First time entering any art competition. I feel like I can take it easy for now.

Good luck everyone. Everyone’s art work is amazing.

Hi

A month ago I finished the basic perspective drawing class. I feel perspective is one of my biggest weaknesses. So I dragged my feet doing this assignment. I have done 3 drawing that I am quite happy with. This is the best of the 3 drawings.
Thank you to all of you who have done the final perspective assignment and putting it up on this forum. It was encouraging to see. It was because of this I decided to have ago at it.

Critiques are welcome.

I have challenge myself to draw 100 vehicles. 1 goal I have is to have strong line work. So far I am just trying to find the right ink pen in procreate that works for me.

If I am too late oh well. I would like to dedicate this illustration to my wife who won’t let me give up on my dreams and keeps pushing me forward.
Good luck everyone.

Does any other parent get a whole stack of new children’s books, study the composition, value, shape language, and the writing before letting their kids even look at the books? I am realizing I do this a lot.

Hey, I will join you again in this class. Your last group on prop design helped me out immensely. So these are my designs.

Finished the assignment. This is what I came up with

Hi

I am in my late 30’s, a father of 3 and work as a shipper/receiver for a plumbing wholesaler. Most of my working life my jobs have been lower tier physical labour jobs with some exceptions.
I really like the 3 point perspective topic about having dreams, and working towards them. This year i have been pushing myself out of my comfort zone with my art. Wanting to kick my skill level up a couple of notches and trying to work towards my dream of illustrating 1 kids lit book and/or making illustrating a full time job. My goal this year is to have a website show casing my portfolio.
So with this in mind i have some questions:
Is it too late to make a career change into illustration?
Is this dream attainable how did you do it? What steps did you take to get to where wanted to be?
When did you decide to make it a full time gig? Or, did/do you still work a full time job and do illustration on the side?
Is there a well known illustrator that you admire that started their illustration career later in life?

Thanks for taking your time to read.

Rob

I am going for a tropical beach theme. Here are my silhouettes.

@Jonathon-B-Baker-0 I started to just draw 5 minutes no matter what. For me I think it is being ok with just 5 minutes and plan to a work on bigger projects on the weekend or when I know I have time.

2 months ago I started a new job. The job is labour intensive and long hours (between 8 to 12 hours, depending on the work load). I come home and I spend time with my kids. By the time my wife and I put the kids to bed I am beat. On the weekends I try to find quiet time where I can be creative and try to reach my goals for the month. That quiet time can be over in 5 minutes because of kids. I feel at times I am going backwards with everything.
So for those that had a similar experience and were able to reach your goals what tips do you have?

Congratulations. Awesome job on the cats.

Lately I have been listening to ADHD Focus music when I start on a project. By the end of the project I listen to 70’s 80’s 90’s early 2000 rock music. I tried to listen to a podcast but I find it to distracting.

@Kim-Rosenlof before the lockdown here every 2 weeks or so, I would take my kids to the library so could get some books. I would tell my 2 kids they can get 2 books each. Usually we would walk out of library with 4 to 6 books, plus the 4 book my kids picked.

@BradAYoo my wife won’t let me go that far. Lol.

Does any other parent get a whole stack of new children’s books, study the composition, value, shape language, and the writing before letting their kids even look at the books? I am realizing I do this a lot.

All are these are amazing. I love the knight and the fox models. I think the fox model would be an interesting character to explore for the monthly challenge.

@carlianne Yes, it was from a photo reference. Thanks for the critique.

I am trying new things this year that are way uncomfortable for me, like entering the monthly challenge, trying to keep a tight art schedule and now making art that I am proud to putting on my wall. My wife has been asking me for a long time to make something we can hang on our wall. My usual response is I cringe and change the subject. I am trying to change that attitude. So I went through some photos of my family and decided to draw a family portrait. So far I have had a lot of fun doing this.
Before I go ahead and ink this can i please get a critique. Is there anything I need to change.

Thank you for your time