I just finished up my first illustration for a popular children's magazine. Now I off to try and finish my Hidden submission.

Here is my entry for the month. A little marionette finds her new independence when her strings are broken. After adventures in the wide world, she returns to free her friends.

My own worst fear.... swimming in the deep open ocean. The thought of not being able to see what is beneath my feet? Nope nope nope.

Going to call this one done. I am sooo sick of mushrooms now. :p

Some day, I will live in a tree house. This is pretty high on the bucket list. Not for long, probably. Just long enough to say I lived in a tree house.

I'm trying to get my portfolio ready to submit for the Don Freeman grant, so I am make a lot of new work as fast as I can. Rather than keep creating new threads for every painting, I'm just going to have one master thread. Here are the images I have so far:

My fearless illustration, a sequel to the Greatest Fear prompt:

...I think. Welcome any feedback.

@Gary-Wilkinson Duuuune!

What @demotlj said. Sprinkle your art supplies all over the house. Watch tutorials on your phone. Read create book. Be more open to other creative expressions.

Heyo! So, I've been away for a while, since my littlest was born, eight months ago. Anyways, I here getting into things again. My current project is making a skillshare class, combining two of my hobbies, sewing and illustration. I'll be using Spoonflower (which you can print custom fabrics) and my illustrations to make a cute travel felt play set.

Its taking twice as long as I hoped.

@ShannonBiondi You did a great job, thanks for putting this together for Wil.

@Chip-Valecek Yay! You make me so happy!

Can I have a badge? I've been around since June 2017, though I've been distracted the last six months due to new baby and all.

I like the second one! Great job!!!

I was going through some old art, and I thought I would share some of my early illustration efforts, as encouragement to keep going. Feel free to share your own work, it would be fun to see how others have grown over the years.

-"Snow white and rose red" 2004

"Sleeping Beauty" 2004

-2005

This is making me giggle. I love it. The mother's expression is perfect.

I agree with the previous posts. Lighting and value is a good place to work on. My favorite pieces are the mice; but it took me a long look before I saw the smaller mice, and realized that they are trying to get on the train, rather than feeling. At least I think that is what is going on. But I love the dynamic composition and its a great story moment. I feel anxious for them!

Also, keep working on perspective. You are getting closer, but there are still a lot of issues with perspective. To use the mice image again, it looks like the train is about to roll over on them. And I can't tell if we are looking up at the train from below?

Keep it up!