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"Love life day by day, color by color, touch by touch."-Sylvia Plath
Art helps me to heal and transform myself through sensory experiences, color, shape, sound, touch. When I am creating, I feel the most alive and at peace and at home within myself....read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
Naomi Benson's ( ) Ideas To Work By 💡
1. Follow your heart and the rest will come.
2. Don't worry too much about the outcome, focus on the creation and your inner voice will guide you.
3. Sometimes you have to just make art for yourself, and eventually others will enjoy it too.
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Naomi on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe
impossible things.' I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!”
― Lewis Carroll
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My work explores the intersection between our realities and fantasies. The surreal, the impossibly possible. Like Carroll’s Red Queen, I like to let my imagination run wild as much as I can and ask, what if the laws of reality didn’t apply here? What if instead of water surrounding me when I jumped into a pool, it was a field of daisies? How would that contrast with a field of thorny roses? While world building,
all ideas have value. I often find that when I go back to an old notebook and find a scribbled idea or sketch that at the time didn’t spark much more for me, I am now ready to tease out that thread. Ready to weave that tale....read more on .a.carter_art as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
Megan Carter's ( .a.carter_art ) Ideas To Work By 💡
1. Overthinking is the bane of progress.
2. Believe in the value of your art.
3. Everything has meaning but not everything adds value to the message you’re trying to communicate
Thank you .a.carter_art for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Megan on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
✨“We who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives.”✨
Although this final line from Frank Herberts “Dune” is steeped in patriarchy, when I first read it I was deeply moved. For me this quote speaks of the ability of the daring to shape their own reality and the ways in which context changes our interpretation. In my work I use color, shape and light to alter the viewers perception as well as their emotional state. In interacting with my work the viewer exists in a place where they question their initial read on an image or shape, allowing them to explore what other ways they might approach it....read more on .shon as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
Lydia Jewel Gerard's ( .shon ) Ideas To Work By 💡
1. Move through your creative community with a mindset of gratitude.
2. Pare down your setup.
3. Balance putting yourself out there with recharging socially.
Thank you .shon for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Lydia on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
The forms of animals, plants and the mysterious passage of time are at play within the spirit of my work. I use nature, music and intuition to form motifs. Vibrant color palettes featuring cool pastels and complimentary hues are signature to my visual field, using gradients and negative space to show depth and gem-like quality. Standing on the edge of surreal and serene is a special kind of freedom, I never plan on stepping back......read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
Eden Kolbo's ( ) Ideas To Work By 💡
❤️ 1. Always follow your heart- what kind of work makes you feel energized and
happy?
☀️ 2. Daily drawing- breakfast doodles are a great way to start the day!
🎧 3. Listen to good Music- Work is always better with a soundtrack.
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Eden on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
"There is no such thing as a mistake, only new creations" - Julie Hill, mother
Growing up my family was constantly struggling with money. Though this quote was inspired by the fact that my parents could not afford endless amounts of printer paper to be discarded due to creative 'mess ups', this is the foundation to how I create art today and how I am able to fully trust my flow. Even when I get upset, feel as though I ruined a piece of art by adding a certain color or brush stroke, this quote pushes me to keep going and see through the creative process fully. All of the paintings that I feel like I "messed up on" turn into my absolute favorite pieces upon completion.....read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
Samantha Wildflowa's ( ) Ideas To Work By 💡
1. Trust your Intuition. If you feel called to use a certain color, brush stroke or
additive: Do it! And don't think twice! You will be amazed when you are finished how many new techniques you discovered through experimental creation.
2. Push yourself outside of every creative box. If you feel nervous to try something new, maybe this is a style or new medium, it means you are on the right track. When you feel uncomfortable/ scared that you may mess up, that is Spirit giving you the green light. You will be amazed by how easily you were able to integrate the new skill and you may surprise yourself with how good you actually are at the new skill. The hardest part is always pushing yourself outside of the creative box.
3. Get outside! As contemporary artists, many of us seek creative inspiration online via social medias or creative sites like Pinterest and Tumblr. I have personally found that exercise outside, not in a gym, gives me the most creative ideas. A walk around your neighborhood will not only ground you back into your body, it allows your mind time to wander while your body is engaged in activity. This is one of the biggest sweet spots.
