Posts by Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years, where she fostered a career in the arts, dabbling in everything from illustration and animation to music and ceramics. She now calls Edinburgh home, where she continues to work as a writer, illustrator, and ceramicist. Her ceramics, often combined with hand-painted animation frames, capture playful scenes that celebrate freedom and movement, and blend her passion for art with storytelling. Her illustrations have been featured in The Berliner Magazine as well as other print magazines and a poetry book.
Funny
June 6, 2018

20+ Sticky Note Drawings That Perfectly Capture the Everyday Struggles of Adulthood

Cartoonist Chaz Hutton (aka Insta-Chaz) uses humble sticky notes as his canvas to illustrate the relatable highs and lows of daily life. Using a simple stick-man style in black ink, the artist captures the awkward transition into adulthood with witty diagrams, charts, and simple illustrations all condensed into small, square and rectangle-shaped yellow Post-it notes. Hutton first started drawing on sticky notes while bored at his desk job in an architecture firm.

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Drawing
June 2, 2018

Illustrator Creates Colorful Hand-Drawn Maps Filled With Playful Details

London-based illustrator Jenni Sparks creates hand-drawn maps of major cities across the world. However, these aren’t your ordinary tourist maps—the artist breathes new life into the traditional craft of cartography with her colorful, playful style. From London to New York City, ever map illustration showcases the culture and personality of each location with quirky drawings, humorous details, and local knowledge.

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Art
May 30, 2018

Wall Chart Shows Almost 900 of Vincent van Gogh Paintings Organized by Subject Matter

One of the most iconic painters in history, Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 masterpieces during his lifetime. The pioneering Post-Impressionist focused on a range of subjects, including self-portraits, wheat fields, flowers, and the starry night sky—all of which were rendered in his distinct, thick painterly brushstrokes. Fans of Van Gogh can now admire his mastery of the canvas and study how his style developed over time with a new wall chart from Curious Charts.

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Photo Contest
May 25, 2018

Early Highlights of the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Whether an animal is the hunter or the hunted, surviving in the wild is serious business. And while many wildlife photographers aim to capture this “dog-eat-dog” world, some have been able to show that even the toughest creatures have their silly moments. Now in its fourth year, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards recently released some of the funniest entries from the 2018 competition so far.

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My Modern Met

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