Freshwater mermaids are often ignored in favor of their flashier saltwater cousins. This may be due to their more subtle methods of driving unwanted humans from their territory. For example, rather than luring sailors to their deaths and other such drama, trout-maids are spunky tricksters with a sense of humor.

And if you’re thinking this doesn’t look anything like my style....you’re right. I stepped WAY out of my comfort zone this month. I have a new iPad, so I’ve been playing around with Procreate.... I’m having a lot of fun but it is SO not my thing! But I’m calling it done now because we’re heading out on vacation for all of next week and I don’t want to forget to post. So this was an enjoyable experiment but I will be heading right back to my comfort zone for awhile after this.... hooray for vectors and flat colors!

Hello again friend! Nice to see your font again. I hope you find a way to take care of yourself... your hands/wrists/etc, and your creative self! Welcome back.

@Kevin-Longueil Ok, I clicked edit, groups, svsog... I don't see save changes though. Maybe I'm doing it wrong?

ETA: I figured it out! Thanks for your help

@Chip-Valecek so pro is only for book publishing? To make it clearer what I'm asking about, here are a few of the designs I was paid to produce:
https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/3d-floral-home-d-eacutecor-digital-set.html
https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/holiday-snowflakes-digital-set.html
https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/holly-and-ivy-digital-set.html

They're more in the realm of licensing rather than publishing. So I guess my question is, does "pro" refer to book work only, or other applications of art and illustration?

I've been around since before 2017 though only intermittently active depending on what is going on in my life at any given time.

And I don't know if having done work for Cricut counts as "published".... are we just talking about book publishing, or paid illustration work in general?

It reads as a snowboard to me, but I don't know if thats because I read the title of your post first and had that in my head when looking at the piece.

@Adrian-K Thanks Adrian! Yours is beautiful as well. Happy to see a fellow DnD player ;-). Your piece reminds me of a friend's webcomic, Dungeons and Doggos. Have you read it? https://dndoggos.com/

I feel like the concept of Values was really driven home for me in the Creative Composition course. (Thats what it's called, right?)

This is such an important conversation! Thanks for discussing it here where we all can see.

I'll toss my work in the ring ;-).

I am so sad to read this news. My thoughts are with your family, Will.