Tag: design
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Amped About Instruments
This month began with my acceptance into the Amplified Creations Art Exhibition, set to open in July at the Hive Gallery Los Angeles. The exhibition, which features works from fifty artists (myself included), demonstrates the use of Fender guitar bodies for artistic purposes, traversing music, art, and design. As this marks my first time refinishing…
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Weird Science: A Mixed Media Workflow
I’ve been working my way through a series of paintings utilizing a bright and poppy selection of dye-based watercolor concentrates, pigment-based watercolors, and waterproof inks. Despite having a relatively stable workflow when it comes to mixed media artwork, I recently reached “the point of no return” on a piece and had to start anew. Using…
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Hope Springs Eternal
As we bid farewell to winter, dormant sentiments reawaken, ushering in a new season of mindful creation. I find myself in a phase of implementing ideas seeded nearly a decade ago that are just now coming to fruition— ideas I did not have the time, resources, or even the skill to attempt are now making…
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Material Girl: Watercolor Supplies
In May of last year, I dove back into watercolor painting, after having been coaxed into live-streaming my painting process, by several lovely and supportive art friends. In the sprit of sharing more of my watercolor process, this post will detail the most frequently used materials in my paintings and the reason(s) for their selection.…
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7 Truths: Mind Over Medium
On reflecting upon my experience of transitioning from traditional media to the world of digital art, I distinctly remember the feeling of complete and utter confusion that accompanied the transition. While the initial feeling was daunting and certainly frustrating at times, those feelings were often tempered by excitement— the excitement of learning something new, taking…
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Letter to Creative Self
Some time ago, I was encouraged to write and share a letter to my creative self. At that point, I did not have time to pen a letter, but made a mental note to write something to that effect, at a later point, when the timing felt more in-step with my endeavors. At present, I…