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    Martha Sue

    @Martha Sue

    I'm an artist, illustrator, designer and art director. I've worked quite a few years in the games industry and after doing a lot of management I've been focused on getting more hands on with my design and illustration work. I went to art school in the 90's at CCA which was very conceptual art focused at the time. Not a lot of emphasis on mastery, or at least I wasn't focused on it! I've found that there are a lot of gaps in my abilities and I want to fill them in.

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    Website www.instagram.com/marthasue22/ Location San Francisco Age 46

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    Best posts made by Martha Sue

    • RE: OCTOBER COMPETITION TOPIC: MISUNDERSTOOD MONSTER

      "I am not a cupcake!" 0_1541006600891_V2.png

      posted in Announcements
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: SVS Does Inktober Part 3, Days 21 - 31

      This was for CHOP 🙂 0_1540832670921_Screen Shot 2018-10-29 at 10.02.31 AM.png

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Misunderstood monster concepts, help me pick?

      0_1540961578843_V1.png Hi illustration people, here's my paint. I'll turn it in tomorrow, notice anything I should adjust first?

      Thank you!

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Inktober over- now what?

      I am glad I did it but also glad it's over, I put in a lot of time and did some of the how to ink classes and it felt like the having to post something was both good and bad. Good it kept me practicing and healthy to see how dependant I've become on digital a needed wake up call. And bad in that I think I need to practice all the boring, unpostable things for a month and in a way posting something kept me in my old habits, not really mastering new technique.

      I don't know if I can manage this, but MAYBE I will try a month of doing those inking exercises daily, like an art gym routine. The straight, curved, thick to thin lines and ovals, the difference between making likes with your arm, wrist and fingers. See if I can get rid of my wobbly, unpredictable lines. So hard!

      Do you guys remember this Sesame Street composer character? I felt like this a lot during inktober: https://youtu.be/Z7adTE0VitQ

      posted in General Discussion
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Business Start up: Which logo?

      I love the vibe of the biker squirrel, and 'small and crafty' is a great tagline! It all depends on your values/key attributes and how it fits into your story. Maybe you are super fast and dynamic. I like 4.2 best. 🙂 I feel like it could be worth playing more with the type, and negative space in general. Might be possible to simplify the shape of the bike to read better small. Also wonder if it has to have the 'co'? The S in Studio seems much bigger in relation to the rest of the word than in the other two words. Last thought- maybe all those elements like 'small & crafty' could be used in other parts of your brand system. I don't know that your primary logo has to fit in everything. I took an awesome Coursera class on brand creation recently and it was great: https://www.coursera.org/learn/brand-new-brand

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Misunderstood monster concepts, help me pick?

      Here's the next round of thumbnails, any preferences or thoughts on the thumbnails? I rarely work this way and am trying to follow the checklist from the creative compositions course. Thank you!

      0_1540831888986_New Doc 2018-10-28 22.44.09.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: SVS Online Portfolio upgrade?

      @will-terry "images with the most upvotes to populate a gallery on the front of the svslearn page" sounds especially helpful, it's so hard for new people to break through the clutter. A leg up from places like this could be great.

      posted in General Discussion
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • Line quality vs accuracy

      Hi there,

      I find that my line quality is much better if I don't pencil in the idea first but of course the proportions are off. And then if I pencil in my idea, the drawing usually has less appeal.

      Does anyone else have this? I think it's odd I'm capable of decent line quality- just not when it's planned out.

      Advice?

      posted in Questions & Comments
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: SVS Does Inktober Part 3, Days 21 - 31

      And then STRETCH 0_1540832710577_Screen Shot 2018-10-29 at 10.02.37 AM.png
      And MUDDY, I was looking at old woodcuts of Mandrake plants and thought it would be a good fit 0_1540832735291_Screen Shot 2018-10-29 at 10.02.25 AM.png

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Best print services?

      @nessillustration Yay! Thank you so much. I'm somewhat curious about both. If anyone is from the Bay Area I'd love to hear your print shop experiences.

      posted in Questions & Comments
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue

    Latest posts made by Martha Sue

    • RE: Finding Your Style while Building Your Audience?

      @robgale actually now I'm curious, just looking at your work you've obviously been immersed in commercial work of all kinds, how do you think about client brands? Is it different when you apply it to your illustration work?

      posted in Questions & Comments
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Finding Your Style while Building Your Audience?

      @robgale I guess because I am doing graphic design work and have been in marketing art direction it's my language, it helps me make sense of other people's businesses and then make work for them. I know it can be hard to connect with and even seem silly. But I do believe it's how we consume media conciously or not. A brand is what the audience believes about it, if you can become mindful of what your putting out there and understand how it's experienced by your audience then it seems to me there's more hope of achieving your goals, and directing attention. But it does have to be genuine so it's critical to find a way of working on it that doesn't feel off-putting to you. I thought this episode of creative pep talk said it well: http://www.creativepeptalk.com/episodes/2018/10/23/204-grow-your-instagram-following-amp-other-important-things-we-dont-want-to-talk-about

      posted in Questions & Comments
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: SVS Online Portfolio upgrade?

      @will-terry "images with the most upvotes to populate a gallery on the front of the svslearn page" sounds especially helpful, it's so hard for new people to break through the clutter. A leg up from places like this could be great.

      posted in General Discussion
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Finding Your Style while Building Your Audience?

      Have you ever thought about it in terms of personal brand, or personal mission statement? More than visual style focusing in on your current goals and sense of purpose could provide a 'backbone' as someone else suggested. Then you can start sharing as you explore. And it can change/evolve. I like your question.

      posted in Questions & Comments
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Inktober over- now what?

      I am glad I did it but also glad it's over, I put in a lot of time and did some of the how to ink classes and it felt like the having to post something was both good and bad. Good it kept me practicing and healthy to see how dependant I've become on digital a needed wake up call. And bad in that I think I need to practice all the boring, unpostable things for a month and in a way posting something kept me in my old habits, not really mastering new technique.

      I don't know if I can manage this, but MAYBE I will try a month of doing those inking exercises daily, like an art gym routine. The straight, curved, thick to thin lines and ovals, the difference between making likes with your arm, wrist and fingers. See if I can get rid of my wobbly, unpredictable lines. So hard!

      Do you guys remember this Sesame Street composer character? I felt like this a lot during inktober: https://youtu.be/Z7adTE0VitQ

      posted in General Discussion
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Inked monster burger.

      Lovely monster. Is it all digital or are the lines brush pen?

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: WIP- Critiques please

      @nyrrylcadiz oh I keep missing images, I think they are slow to load ... I like the colors on the first in set of 4 you posted. 🙂

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: Halloween illustration-WIP (feedback requested)

      Poor ghosts! I like how your colors are going!

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: WIP- Critiques please

      Very cool! What's jumping out to me is the left side of the empty chair is lining up exactly with the line of the refrigerator. 🙂

      posted in Artwork
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue
    • RE: OCTOBER COMPETITION TOPIC: MISUNDERSTOOD MONSTER

      "I am not a cupcake!" 0_1541006600891_V2.png

      posted in Announcements
      Martha Sue
      Martha Sue