Illustration Friday - Sea

So this is my first entry for Illustration Friday. This is a great idea for a site/community. Every Friday they post a new subject to create an illustration to. Wonderful for staying inspired and motivated. I will try to participate every week with more than this. This is the illustration I did for my self-promotion postcard mailer a few months ago. It happens to fit the category. So does this, but I posted that a while ago.

I also signed up for the Creative Postcard Club. This is even better. A smallish group of people (10 - 25) get an assignment for the theme of the postcard that they will then produce and send to all the other people. It is right down my ally. I haven't made a homemade postcard for the hell of it in a while, but I have been itching to lately. Now I have deadlines to keep me on track. I think that this might be a good exposure for my illustration as well. Most of the people participating are designers, not illustrators, so they could theoretically hire me someday. Or more likely become a worthy business contact or friend.

I found both these communities through Holli Conger's blog, a girl who creates. She had a year long series of "articles" about her journey to becoming a successful children's illustrator. It was inspiring to read and contained a few tidbits of info that SCAD hasn't had the kindness to siphon into my head. Now that I am almost done with school, I am find the resources to achieve a freelance career without it! Ah well, It has been a blast for more reasons than the basics logistics of going to class. Also, I can now teach with my "terminal" degree. I am trying to send out at least eight application packages this week.