Hey Gang! Here is my submission for this months contest.
Life has been crazy these past few weeks. I moved at the first of the month and then two weeks later I was off getting married! Now, dragonflys can symbolize change and a deeper understanding of life. With these new changes in my own life, I wanted to express that in illustration by seeing off a little dragonfly in the first light of morning.
Hi Everyone, here is my entry!
Farmers, beware of the black sheep!
Together!
I tried to go all out on this one. Excited to enter the arena.
Hi Everyone! Here is my entry for isolation.
Our cat likes to meow at the wildlife he'll never be able to reach.
Hi everyone, here is my entry for this month's contest!
Lisa's robot invention worked great, until it went for a joy ride!
It was a fun challenge. I wanted to try loosening up more and I wanted to see if I could come up with a narrative that was about a robot but didn't show a robot.
Hello everyone! This is my first post and contest with SVS, super pumped for this months theme!
Made it in! Hi everyone, here is my Nightfall entry 
Hi everyone! Here is my entry! I had a ton of fun with this one and for the first time, I tried out the red under painting Will showed in this past week's live sessions. I liked that process a lot and I'm pumped about using it more.
Hey Gang! This was a tough one, but ended up finding a way to have fun with it.
Meet Maggi Grandiflore! My entry for this month's challenge.
Hey Gang, here is my plan for Inktober this year.
My goal this year is to finish rounding out a couple gaps in my portfolio. I want to make some of these Inktober pieces into spot and vignette illustrations, along with some sequential illustrations.
I'm squeezing time in when ever I can. I'll work a bit in the morning before work, do some prep during lunch, and get into some inking in the evenings.
I don't think I so much as have rules for myself this year. I do want to hit all 31 days, but it that means posting a piece I don't think is strong enough, I won't do it. A fun idea I do have, would be to make a couple of these digitally with some custom brushes I made using textures from last years Inktober.
Day one and the prep leading up to it has been fun! Excited to see what people post!
Hi @ChrisConnor,
I hope this finds you well. While I can’t say for sure what you should charge, I can hopefully point you in a direction to where you can find an answer you’re comfortable with.
You may want to try this book out (link below) There are a larger number of different art jobs they touch on and give some ballpark price ranges for. These prices are not set in stone, and people do have issue with the book because it gives you rate, but at the same time it’s nice to get an idea of what someone could charge for a given job.
On a side not, I’m not sure how much this info can carry over county to country.
Graphic Artists Guild Handbook, 16th Edition: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262542390/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_S79Y2ZKASVR97JB3A20H
@Braden-Hallett this is an awesome resource, thank you for sharing, Braden!
Meet Maggi Grandiflore! My entry for this month's challenge.
@ruth Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy the piece
@Coley Thank you!! I appreciate that
@Heather-Boyd Thank you, it was a struggle at times during the planning haha! I'm happy that reads, fun and lighthearted, Together is what I was aiming for on this on 
@Nyrryl-Cadiz thank you, thank you! You’re too kind
Together!
I tried to go all out on this one. Excited to enter the arena.
How have you improved this year thanks to SVSLearn:
Thanks to SVS I've been putting more energy into questioning the concept and story of an illustration, in order to make sure it's solid. There has been a lot of joy in creating and solving the visual puzzles that are a part of making an illustration. Thinking more about concept and story has not only helped me in my own process but also when analyzing and studying the work of another illustrator.
How did SVSLearn impact the creation of this piece:
Through the Podcast and Crit Arenas, SVS has really enforced the importance of the "the viewer" and thinking about what they're seeing when they look at a piece. I was constantly asking myself that question with planning out this illustration. I wanted the viewer to have fun putting together what happened to Lisa's Robot in this garage and why she looks worried about these tire tracks.
Hi Sasha, I’ve been to art school, I graduated about eight years ago. My school is no longer around, so I can’t recommend it lol. This is what I wished I had done. I would recommend looking at what career you would like to have before picking a school. There are some illustration business classes here on svs and they go over some possible careers. Once you have an idea of where you want to end up in your career, I’d look to at what schools offer that and work backwards. Online does seem like a really good option now, svs for example has a lot of what I learned in college. I would also highly highly recommend not going into debt for this. It’s incredibly difficult to monetize creativity and having $100k+ in debt is going to make it harder. I still have around 2/3 of my student loan debt and my day job (that I have to keep to pay this debt) while based on skills I learned in school, it doesn’t really use my degree. Having no debt will give you way more freedom
That’s some of the negative side. Art school was also a ton of fun, I learned a lot, and I did like having classes in person. I hope this gives you some ideas. While there are a lot of stresses, it can also be super fulfilling and rewarding.
Inktober Day 31!
The ghosts are out on their trick or treat crawl.
