings and added more muscles where they are attached to the body. I think it looks more realistic? I intend to make them semi-transparent, and the light will come from behind and shine through the wings where they are not shadowed by the body.
Also made the people on the ground smaller as well as the bus. How about the basket ball court now? Not super realistic proportions but maybe good enough for this type of illustration?

Thanks a lot guys!

@miranda-hoover Ah! Thank you so much!

I was looking for the Featured student thread for next month but coudn’t find it. Isn’t it usually its own thread where everybody post before the 10th every month?

Wow, these all look fantastic! I love your style just started following you on Insta, will check out your livestreams as well!

Hi Xin! I'm based in Sweden but I don't know how similar our rules are. But I run a one person-business and add VAT to my fees. For book illustrations the VAT is 6% and for editorial it's 25%. I don't really know what the threshold is for when you have to add VAT, but I know there is one I also know there are seperate rules for selling fine art and that you don't have to add VAT up to a certain point. Here I usually ask "Skatteverket" (The tax authorities) about these things, but sometimes even they don't have the answer haha. I dont' know if this was helful at all, sorry I'll follow this thread though!

@Neha-Rawat Congratulations! They all look beautiful! I had the exact same freak out moment when I did my first book in ProCreate, thinking I could work in cmyk from the start now my process looks just like yours! Can't wait to see what more you create!

@miranda-hoover Thank you so much!

So many cool Yetis! Here is mine good luck everyone!

I love how serene and magical this piece feels! I think in whichever direction you choose to take it, it's going to be a beautiful illustration and I love love LOVE the colours! Welcome to the forum!

Here is my entry, had to make it a little bit Christmas themed also took a "Together in isolation" approach. Hope you all like it, and good luck everyone!

@Heather-Boyd Thank you!!!