So part of my new years goals was to redo my kid's old bedroom into a workable studio space. I've been working in here for a while now but it was bright orange and just really needed a deep cleaning. I have a new layout where I now have two desks and little reading nook. It's very important to me to have space where I can call create and doors can be shut and everyone gets the idea to leave mom alone! lol

I love to see where and how artists work. I thought it might be fun if others shared pics of their workspaces here too, I know I'd enjoy seeing them!

Note: My studio is never this clean... This is just the calm before the storm!

Hi, I'm Kara, I'm new here to SVS! Thought I'd share my first draft for slowvember. I did @Lee-White 's questionnaire from his youtube video...drew a bunch of thumbnails in relation to a story I wrote and came up with this. I'm trying to show a filthy polluted city with a beautiful parcel of land in the center that really is set apart from the city by a wall. I would love to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to improve this piece on my next go around painting it.

Also I am very much enjoying seeing everyones work here on the forum. I've tried joining facebook groups to share work and give/receive critiques but that was just an all around total failure Glad I found SVS!

P.S. Sorry if the image is blurry, its a photo and I saved it small just in case it wouldn't upload here.

My first attempt at an SVS contest! I went back to a previous piece I spent a month on in October and reworked it a bit to meet this deadline. I may continue with my initial project from November at a later time but right now i'm trying to finish some full color spreads from this story I wrote so I can send out my dummy book! Everyone's work looks great! I loved seeing everyones progress. Wish I had photos to share of my thumbnails and character design from this spread but they are all packed away. I think the most beneficial part of #slowvember for me was @Lee-White Questionnaire, it asked some really thought provoking questions that really helped me understand how I want to move forward as an artist.

Here is my idea for the challenge:
"The tracts in the snow were unlike anything Will had seen before."

Questions:

• Is it clear that the yeti is "Will"
• Does having half of the boys face off the page further suggest he is hiding or should I include his whole face?
• Overall thoughts for making this a better composition?

Also, I anyone else freaking out about having to paint snow?? I know I am! Any tips for that would be greatly appreciated!

Just a thought, it might be cool to do a set of 3 spot illustrations where a character is active and it's sort of a mini story. Just for example a character working really hard building a little airplane...then the test flight, excitement!....then the aftermath of a crash, sadness. You could show 3 very intense emotions with lots of action while at the same time telling a story and showing you do character continuity well. I don't have a portfolio or anything, I'm no expert, but that's my 2 cents lol.

@neschof I showed my oldest, who,s 10, the entries so far and she really loved this one! she said "Wow what a creative idea! Those dinosaurs are so cute!"

Did a little paint over with some watercolor...as I posted on another thread i'm getting tired of drawing this same image over and over (I made some color studies and drew another with people in it but I didn't really like how it turned out so I went back to square one). Ugh I'm just ready for a new project lol.

I really love the color palette you chose for the buildings and sky. your line work on the buildings is very free, I love it. I did not catch that those were bananas at first...I saw ghosts. Maybe a little more yellow and some of that same line work you used for the background shapes but possibly even bolder strokes since the bananas are in the foreground. The apes expression looks mildy scared/suprised by the bananas...like he's not sure why they are running away. Makes me curious of what the story is.

Here's what I see...Someone snuck through the gate and is climbing into the window of the house and lost their shoe while climbing in. Will is noticing the footprints. There is also someone up in the farthest window on a cell phone possibly taking pictures of the scene.

The pattern of the prints is like none I've ever seen. Are they special shoes?

@Mary-Toth I LOVE this! Wonderful!

Wonderful! Congrats!

@Jenna-Jenks thanks for sharing!

@EliaMurrayArt I saw in one of videos classes here on svs start with coloring things that are supposed to be a certain color (plants green, firetruck red, an orange orange etc) then work out from there. You could also find an image online you like the color palette then just pull colors from that image.

@Pinky I have sketchbooks from 20 years ago. It's fun to look back and see progress.

@Laurasketches what wonderful improvement! Good luck with your SCBWI critique. This looks wonderful, I remember seeing you reworking this a while back here on the forums. Good job!

@xin-li yes! Looks great

@Aleksey I really love how the sky looks like a bird and yes the moon does look like an eye!

@Jeremy-Ross I think if you just go with your original #2 and just put a heart on the balloon it would get the message across. Cute idea.

@Aleksey really cool! Looking great