Holy smokes! My adrenaline is going!
I was so worried that I wasn't going to finish it in time!
The quality seems low on mine when uploading
Here's my piece for November's prompt, "Together"
It's so cool seeing all of the submissions!

I haven't participated in a while, due to me trying to improve my portfolio and figuring out my style, but I was really excited to do this one and just went for it! Adding this to the portfolio

Hello! This is my first time posting and entering the contest. I'm also a new SVS member so I'm definitely learning a lot as an illustrator! For the prompt, I went for a two page spread. Was going for the little boy, Will, following the tracks to a bigger reveal. (big foot face planted) I loved the challenge being about illustrating something that's hard to draw. It took me a minute to figure it out.

Hi there!

I have some thumbnails I'd like to share for the November contest, Together!

My idea is to draw a father lovingly laying in bed with his tiny yet silly and rambunctious daughter. The story I'm going for is that the father was using toys, bedtime books, a snack (plate full of crumbs), milk (empty glasses) to get her to fall asleep hence all of the stuff around the bed and on the floor. She's finally asleep and she's an ugly sleeper, hence the puddle of drool and drool coming down her cheeks. And she's sleeping on her dad's tummy for comfort instead of the bed, so the dad has nowhere to go. He'll either be a little awake a looking down smiling at her, or drifting to sleep and smiling at her. Moonlight coming from a window.

I also tried adding a mother in the third thumbnail who is taking all of the covers and is drooling on her husband's arm. And all of the toys and things are on his side of the bed while he lets his wife sleep soundingly. Still smiling at his family. (She's also pregnant)

Which one do you like and why? I'm stuck

Hi there, I've never done a turn around! I have so many questions! I'm wondering what you see in hierarchy or what you see first and if there's anything that is competing with each other? Also, I wrote a little paragraph explaining my character. I hope it makes sense. And how is my character consistency? I know it's just a sketch, but I'm really worried about it! For the back of my character, I'm showing the back of the treasure trunk, which is boring bleh. So I wanted to make it interesting and thought maybe if the trunk had holes where a mouth be and the hinges being eyes, I could make it look like a face! Lol. Hopefully that wouldn't be off putting. Thanks for reading and taking a look!

Hi there! Here's an update!

Thank you all for the feedback! This has been eye opening! I tried my hand at all 3 to see how I can use your suggestions and still follow what I would like to do. Plus with the time I have left and considering what would make it in time for entering! I chose to do the second one because I wanted to go for more of a emotionally powerful and protective feeling that you'd get from the second one.

Explanation: The dad looking like a giant teddy bear and his arms turning inward to feel like he's cradling his daughter. I did decide to use the first one's idea of them being in the daughter's room because that made more sense story wise, as the dad is trying to get his daughter to sleep in her own bed. I added his index finger on the right hand so that is shows the comforting feeling that his daughter has with him being there. And all of the books on the ground are bedtime story books that actually exist The lighting will be coming from the moonlight and the little kid alarm toy that will give off a soft blue light. I know the perspective has been done before, but also... my thoughts make me wonder what hasn't been done. As long as I make it uniquely mine! I'm so excited!

My question now, is what do you think of this tighter sketch?

This is what I came up with! Thanks for pointing these things out! I really need feedback on this sort of stuff. I now try to give as much detail to the backgrounds as I would if to the people I draw. I wasn't always doing that, and when I heard of it from someone else's critique, I saw it in mine. It was eye opening! It's challenging because environments and backgrounds have things that you thought you would never really need to draw and pay attention to, but that's not true. That's why I got away with not drawing foliage. I was afraid of it, so didn't spend time on it. So again, thank you for the feedback!!! ![alt text](

Going to start on mine today! Hopefully I can get it done in time. Love these turnarounds. I need them in my folio! If we can suggest another topic for the future, I really need to practice nonfiction illustration Whether that be a historical figure or event. I haven't seen one of these yet!

