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.

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

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.

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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?

@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.

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

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.

@chrisaakins My alternate reality for Spiderman is this. :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:

@Leah-Katz I think if you subscribe you'll be able to get it. It looks like its just an offer for current subscribers. @Nyrryl-Cadiz subbed last Thursday and got the bonus months today. Adobe have a decent help chat so it's worth asking them if they have any offers for new subscribers. When I got my sub renewed it was just before black friday and they reimbursed me when I asked and gave me the black friday offer, which I was paying £50 all apps and got it for £30 per month.

@Nyrryl-Cadiz brilliant. Glad you got it sorted!

@Nyrryl-Cadiz you don't actually have to cancel it. Just go through the process of cancelling it and you will come to the offers page to change your mind. Then select get 2 months free and they get added to your current subscription.

@Coreyartus Yes I was well happy. I thought I was going to mess up my subscription because I got it on black friday. But the free months are just added on.

Thought this might useful to any adobe subscribers on SVSforum. As loads of creative jobs have been cancelled or postponed Adobe are offering 2 free months to subscribers.
Just go to cancel your contract but when you get to offers there will be the option not to cancel but get the free offer.

Stay safe everyone.

hey @Jake-Parker you missed off Matt Saunders (illustrator) on the talk to list. Please can you add him.

@Jake-Parker this sounds like a great idea. I recently went to an excellent and dead funny talk with Handsome Frank agent Jon Cockley and illustrator Matt Saunders. In a nutshell, It was about trusting in the working relationship between artist and agent. And that Sean Bean is the King of the North.

They would be great to see at this summit.

@smceccarelli yes you can install ICC profiles on the ipad. It does AdobeRGB, sRGB and ProPhotoRGB.

X-rite colorimeters work on iPad to calibrate the colour on your device using an app called ColorTRUE. Would that help get the colours to match your monitor? I haven't used it myself but I understand its possible to load up ICC profiling and print simulation. I was planning on buying one (x-rite) as I currently have a Spyder colorimeter but would like to have one that is compatible with my iPad.

@RHirsch yes Kyle's brushes are brilliant. He's making some new ones now for photoshop/fresco. Should be out soon.