Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
Technology
November 20, 2018

This Life Changing iPhone Keyboard Trick Makes Fixing Typos Way Easier

The iPhone is packed with helpful features that make using it a little easier. But as it turns out, many of us are unaware of such useful tricks. Luckily, food blogger Krissy Brierre-Davis recently shared one that has the internet stunned. In a tweet, she uploaded a screenshot of the iPhone keyboard in the Messages app. The typed text revealed a very simple and helpful trick.

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Photography
November 8, 2018

Photographer Uses Forced Perspective to Transform Ordinary Beaches Into a Land of Giants

Photographer Moises Levy transforms otherwise ordinary beach scenes into fantastical landscapes inhabited by giants. Using forced perspective, he arranges his camera at a low vantage point—essentially placing us at the same level as the surface. The resulting images feature backlit figures that appear larger than life; we are, in turn, no taller than a few grains of sand. They tower over us as they play games, ride horses, and enjoy the beach day.

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Drawing
October 29, 2018

Disney Princesses Get an Edgy Twist Reimagined as Noir-Inspired Femme Fatales

Artist Ástor Alexander reimagines some of our favorite Disney royalty with an edgy twist. His series titled Noir Princesses features the beloved characters portrayed as private eyes and femme fatales. In doing so, the digital portraits offer an alternative perspective on the characters we know and love. Alexander's use of a dark color palette with a nod to vintage film noir posters suggests that there's evil lurking beneath their beauty.

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