@idid Thank you! Oop! Sorry that wasn't clear! My B. Overall, I was trying to make the father appear big and teddy bear like, kind of like Pacha from Emperor's New Groove. Lol. But, yeah I'm planning to make her look her age and not childlike- I think that would be a bit disturbing because she's pregnant Thanks for the feedback I'll keep these comments in mind!

I really appreciate this episode.

I'm currently struggling with this. I was rejected over 100 times when I first got out of college and I didn't understand why. Since then, I've been improving my craft, I'm enjoying the content I'm creating, and I have been constantly updating my portfolio.

I definitely am afraid to head back out there and show off my work because of the rejections, but I know I'm on a path to success if I keep working on my portfolio and applying myself places for projects.

As for social media, I can't take it. I have ADHD and I struggle to keep from posting impulsively, I can't manage the time to post consistently, oversharing, and because of constant fear of doubting myself, I hyperfocus on my post. It's another hill that I have to climb over.

I'm also working a full time job and struggling with dealing with that as an artist. It's a "creative" job but I found out that "creative" is now a subjective word for everyone.

@Kim-Rosenlof Thank you!

Also! The paragraph won’t be staying there, I put it there just for now!

Omg I just facepalmed myself. I just reread the directions and forgot to make my character feel more naive. I was so worried about making them resilient looking. I’ll have to see what I can do. 🥲

Hi there, I've never done a turn around! I have so many questions! I'm wondering what you see in hierarchy or what you see first and if there's anything that is competing with each other? Also, I wrote a little paragraph explaining my character. I hope it makes sense. And how is my character consistency? I know it's just a sketch, but I'm really worried about it! For the back of my character, I'm showing the back of the treasure trunk, which is boring bleh. So I wanted to make it interesting and thought maybe if the trunk had holes where a mouth be and the hinges being eyes, I could make it look like a face! Lol. Hopefully that wouldn't be off putting. Thanks for reading and taking a look!

WOW! This thread and your process is so amazing! Inspiring! I love this piece!

Going to start on mine today! Hopefully I can get it done in time. Love these turnarounds. I need them in my folio! If we can suggest another topic for the future, I really need to practice nonfiction illustration Whether that be a historical figure or event. I haven't seen one of these yet!

Hi there illustrators!

Do any of you know how to fix a corrupted photoshop file? I was working on a very large illustration for about 2 weeks, so I made it into a PSB. I was almost done with it when one of my layers turned black. I was confused what had happened so I went to the layer and clicked on it to hide it and turn it back on. Well that made it worse!!! It got bigger on that layer and appeared on another layer.

I saved over it and closed out of the file in a panic, thinking it would get worse if I touched anything else. I had saved multiple times before that moment too. Just in case. My photoshop is up to date too. So I restarted photoshop and went to try and reopen it, but saw the thumbnail was distorted! And then I clicked on it and it was a million times worse!

The layers are black on some, it looks glitchy and messed up. What the heck happened??? Have this happened to you? How do you fix it? Can I salvage it?! I’m trying to stay calm right now.

This is what I came up with! Thanks for pointing these things out! I really need feedback on this sort of stuff. I now try to give as much detail to the backgrounds as I would if to the people I draw. I wasn't always doing that, and when I heard of it from someone else's critique, I saw it in mine. It was eye opening! It's challenging because environments and backgrounds have things that you thought you would never really need to draw and pay attention to, but that's not true. That's why I got away with not drawing foliage. I was afraid of it, so didn't spend time on it. So again, thank you for the feedback!!! ![alt text](

Hi there! I see lots of yeti posts! It's making me so excited to start on mine! I have a really cool idea for it! But, I have to get these commissions done first. Which, I don't mind!

For one of my commissions, that's still a WIP, I added a tree and leaves in the back and foreground. Do any of you have tips or tricks to digitally painting leaves, bushes, shrubs, bark, etc.? I always seem to stumble on it when it comes to this part.

I put an overlay texture on the bark and changed the depth in the carving on tree. Drawing individual leaves always terrifies me. So I try to avoid it. Any ideas?