@irina
Hahaha. Hello, Neighbor! I am happy to find another soul lost in architecture

Architecture is my day job and at the moment I am not getting paid for my illustrations. I gave myself one year from now (due to other matters) to practice illustration. Then I would like to gradually transition from architecture. I was never passionate about architecture. It is as good as it gets. It helped me to get where I am but I feel that time to move on.

As per your question I assume that you are also suffering from the schizophrenic duality of the rigid modularity of architecture and the lyrical fluency of illustration. I couldn't yet loosen myself from architecture so I try to build it into my style. Whenever I try a more organic, loose style I get anxious and would like to finesse until it gets rigid

However, I think architecture really helps with an artistic thinking, composition, design which can be adapted to illustration. For example, there is a Hungarian animation director who started as an architect and became very successful with a very distinctive art in animation. Marcell Jankovics. His work might have seeped through to Romania.

So I understand you being disenchanted with architecture. If you don't like it try to give a little time for yourself in London and see if you find something closer to illustration and think about architecture as an option B. The thing about architecture as a profession is that it selfishly wants to be your #1 and doesn't really let you work on other things on the side.
Keep me posted about your transition to London. Good luck. I am interested in how it turns out. If I can help let me know as I guess we have a couple things in common. Lol.

@Sarah-LuAnn Happy that you loved the comics.
@robgale Thanks for the kind words. I needed to take a break and catch up with sleeping. When I finished the Inktober drawings I realized how tired I am. But that is the thing. If you are passionate about a goal you don't really realize the lack of sleep because the endorphin in your body fuels you.
@Whitney-Simms Thank you. It was more adventurous than painful. I might draw an illustration of it.

@smceccarelli I just found your youtube acc. I will watch your videos. I would love to see your things more on Youtube but as @Sarah-LuAnn wrote it might only be interesting for other artists. The more compact you are on Youtube the more traction you can get. Maybe show a piece and talk briefly about a few challenges during the creation.

I am focusing on instagram at the moment and all my posts are forwarded to Facebook too. They work really good together. Not sure how they work the other way around. You can add Twitter too and just reshare all posts there without even looking.
I tried Facebook's and Instragram's paid promotions. It didn't do anything. I also tried free and paid shoutout pages on Instagram. They can create more traction by crediting you.

I feel that the most important is a regular posting that people can look forward to. Minimum a weekly post showing that you are still around. There is a momentum after a successful post that can be lost if you don't post for a long time.

There is potential in instagram and facebook stories. I am still getting used to it. Eg. you can quickly redirect people to your new youtube video.

As I am not a professional I don't use linkedin, it is too corporate for me. My dream is to put all my work on Behance and use it as a portfolio and create a very simple portfolio site. I started but it is super slow.

congratulations! exciting!

Congratulation!!!!!

@pamela-fraley This is amazing!! I love it.

@kathrynadebayo Lol. Not good on the long run as my back hurts crazy. Thank you again for the opportunity. Looking forward to the next interview...

Very strong piece. Visually it is superb just as your other pieces
Just like @Johanna-Kim I didn't see the backstory that you described but then it hit me hard. Just like your last piece. I am glad that you are exploring somber themes. I don't find it insensitive at all. The juxtaposition of the warm light, adorable design and the serious theme emphasizes the strength of the narrative.
Side note: You can maybe add a few more clues ( eg. pattern to the hospital gown and a wristlabel) to help understanding the story. The boy's eyes could be worked a bit. I feel like he is not looking at the girl.
Overall it looks great. I love how you use color and light.

FINISHED!!!!!
Day 31 - Slice

So I finished! With a big delay so I voluntarily disqualify myself from Inktober :D. It was a great experience. Thank you guys for all the nice words and support.
I decided to continue the strips. I am taking a break for a few weeks to plan out how to return. I'll be posting some sketches in the meantime. Also, I'll be more active on the forums from now on as I was very busy working on the strips. Cheers

Day 30 - Jolt

I wanted to have a busy subway scene with lots of small details to discover. Hope you like it.