Just wanted to share some good news. I got my first major art show in London. A limited edition print The Tip of Atlantis has been selected for The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition next month. Thanks to @Jake-Parker @Lee-White and @Will-Terry for giving such excellent illustration lessons. You guys rock! All have helped me tenfold improve my drawing skills. I went back, redrew and improved my final piece that got selected. And thanks to my fellow SVS students on here that offer great advice and support in the forums.

It's my favorite all-time art show, that I've been trying to get into for a few years. Never give up on your dreams. Be stubborn and carry on when being told that you'll never make it as an artist.

SNEAK PEAK:

It got framed an hour before I had to hand it over to the RA so I only have a photo of the Artpakk bag. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: Top tip, don't leave framing to the last week for a show entry - give it at least 10 days to 3 weeks. Unless you can frame it yourself.

The art has a hidden Mermaid in it, so I'm happy it got selected in Mermay!

If there is anyone from SVS in London during the Summer and fancy a trip to the Royal Academy, give me a shout. The show runs Monday 10 June to Monday 12 August.

My favorite place to hang out at night. Brick Lane in London. Where Dr Jekyll buys his bagels.

1984 by George Orwell. Been reading this book over the last couple of weeks. A life changing book when I read it as a teenager and still just as relevant today. Would love to make a graphic novel of 1984 set in an alternate dimension.

@Chip-Valecek for me, this is a good one for a self-portrait!

Before

After

Took on-board what @Lee-White said about my penguin scene. I appreciate and agreed with the feedback.

Made my protagonist penguin a bit more flamboyant. He's of the Macaroni ilk. Spearheading the deep ocean dive I can feel his leadership qualities (His co-stars are based on Adelie penguins). They both hang out in Antarctic waters.

I think I got carried away with drawing penguins that it was hard to lose characters. I wanted them to all get equal billing. But that made me lose sight of the story of building tension and focus for the Moment Before brief.

Happy to hear any further comments. Have others made changes to their work after listening to the feedback?

Tick Tock. Am I OK?
The tracks in the snow were unlike anything Will had ever seen before.

In Isolation, I have mostly been watching old films and TV shows. Then drawing pixel art all night long. The 8-bit lifestyle.
"I Can't Get No Isolation" featuring Pixel Kong.

@Lee-White I managed 48 thumbnails on poking a collapsed drunk Cyclops in the eye with a shard of his shepherd's staff.
Buzzing. Top tips.

TITLE: Perspective Made Easy
AUTHOR: Ernest R. Norling
ILLUSTRATOR:
COPYRIGHT YEAR: 1939, 1967
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications Inc
TYPE OF BOOK: How-to/Technique/Instructional/Tutorial
LINK TO PURCHASE : Perspective Made Easy on Amazon
ABOUT THE BOOK: "Whoever can draw bricks can draw a city" Ernest R. Norling. This book takes the reader through all stages of perspective. Work through a series of incremental exercises and simple lessons. It's boss.

I only briefly knew Richard on SVS. Sad to lose a member of the SVS community. Glad I got to see his Art. I made a magnetic memorial lino cut. But ran out of R's so had to improvise with the letters.

@kylebeaudette Looks well cool. Good to build them a world to live in. I think your creatures would suit being lit in a German expressionist style set. Aperture do amazing small lights and they can be meshed together. I was looking at getting one, the Aputure MC RGBWW LED Light. I've got a couple of their bigger lights and they're brilliant. The Aputure MC can turn any colour, plus they have a number of lighting FX like - paparazzi, Fireworks, Faulty bulb, Lightning, TV, Pulsing, Fire, Party, Cop Car. It's the size of a credit card.

@evilrobot One thing that is essential for photographing art on textured paper is a circular polariser as white paper is quite reflective. This helps remove frequencies of reflective light as you turn the filter - attached to the end of the lens. You can get these for mobile phones. But they are better used on a DSLR/mirrorless camera.

Mostly used to photograph liquids or object behind glass. But work brilliantly with any reflective surface.

Brilliant news @Neha-Rawat well done. Winning!

@Griffin I hadn't thought to use this either. But I like the idea of sorting 'newest to oldest' then I don't have to do that mad scroll when looking at the competition page!

@marek-halko Epic Lion Mane!

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Yes it's handy that! Also if you click the button by that persons name it'll take you to that post.

@Griffin There is a tab feature for following a thread. I think It depends on whether someone replies to that thread or press the big reply button at the bottom.

@lmrush If you have Acrobat Pro you can add form fields in there first then it would be possible.

@akpcreates That's a shame. I saw a pre-owned one on US ebay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Canon-PIXMA-PRO-10s-Digital-Photo-Inkjet-Printer/373127517899?epid=133895230&hash=item56e02216cb:g:hooAAOSwTJ1fHYIS
Worth checking out the new Epson P700 printer. That's similar to the Canon Pixma 10s, more expensive though - https://www.wexphotovideo.com/epson-surecolor-sc-p700-printer-1736384/

Hi @Kasey-Snow, I bought a Canon Pixma Pro 10s to do my smaller prints at home. It's an amazing 10 pigment ink printer and has both gloss black ink and matt black ink so doesn't have to clean itself when switching between the 2. Prints up to A3+ (13 x 19 in). Probably one of the best things I've ever bought. Cost £450 with a set of ink cartridges and loads of free museum archival paper. The posh gorgeous paper I buy is Hahnemuhle Photo Rag.

A set of 10 Canon ink cartridges is around £110. It loves to guzzle the ink. Still cheaper than a print shop though. And if you're selling prints its just part of production costs. So the idea is the printer will start paying for itself! I love making prints as it's great for getting colour palettes right and seeing your work on paper. Though you do have to factor in the cost of making mistakes, which a print shop wouldn't charge you for. And consider space too. A3 printers are huge - 27 in x 15 in (dormant) and 34 in (in action).