Worth a shot! Wonderful work everyone.

Great timing as i just finished watching the SVS classes on personal branding and social media! All 3 combined and i feel like I've got a really solid grasp!! Thank you!

Any thoughts on separating your art accounts? I am thinking about making a separate instagram solely for my children's book illustration, since my current account is mostly plein air landscape painting. I'm not sure if it would be a negative to have two different areas of work on my account.

On the plus side its more professional facing keeping them separate, but on the downside its a lot to manage two accounts, and i would be starting over just to keep my "art identities" neat and tidy.

@Gary-Wilkinson Thank you so much!

Wow this is great! I love the colors, any classes you’d reccommend for learning your color sense?

And I agree, I think some water towards the bottom would add some visual interest for sure!

I would just bring in your 3 best or 3 newest pieces. You might be over thinking it a bit....they probably just want to get to know you and get a feel for what your art looks like!

I think the only specific thing to make sure is that it has a usb c port. (If you are getting the newest ones)

I know some people have had issues getting the 4k to display on the new cintiqs if you don't have a usb c port. (they have an adaptor but its not reliable)

Also desktops (pc or mac) give your more powerful specs for the price compared to laptops, if you want a mac buy a refurbished one from apple, save a bit of $$!

my two cents

@CLCanadyArts i will try that, thanks!
@Nyrryl-Cadiz no worries, thanks!
@MichaelaH thanks for sharing, sounds like the smudge isn't that popular for most people, so i may not invest a lot of time trying to make it work lol

So maybe I'm a bit odd, but I'm on the hunt to find that perfect smudge brush for use in digital painting in Photoshop.

I can't seem to get something that gives me nice soft edges, or allows me to refine/push and pull in the way I want. Or something that gives a nice texture. Does anyone else have this problem?

As an oil painter I think i have less control over my tools digitally than i do traditionally, which seems backwards.lol.

SO....

if you have a go to smudge tool, share it below!

I'm posting a few i use, in hopes that it'll help someone out there with the same problem.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L8VeTUqVff94LCxtO06O5Sz71Q_JfVoy/view?usp=sharing

How exciting! I've never heard of this residency? Was it a grant/application process or a continuation of your undergrad or?

Its nice to have mentors at your disposal to really give you that boost, sounds awesome!

@CukiArtist @Lee-White @nyrrylcadiz @Coreyartus

A belated thank you all for your thoughts and perspectives. I've read each and every word. Wow, truly what a supportive environment!

I feel like I've learned a lot just from this thread, thank you!