Another podcast with perfect timing. I was going to sit down this week and plan out my portfolio revamp, so.....yeah, I'll definitely be using some of these! Thanks guys!

@theprairiefox Thanks so much for the info! Asmodee is the one that distributes Dixit, I'm fairly certain, so that's good to know!

I will write down Gen Con as a potential thing to attend in 2020, if I have the finances I'll definitely give it a shot! I need to attend more cons as opposed to tabling at them, I never seem to do quite the networking that I mean to when I'm stuck at a table all weekend.

@Heather-Boyd I would love to work on something like that! Or Dixit, hands down my favorite board game--the expansion packs are literally just MORE gorgeous artwork. When I first got that game I remember finally making a connection that "oh my gosh....this could be a job."

I am in the process of sending out postcards to publishers and I was wondering if I should save a few for boardgame companies. Or if that is even how that works with getting your work in front of them.

I've been interested in illustrating for board/card games for a while, but I really don't even know where to start with applying to do that kind of thing. Is there a collection of addresses somewhere that I could send postcards to? I imagine there is nothing like the SCBWI Book for the industry, but I just don't even know how to get the ball rolling on it.

Note: not necessarily looking to illustrate for personal project/kickstarter games as I've heard too many horror stories. At least not unless they've successfully run a crowd funding campaign before. Mostly just looking at companies (both large and small) that produce board and card games.

Oh wow, it's like you guys read my mind--on my to-do list this week was figuring out how to set up an online shop. Thanks for this!

It'll be challenging to make this one unique, I'm looking forward to the results!

A question: Does the image need to only be stark black and white? Or can there be gradients of gray? If I do it in ink, I am tempted to use an ink wash for value. But if that is against the rules, I'd like to know now.

@SFischer Love the concept, perspective, and color palette! I do agree with Heather though, I think choosing to tighten up some edges of characters either in the foreground or background would help.

Personally, I think tightening the background figures/ground/sky to be more crisp and leaving the foreground figures out of focus and blurry like they are now would really pull it all together and direct the eye to the kid on the dino. Right now I'm drawn to those kids silhouetted in the front row first, and the dinosaur read as a tree initially until I looked closer.

My entry for the September contest - Everyone was shocked to see her come to school on a gryphon!

I've been doing your 50 minute blocks strategy for a few weeks now and it's been doing wonders for my to-do list! Definitely wish I would've heard about this method earlier in my freelance career.

That first week I was so productive and got so much off of my list that I became almost terrified because I had so little lined up to do for the following week, haha. It was like, "...now what?" After living for so long with a huge to-do list that only ever seemed to grow, I was at a bit of a loss for a minute as to how to move forward without being in its shadow. A strange, but good, problem to have.

Great video!

When is the contest deadline? Been a while since I've entered one, but I got some fun ideas for it that I might flesh out if there's enough time still.