Art Supplies
October 5, 2020

5 Best Light Boxes and Tablets That Will Help You Effortlessly Trace Your Drawings

Whether you're a portrait artist or someone who draws botanical illustrations, there will likely come a time when you need to trace one of your designs. And while using tracing paper can be effective for some people, using a light box can help you save on paper costs and reduce eye strain. These devices are indispensable for traditional animators and just as practical for artists who want to cleanly trace a sketch in ink.

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Drawing
October 5, 2020

Creative Dad Imagines Kids’ Drawings as Delightfully Bizarre Real-Life Animals

Children’s drawings are especially delightful because of the imagination that's contained within them. Sure, the anatomy of an animal might be way off, but that’s part of the fun. Artist and father-of-two Tom Curtis celebrates this creativity by bringing kids’ artworks to life. In his ongoing series titled Things I have drawn, Curtis uses Photoshop to transform crayon sketches into three-dimensional figures that look unexpectedly real, albeit extremely bizarre.

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Art History
October 3, 2020

What Is Printmaking? A Look at the History of Creating Art in Multiples

In this day and age, it might be hard to remember a time when artworks weren’t available instantly. There was no print on demand or posters that one could easily get and hang on their wall. Printmaking changed this; artists were suddenly able to replicate an image multiple times, therefore making it easier to expose a wide audience to their work. So just what is printmaking?

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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.