I finished the cover above! Quite happy with that one.
Now i'm working on the september prompt.
And simultaeously I am working on some more pieces for the adult colouring book I am working on on and off...Lately I've been drawn more towards fantasy and darker art again. Still kind of struggling to agree what I enjoy with what makes money, as I feel I'm mostly working towards children's literature for some idea of monetisation!
some progress on this one, tried to improve on the component balance and started pushing some more of the traditional looking textures my work is missing for children's publishing. Loads to do on that still!
Thanks @Perrij and @MichaelaH , good catch on the ground-sky comp in the second, I'll have a look at that when I work more on these.
Right now I'm working on some thumbnails for bookcovers to add to my portfolio. I was initially thinking of doing these for inktober, but I can already tell they'll be coloured in a not-inky way sooner or later, so I'm not sure yet if they're inktober material!
These are some initial ideas. I just threw out a few different ones that felt alright, might go back to thumbnail different versions when I get around to them.
Hey Guys! I just wanted to create one of these threats as well to post bits and pieces I am working on for my portfolio so Perhaps I can get the occasional bit of feedback or any observations another set of eyes might have on how my portfolio is developing.
This is it right now: www.nathaliekranich.com
I've been advised to do some more child-focused pieces with more mundane situations! The mundane situations bit hasn't happened yet, but I have started working on some ink drawings for book illustrations and generally tuned my work to be more narrative focused, I think.
Below a few of my most recent portfolio pieces, and I'll go from there!
My goal is to go into the Publishing Industry for early-teens. Chapter Books, Bookcovers, Spot illustrations primarily, perhaps boardgames. I am trying to get to a point where I can send out postcards! I don't think I'm miles off, but I'm not sure exactly what that point will look like ^____^
Anyway, enjoy browsing I guess, and all and any feedback is appreciated.
This looks amazing! What a cool style, congratulations on getting funded.
So many good points in this podcast!
In my own experience, I know that I definitly didn't appreciate my time as a student, and when I was unemployed after I still didn't have the vision and discipline to properly focus on my art work. Working in an office for a couple years has gotten me used to a 9-5, so working 7-8 hours a day isn't this horrific new challenge anymore. I'm much better now at keeping myself a to do list and motivating myself to work.
Just some minor changes to go, then I shall consider this finished! After some valuable feedback from people on the discord, I've taken out the tower and the noticeable tree and freed up the space a bit. Might add in a much less noticeable tree to finish it off, try to lead the eye to the mother more strongly again.
