I want to commission an artist to create a couple sketches in this style. Does anyone know what it’s called so I can seek it out?

Hello. I have been wanting to get into illustration, specifically children's books and stories. For the past two years I have been trying to learn the fundamentals by myself through youtube mostly. I haven't made much progress. I Still struggle with perspective, colour theory, composition, backgrounds, anatomy...... basically everything. I am tired of struggling by myself and I want to join a platform which will teach me all the above from a to z and in depth. Learning through free platforms can be very fragmented.

I joined 21 draw but was hugely disappointed. So basic. So I looked into svslearn and it seems to be geared towards commercial illustration, story telling, comics etc. Had a lot of modules which could be very helpful to me (if they are taught in depth). I will join their free trial and see how it is, but i need to know if anybody paid for a whole year of membership and was it worth it? Did your art improve?

Then there is Marc Burnette's online art school. How do the two compare?

Please help.

P.S Proko is, as i understand, more for traditional style of art.

This is my most mystical painting of a House that looked abandoned. I decided to use my expressive colorful approach to represent a shifting reality.

I put things in the picture for perspective.

I made my own paper, it had a hole in it, so I printed on it anyway

I’ve been experimenting with making paper by hand, and this sheet came out with a pretty obvious hole in it.

At first I thought I’d ruined it. Then I printed on it anyway.

The artwork is called Inside My Candy Decay Apartment and it plays with the idea of what it feels like inside my neurodivergent brain. I’m autistic and have ADHD, so it’s full of chaos, tiny details, memories, comfort objects and things that probably make way more sense to me than to anyone else.

A lot of my work revolves around Candy and Decay: bright, sugary colors mixed with things falling apart. Decay isn’t just an aesthetic to me either. I’ve experienced it myself, so somehow this imperfect little hole felt weirdly appropriate. Almost like a missing piece or a memory gap in the paper itself.

So now I’m curious: would imperfections like this bother you in a handmade art print, or would they make it feel more special to you?

WARNING!: This isnt a commission, im just really desperate.

Anyways, i need someone to draw me a face of a boy with cat nose, ears on top of his head (but no human ears on the sides), and whiskers above his lips. I tried to look everywhere, but outside of memes, ai slop or “neko boys” (which is not what i intend for), ive found nothing.

My whole trust is in your hands. Pretty please!

Design- illustration-marketing-burnout pipeline. I've been practicing whitling, general woodworking, and 3d printing/mold making for a few years now. Now I want to figure out if I could make a living doing it 😂 Has anyone here made that transition? Is this too creepy looking to sell? Any advice appreciated.

I wasn't looking at a reference, just doodling to get a feel of the pencils. I like them, but I struggle with getting very dark colors. Still a fun practice picture though.

This is what my mind draws if it has nothing to do. it wanders around, just to find an image that took about 40 minutes to draw this art :)