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Samantha on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
As in my paintings so in my life I try to maintain movement. Movement of shapes, strokes and the body of the girls I paint. The movement in life is sometimes fighting yourself and your life views to constantly get out of your comfort zone for small tiny changes to occur. The changes should not necessarily occur for the sake of change but as a goal to come closer to your true self. As well as art should be about truth not just beauty.........read more on .art as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
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Aziza Saliev's ( .art ) Ideas To Work By 💡
1. Stay true to yourself. This will help to come to your own style and voice. It
will also help to ignore the pressure of the surrounding and all left will be you and your art. Truth in art is always beautiful and catches the eye of the ones who understand.
2. Keep moving. It’s hard as an artist to get attention of the audience and to get through the spaces to show your art and sell. So despite of all rejection and discouragement remember to keep moving, and only this will bring you to the success.
3. Remember to celebrate all small wins. As humans we tend to concentrate on negatives so remember to acknowledge each small
achievement and this will bring you to the greater accomplishments.
Thank you .art for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Aziza Saliev on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
"Through my work I try to represent a variety of narratives - there's hidden beauty within each one of us, what you see on the outside is
just a coat of what we show to the world, we all have imperfections that we should embrace and we are way stronger than we think we
are! You Be You!
My creative process begins with days of brainstorming before I actually get to the canvas. The brainstorming involves finding inspiration, drafting high level visual elements and the message I want to convey from my work. Then I start to sketch on canvas. Once I have the drawing ready, that's when I move to thinking about a vibrant color theme for the portrait. My process involves continuous improvisation as I paint. Finally I finish my artwork with a backdrop complementing the portrait. Using acrylics on stretched canvas, my compositions slowly come to life and in the end, a new creation establishes itself with its own story to tell.........read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
Astha Malik's ( ) Ideas To Work By 💡
🕯 1. Be authentic
🎤 2. Trust your inner voice and go ahead with it. Create what makes you happy and it will show in your work
💪 3. Don't quit - There may be times when you feel like packing away everything and quitting - Do not! Believe in yourself, learn from your experiences and embrace every accident you've encountered.
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Astha Malik on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
Finding form where there is none drives the process. Mistakes energize the editing process which takes the conversation in new directions and sometimes back to the starting point where a new topic is chosen....read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
Kevin Radtke's ( ) Ideas To Work By 💡
🔎 1. Focus on the things you consider mistakes in your process, this is where the unplanned things are and many times lead to different perspectives
🪜 2. Practice your process everyday, when it doesn't lead to anything one day, the next day you will have still exercised and will be better prepared for when it does go somewhere
🕯 3. Don't consider anyone else while working
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Kevin Radtke on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
Drawing from history, pop culture, and personal memories, Grace Pastore of Figment Print Shop creates relief prints that aim to be a feast for the eyes—landscapes of information and nostalgia. Each design is illustrated, carved, and printed in her tiny Fremont apartment. After transferring original illustrations to linoleum and other block materials, she spends weeks carving with micro palm tools to achieve highly detailed designs. Most of all, Grace loves building tiny worlds for people to explore, unearthing stories rich with humor and irony as she carves. She hopes anyone who glances or lingers delights in the little discoveries....read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
Grace Pastore's ( ) Ideas To Work By 💡
💥 1. Embrace f**k ups—I'm still working on this one, especially right after a tool slips and something feels ruined. But mistakes have often been my quickest path to falling in love with a detail. There's the me that can be mad about it, and the me that says "ok, what story now"—that second me is always more fun.
⏳ 2. Rediscover leisure. Our culture values productivity above all else and honestly, it sucks. Our passions don't have to be our full-time jobs. If you're feeling pressured to hustle, make something and don't post it. Write a weird poem and burn it. Make a badass birthday card for a person you love. Watch TV all weekend. Have fun.
😍 3. Feel jealousy and don't shame yourself for it. I think we tip-toe around this as creatives. When I see mind-blowing work from a fellow creative, I think it's normal to hate them a little? If jealousy makes me want to quit, I know I’m not creating art to make myself happy anymore. Somehow this became another piece of advice about leisure and I’m ok with that.
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read more on Grace Pastore on at the link in bio or createurzine.com!
I create neon art to connect to others - especially now, I long for connection. I find that connection is largely about how we make one another feel so I want my work to make someone feel something, anything. That’s a tall order for a neon sign, but I see neon as more than signage: The light has a way of warming us; drawing us in. I intentionally transform the traditional sign medium into an artistic experience.….read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
💡 Alleson Buchanan's ( ) Ideas To Work By💡
🖼 1. Price your work a little higher than your first instinct. We often under sell
ourselves.
