Well, since I posted the last interaction with Epilogue here, I thought I would update you on how it's going. After getting rejected by them several times I subbed the same work to Fantastic Portfolio to get a better idea of what I need to work on. It was very helpful! And so I kept the things/problems they mentioned in mind with my next two pieces. The first was Eros:

I subbed it at Epilogue, and it got rejected for lack of detail or unrefined. Similar rejection to the previous subs. Well, I went to the forums there (another wonderful tool) and put it in the critique section for a little elaboration. The critiquer was great and pointed out several things I myself had been stewing over as probably the reasons for the reject. It wasn't fun getting the reject but it was great to know that I'd noticed the errors in drawing it (just couldn't seem to fix them--or get them right). It means my eye is improving. Yay!

So, then I subbed my latest drawing, Possession. 

It passed! Yay!

It's funny cause I saw three things that really bothered me in this one after I'd scanned it in and touched it up a little and I was fairly sure they would fail it for those reasons. And as I was drawing it all sorts of things were nagging at me. I hate that I have no faith in my skill. So many artists are more skilled and knowlageable than me. But it's nice to know that my eye is getting better.

So, I now have a gallery (consisting of one piece) at Epilogue:

Rachel's Epilogue

Yay!

Now I feel like I have a goal for my work. If it can pass the test I'm getting better with each piece. I just need to remember to still enjoy it too. :D