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    Norman Morana

    @Norman Morana

    normanmoranaillustration.com

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    Best posts made by Norman Morana

    • RE: AUGUST CONTEST: Dragonfly

      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.

      NormanMorana_SVS_AUG2020.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: AUGUST CONTEST: SUPERSTITION

      Hi Everyone, here is my entry!

      Farmers, beware of the black sheep!

      NormanMorana_SVS_Superstition_BlkSheep.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Calling for the November ALL STARS!!!

      Together!
      I tried to go all out on this one. Excited to enter the arena.

      NormanMorana_SVS_NOV2020.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: MAY CONTEST: ISOLATION

      Hi Everyone! Here is my entry for isolation.

      Our cat likes to meow at the wildlife he'll never be able to reach.

      NormanMorana_SVS_MAY2020.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: APRIL CONTEST: Lisa's robot invention worked great, until it did this...

      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.

      NormanMorana_SVS_APR2020.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: MAY CONTEST: MERMAY!

      Hello everyone! This is my first post and contest with SVS, super pumped for this months theme!DailySketch_05.12.19-svs.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: JUNE CONTEST: A very different kind of prompt!

      Hey Gang! This was a tough one, but ended up finding a way to have fun with it.

      NormanMorana_SVS_JUN2020.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST: NIGHTFALL

      Made it in! Hi everyone, here is my Nightfall entry 🙂

      NormanMorana_SVS_FEB2020.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: MARCH CONTEST: Everything was rattling, falling apart and breaking!!!

      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.

      NormanMorana_SVS_MAR2020.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: JULY CONTEST: WHEN SUMMER VACATION GOES WRONG.

      NormanMorana_SVS_July.jpg

      Hey everyone, here is my entry!

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana

    Latest posts made by Norman Morana

    • RE: Calling for the November ALL STARS!!!

      @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 😊

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Calling for the November ALL STARS!!!

      @Nyrryl-Cadiz thank you, thank you! You’re too kind 😊

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Calling for the November ALL STARS!!!

      Together!
      I tried to go all out on this one. Excited to enter the arena.

      NormanMorana_SVS_NOV2020.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Featured Student 2020 Review Edition

      NormanMorana_Feature_2020.jpg

      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.

      posted in Artwork
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Researching Art Schools - Any Recommendations?

      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.

      posted in General Discussion
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Inktober 2020 - Week 5

      Inktober Day 31!
      The ghosts are out on their trick or treat crawl.

      Inktober_2020_31_LoRes.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Inktober 2020 - Week 5

      Inktober day 30!
      Closing in on the finish line 🙂

      Inktober_2020_30_LoRes.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Inktober 2020 - Week 5

      Inktober Day 29!
      Going to be hard to explain this one to the boss.

      Inktober_2020_29_Insta.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Inktober 2020 - Week 5

      Thank you! @K-Flagg Haha, that would be great! Maybe spooky.

      posted in Artwork
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana
    • RE: Inktober 2020 - Week 5

      Day 28!
      Float.
      Inktober_2020_28_LoRes.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      Norman Morana
      Norman Morana