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30+ Gift Ideas for Digital Artists
I’m so bad at getting gifts for people. I have plenty of ideas, but when it comes time to actually buy or make them, my brain is empty. I always intend to write down ideas as they come to me throughout the year, but the ADHD strikes and I move on before I get the chance. I know I’m not alone with this, and I hear people constantly saying they don’t know what to get me either, so I decided to do something about it. There’s tons of gifts tailored to traditional artists, and plenty to people with desk jobs,…
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How I Use Art Nouveau in My Art
I’ve been implementing Art Nouveau styles into my art for a few years now. I always struggled defining my style, but back in 2023 I did an Alphonse Mucha study and it opened my eyes to all the possibilities. The general concepts of what I recognized as Art Nouveau, like the flowing lines, strong outlines, florals, and the the circle behind the figure, were all present and I wanted to do more. These are the ways I’ve taken those ideas and use them in my art. 1
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What is Art Nouveau?
Art Nouveau as a style is pretty striking. With its flowing lines and abstract shapes, it sometimes looks almost like it’s something out of science fiction. But what is it and where did it come from? History Art Nouveau began in Europe as a direct response to the Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century. The advent of factories and heavily populated cities created an environment that to many was crowded and oppressive. Work hours were long, industrial waste was polluting the sky and water, and people were becoming more and more separated from nature. By the 1880s some artists…
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She’s done! The grand total was 62 hours of work. Worth every second
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The layout for my art booth at my most recent market, ArtsGoggle in Fort Worth TX. I sell prints, stickers, bookmarks, and jewelry. The initial intention was to make it feel like a Victorian living room, and I even took the original velvet curtains from my own living room, though I have replaced those with curtains dedicated to the setup. I use natural woods, including sewing machine drawer to hold my prints and an antique printers tray to hold stickers. I hang the framed prints off of hooks and chain from the curtain rods.
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A Trial of Dragons and Roses
I recently rediscovered the joys of reading. Like many gifted and talented undiagnosed neurodivergent kids in the 90s and Naughties, fantasy worlds were my haven from a world that didn’t understand me. I burned through books faster than a furnace set to 451 degrees Fahrenheit, nearly clearing out my local library’s JFIC and YA sections between the ages of 11 and 15. And then as the story goes, college extinguished that one unadulterated joy. The responsibilities of adulthood coupled with coming out as queer in the conservative southern United States left me too exhausted to do much of anything outside…