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Kaitlin Callender This submission came from a recent book that I have been reading as well as a YouTube channel that I’ve been watching called “Ask a Mortician”. I love to throw on my headphones, grab my iPad, and sketch away. I’ve been using it as an opportunity to try and learn the ins and outs of Procreate. LEARN MORE ABOUT KAITLIN:
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APRIL MORALBA Sketching, inspiration searching and iterations are my jam. I love those final finishing touches but there’s always something a little more romantic in sketches and the inand sketches between the in between the skeleton the of skeleton a pieceofand a piece the final and piece. the final Loving piece. the process is what Loving the process it’s all about. is what it’s all about. LEARN MORE ABOUT APRIL:
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APRIL MORALBA Cecilia Rios When I think Sketching, inspiration about process, searching I panic. and Hi, iterations GAD here. are my Your jam. sketch I lovecan those the final best finishing idea you touches ever hadbut or the there’s worst always thingsomething this world ahas little seen. more You romantic nailed aingood sketches and theoh sketch, in between well, it’s time the skeleton to see if it ofholds a piece that and well the onfinal digital piece. now!!! Loving So, the advice. process isjudge Don’t what it’s yourself all about. too much, do it for the sake of learning, just let it flow. LEARN MORE ABOUT C AP ER C IELL: I AW : EW B SEIBT SEI T |E I |N SI TNASG TA RA GM RAM
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Ayla mirolo My process when drawing involves a lot of self-doubt and feeling like everything I create is junk. With this piece, I drew it without fixing it - against all of my urges, I didn’t fix the layout, spacing, colour choices.. my first attempt is what stayed. And it’s the worlds biggest struggle to try to accept it. It’s far from perfect, but learning to accept that not everything is initially perfect needs to become part of my process. L E A R N M O R E A B O U T AY L A :
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APRIL MORALBA BRITTANY ARITA
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Sketching, inspiration searching and iterations are my jam. I love those final Ifinishing try to stick to thisbut general doesn’t aalways go according touches there’sprocess always but something little more romantic to in plan: sketches Ideas, iterations. we’re being though, 9 times outLoving of 10 I’d and thethen in between theIf skeleton of ahonest piece and the final piece. the prorather than ideate. cess is iterate what it’s all about. LEARN MORE ABOUT B AR P IRTI T LA : NW Y :E BW S IETBES I T | E I N| S TI A NG S TR A AG MR A M
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Bill Cunningham APRIL MORALBA C O L L A B O R AT O R
A little secret I have is that I’m not that good at lettering. I usually try to compensate with with compensate a high a high concept concept or cool or cool technique. technique. I spend I spend entirely entirely too much too much time Sketching, inspiration and are my jam.usually I love those final tryingtrying time to think to think of something of searching something clever clever toiterations dotoeach do each month month and and usually fall into fall the into finishing touches buttoday.’ there’s always something little more Iromantic sketches ‘Due‘Due the today? today? Do today.’ Do trap.trap. ThisThis month month was was noa exception. no exception. came I came upinwith up with the and the in between the skeleton of a piece and the final piece. Loving the proideaidea the pretty pretty quickly quickly and and lied lied to myself to myself thatthat it was it was just just a matter a matter of executing. of executing. At cess isI got what about. least At least I got toit’s add toall add some some earnest earnest procrastination procrastination to this to this one! one! LEARN MORE ABOUT B A IPLRLI:L : WW E BE SB ISTI ET E | | I NI N S TSAT G AG RA RM AM
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Janna Barrett No matter what the “process” is, you always learn more from actually being in it rather than skipping over it. That is how you grow, and that is where you discover more about yourself. It’s challenging, and that’s why it’s good. LEARN MORE ABOUT JANNA:
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Lauren Florence My creative process has always been rushed. If I could give anyone advice (especially myself) it would be to slow down and take your time to make something amazing. I tend to rush through the concept, sketching and vectorizing process and I think it shows in my work. My goal is to be more mindful and give my art some time to become something I’m proud of. This is the first piece I created on my new tablet and it was nerve-racking and not my best work but you should always be proud of what you make. LEARN MORE ABOUT LAUREN:
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Maria Ku
I’ve realized over the years how important it is to be playful and experimental when making art. One of the things that helps me inject a sense of looseness into my work is the use of traditional media during early project stages. In the finished piece, the slight clunkiness of the letter shapes is due to their handmade origins — even if nobody else can tell. LEARN MORE ABOUT MARIA:
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Pam Galante A big part of my process that tends to cause the most indecisiveness is color. I usually have a few color schemes in my mind, and it is always hard to choose which ones I end up liking the best. Sometimes I find myself getting so caught up in the color that other important areas of the piece start to lose my attention. If you’re like me and find it hard to pick color schemes, hopefully the below tips can be of help! 1. Start with no color: Starting a piece using only shades of gray helps me figure out where I want dark/light values, and later on I can pick the colors. 2. Look at your recent projects: I recently realized that a lot of my work tends towards blues/purples/greens, so I have started to look at color schemes I have recently used, and try to make new pieces that are different from previously used colors to ensure my work has variation. 3. More is better: I have accepted that sometimes you just can’t choose between color schemes, and that it is OK to have multiple versions of the same piece where the only change is the color scheme! L E A R N M O R E A B O U T PA M :
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Molly Taaffe My process is 99% just repetition, drawing something again and again until it feels right! L E A R N M O R E A B O U T M O L LY:
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Kristen Girard If at first you don’t succeed…command + *fucking* z. LEARN MORE ABOUT KRISTEN:
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Natalie Ferro My love for design, and for anything, is always in the process. L E A R N M O R E A B O U T N ATA L I E :
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2019
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