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    lenwen

    @lenwen

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    Best posts made by lenwen

    • RE: SEPTEMBER COMPETITION TOPIC: FALL

      Just a summer monster changing style.

      I hope the illustration is fit with the topic 😃

      0_1536175070145_fall monster.jpg

      posted in Announcements
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    • RE: SVS JUNE CONTEST: MUSHROOM VILLAGE

      My entry for this month contest 🙂
      The little girl and her buddy just move to their new village.

      0_1529229129024_mushroom-village-svs.jpg

      posted in Announcements
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    • RE: APRIL CONTEST: TRAVEL

      Hi all! it's my first time join here 🙂
      Here is my entry : Travel to Fairyland
      0_1524410037430_travel_fairyland.jpg

      posted in Announcements
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    • RE: SVS does Inktober 2018

      Here is my day 1. I am not sure will do it for a whole month though :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

      0_1538421277582_IMG_20181001_210528.jpg

      posted in Artwork
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    • RE: Can I see your Holidays/Christmas Illustrations? Let's share our work!

      @lucisaurus here is my Christmas illustration. Happy holidays and merry Christmas everyone!
      0_1545684950745_gift-for-mom-FIN.jpg

      posted in Artwork
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    • Late introduction but Hello!

      I knew it's super late for introduction. I joined the forum on April and even have participated the contest. I wanted to introduce myself but wasn't confidence because of my broken english. Anyway, I hope you all don't mind with my broken english and my super late introduction, I really want to learn from this forum and all of you guys.

      So, here I am! call me Lenny, I am from Indonesia. I listened to bunch of Will's and Jake's videos on Youtube. I also enjoyed a lot the new podcast.
      I draw mainly for children's book (mostly for self published authors) but sometimes also for other stuff like packaging, app, etc. I jumped into fulltime freelancer as illustrator in beginning of 2016. I learn drawing mostly self-taught. I subscribe some courses in schoolism and svs as well. But I am really bad in time management, so it took me so long to even finish one course (lol).
      I really love storytelling so most of my works is about that.

      Here is some of my works:
      0_1528007198500_sleepy-faerie.jpg

      0_1528007262893_it came upon the midnight clear.jpg

      0_1528007342665_suspicious-house.jpg

      You can find more of my works on my website or my Instagram.
      If you have thoughts, critics or feedbacks about my works, don't hesitate to tell me. I am very welcome for any feedbacks and critics!

      That's all and thank you! 😃

      posted in Introductions
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    • RE: Folktale Week Illustrations - add yours :D

      @SundayGirl76 I really love your works!
      I was planning to do it until my CTS relapsed and still have some works to do😌
      I only managed to do the cover 😂
      folktaleweek_00.jpg
      I actually planned to make my own simple story but after all, I can't manage it:disappointed_but_relieved_face:
      Maybe one illustration per day is really not possible for my style though.

      posted in General Discussion
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    • Update and a little bit sharing

      Hi there, everyone!

      I am not an active member right now in SVS. I also barely write here, and I only joined SVS for three months after I had won the contest year ago (If I am not wrong) and also bought a class from here. But, I learned A LOT from people here in SVS as I read the threads and discussions. Long story short, I think I should also give some contribution in exchange.

      Although I am not a hight profile illustrator, I've been working as a full-time illustrator since 2016. I've got projects mostly from Behance. I used to work for primarily self-published authors and companies in the past years.

      Last December, after so many rejections and silent emails from agencies, I've finally signed with Cat Agency. They've rejected my first approach, but they gave me critical feedback. It required me like more than one year to eventually changed my style a little bit and signed with them. After all, it was worth it to tweak my portfolio until I feel comfortable and confident with my works before I've signed with an agent. (So if an agent is now rejecting you, but you have solid feeling and connection to that agent, don't give up yet. There might be second chance).

      I am not an expert in this field and agents stuff, but as I've mentioned, I learned a lot from this forum, so I thought this would be a little bit of information to share, and if you've any questions related, don't hesitate to let me know!

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: SVS does Inktober 2018

      Day 2: Tranquil
      not really succesful this time:face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:
      0_1538514348684_IMG_20181002_225921.jpg

      posted in Artwork
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    • RE: Mushroom Village WIP

      @Johanna-Kim and @rcartwright thank you so much for your advices! both of you are right, I tried to desaturate and lighten the mushrooms in distance. I also changed the mushroom's colors in foreground to a dark blue so it didn't bring too much attention. I hope now the little girl with her companion will draw more attention. But I also want people to see (although not too much) their destination that's the mushroom village. Hopefully now it works.

