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June 22, 2019

Here’s Why You Should Build a Mood Board Before Your Next Creative Project

One of the hardest parts about starting any project, whether it's art, design, or photography, is deciding how it'll look. What is your creative vision? How will you communicate that vision to others? Maybe you're trying to figure that out for yourself or you have to share your ideas with others. Whatever the case, there's one tool that can help—a mood board. What is a mood board?

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May 16, 2019

All 1,119 Pages of Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Codex Atlanticus” Now Available Online

Data visualizing company The Visual Agency has recently released a complete digitization of Leonardo da Vinci’s 12-volume, 1,119-page Codex Atlanticus. For the first time, the interactive application allows you to browse through every page, filled with finely-detailed sketches and scribbled notes. Exploring the extraordinary collection is like entering into the mind of the legendary Renaissance artist, engineer, and inventor. Codex Atlanticus is the biggest collection of Da Vinci papers and it covers his entire career.

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May 8, 2019

Follow These 4 Easy Steps to Sketch Any Landscape You See

Nowadays, nearly everyone has a great camera on their phone. While you might think that would dissuade us from capturing life through sketching, it does the opposite. Take landscape drawing, for instance. Snapping a photo can certainly record the setting for you, but by recreating it through sketching, you can imbue the locale with emotion and energy that only comes from working by hand. Landscape drawing can be daunting.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.