✒️ 2. Keep a document with records of everything you've written on applications - you can edit your last version and really hone your answers.
🧐 3. Make what you want - the thing that ties your body of work together is YOU.
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Drawing on his background in Graphic Design and experience as an Art Director, Beau infuses his work with a distinct aesthetic sensibility. By carefully disassembling familiar characters and with attention to detail, he unlocks a fresh perspective of their true essence. Through this process, he uncovers the inner struggles and anguishes often hidden beneath the surface of pop culture...read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
💡Beau Van Greener's ( ) Idea's To Work By💡
🖤 1. Don't ever hold back what you want to do. If it feels right in your heart, then it
probably is.
🎥 2. Record everything. We live in a world dominated by social media. So no matter what you're doing when it comes to your art, record it.
⏳ 3. Don't increase your prices too quickly. I see a lot of artist starting out higher than they should. You want your work to sell in the beginning and get it in as many homes as possible. Starting low helps to build "hype." People want what they can't have.
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Kurt draws inspiration from creatives who embrace their unique visions. He admires Weird Al Yankovic's ability to satirize and parody the world around him, reflecting Kurt's own ability to challenge conventions and find beauty in the unexpected. Kurt also finds inspiration in the works of Vincent Van Gogh and Kurt Cobain, both renowned for their bold and beautiful creations.
Kurt's willingness to embrace different mediums proves that creativity is an expression of what's within ourselves, and his approach reminds us of the power of self-expression and the beauty that lies in voicing our own unique visions….read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
💡 Kurt Liebert's ( )Ideas To Work By 💡
🧐 1. Try to get free places to do your art. If you look around you can get jobs
where you can access to spaces and free spaces makes a creative life easier.
🐕 2. Do stuff you love. When you find something you love doing then do it. People love watching people do stuff even if they suck at it. In fact, lots of people prefer watching people suck at doing stuff. It's just really great to root for the underwear. I mean dog. The Underdog.
Thank you @kurtliebert for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read more on Kurt Liebert on at the link in bio or createurzine.com!
Jess Ray is a Seattle Creative who finds inspiration in the complexity of human behavior and the beauty that coexists within it. Her vibrant and whimsical pieces invite viewers to appreciate the contradictions of life.
Jess acknowledges the absurdity of human actions and the tendency to make bad decisions despite knowing better. Yet, she also recognizes the captivating beauty and wonder that surrounds us. Through her creations, Jess blends these opposing elements, creating a visual narrative that is both comical and profound….read more on as part of our Closing Summer Mini-Series: CREATEUR's Unpublished at createurzine.com
🧐 Jess Ray's ( ) Ideas To Work By 💡
🤝 1. Make art friends and keep each other accountable.
🗝 2. Don't expect perfection out of yourself or an art piece. Figure out how to incorporate the mistakes and own them.
✒️ 3. Look for inspiration everywhere, and write down things you see or think of that you get excited about.
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read more on Jess Ray on at the link in bio or createurzine.com!
Seattle Creative is making his mark on the creative world with his captivating portraiture and figurative works.
Inspired by early American illustrators like Norman Rockwell, Mead Schaeffer, and Frank Frazetta, German skillfully combines bold colors with greys, creating dramatic compositions that demand attention. His creations are a testament to his fascination with the power of juxtapositions, incorporating elements of light and dark, warm and cool tones, and tight rendering alongside looser brushwork.....read more on createurzine.com as part of our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
💡Cory German's Idea To Work By:
🧐 A teacher once said to me that repetition is the mother of skill. I think that might
be the most important thing I learned from him. You can't just do something one time and expect to be great at it. It takes lots of time and many iterations to get it right. So when you do a drawing or a painting, don't worry if it turns out terribly. You can always do another one.
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Corey on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
💡Corey German's Idea To Work By:
🧐 A teacher once said to me that repetition is the mother of skill. I think that might
be the most important thing I learned from him. You can't just do something one time and expect to be great at it. It takes lots of time and many iterations to get it right. So when you do a drawing or a painting, don't worry if it turns out terribly. You can always do another one.
Thank you for submitting to be a Featured Creative 🖤 Read about Corey on our blog for our closing summer mini-series "CREATEUR's Unpublished" today!
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