      0_1528869578209_mushroom-village_wip_color.jpg

      but don't hesitate to tell if anyone of you have another thoughts! I very appreciate it 🙂

      posted in Artwork
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    Latest posts made by lenwen

    • RE: Has anyone submitted a W-8BEN form?

      @Neha-Rawat I've filled W-8BEN form. The publisher nearly cut off 10% from my royalty because my nationality is Indonesia but as a resident of Austria, I don't have to because the tax treaty is 0%. Check out your country tax treaty rates here (this document I got from one of my publisher): Excerpt of Table 1 Tax Treaty Rates on Copyright-Royalty.pdf

      Did you already ask your agent if this normal for advance on royalty?

      posted in Questions & Comments
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    • RE: Got the Kamvas 22 Plus Last Week

      @jdubz thanks so much for answering my questions! sounds like Kamvas 22 Plus great so far! keep us posted 😃

      posted in Questions & Comments
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      lenwen
    • RE: Got the Kamvas 22 Plus Last Week

      wow, thanks for the review! I am thinking to get myself Kamvas 22 plus as well. I heard from some fellow artists that with a display tablet, it's so quickly heated and burn your hand. Does it happen to Kamvas 22 plus? and how are the colors?

      posted in Questions & Comments
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    • RE: Querying Agents/ Portfolio Critique

      @Katie-Kordesh I love your works!the characters are so lovely, and the color palette is fantastic.
      When I sent my portfolio to my agent, I was first being rejected. Then it took me more than one year to add and tweak my portfolio again. I think what I did is:

      1. Sequential arts, I added some sequential arts to show that I can handle consistency.
      2. Environments, I created indoor, outdoor, fantastical scenes.
      3. Lighting schemes, I added dusk, evening, fire scenes.
      4. More than one spread dummy of a picture book, I made sure that there are spaces for texts and no vital character in the border or more straightforward to say, scenes with texts.
      5. Lots of kids! I know some artists only draw animals, but to increase the chances, I added a bunch of kids with various ethnicities, gender, ages, shapes, and personalities.

      And the most important is, I've had to feel comfortable with the technic and style I used. I understand that after someone signed with an agent, they still able to change the technic and style depending on the projects, but I didn't want to start with something I didn't feel comfortable or confident in the first place.

      I hope it helps and good luck! 🙂

      posted in Artwork
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    • RE: Update and a little bit sharing

      @Heather-Boyd thank you, Heather!

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: What is my portfolio lacking?

      I love your works! They are remarkable, soft, and organic. I can imagine them in a picture book already, I think you're ready to go! good luck!!

      posted in Artwork
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    • RE: Update and a little bit sharing

      thanks so much @xin-li , @Jeremy-Ross ,@MissMushy 😀

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: Update and a little bit sharing

      thank you so much @Nyrryl-Cadiz !
      @xin-li don't worry, you will find it sooner or later when you are ready 🙂

      @Jeremy-Ross @MissMushy good question! So, my old style was exposed more to the animation style (like Pixar, Dreamworks). I uploaded here my past work so you can see. The eyes were enormous with the distorted body proportion (which is fine, but mine is too extreme like the head is huge compared to the body). My agent said it wasn't fit for a trade picture book (at least for the publishers who've worked with them). And this was my personal opinion, but I also thought I tend to render the image too much 3d-ish.

      compare.jpg

      I hope it shows what I meant clearly 🙂

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: Update and a little bit sharing

      @nadyart thank you, Nadya! I love your works too! yes, two weeks after I signed, I got one assignment for children's magazine and so far 2 books deals 🙂

      posted in General Discussion
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      lenwen
    • Update and a little bit sharing

      Hi there, everyone!

      I am not an active member right now in SVS. I also barely write here, and I only joined SVS for three months after I had won the contest year ago (If I am not wrong) and also bought a class from here. But, I learned A LOT from people here in SVS as I read the threads and discussions. Long story short, I think I should also give some contribution in exchange.

      Although I am not a hight profile illustrator, I've been working as a full-time illustrator since 2016. I've got projects mostly from Behance. I used to work for primarily self-published authors and companies in the past years.

      Last December, after so many rejections and silent emails from agencies, I've finally signed with Cat Agency. They've rejected my first approach, but they gave me critical feedback. It required me like more than one year to eventually changed my style a little bit and signed with them. After all, it was worth it to tweak my portfolio until I feel comfortable and confident with my works before I've signed with an agent. (So if an agent is now rejecting you, but you have solid feeling and connection to that agent, don't give up yet. There might be second chance).

      I am not an expert in this field and agents stuff, but as I've mentioned, I learned a lot from this forum, so I thought this would be a little bit of information to share, and if you've any questions related, don't hesitate to let me know!

      posted in General Discussion
      lenwen
      lenwen