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LETTERFROM THEEDI TOR I ’ v ebe e nt hi nk i ngal otl a t e l ya bout t hemot i v a t i ont obe c omea na r t i s t , e s pe c i a l l yl a t e ri nl i f e . Whe r edoe st ha ti de ae v e nc ome f r om? Orr a t he r , what br i ngsi t bac k ? Be c a us ei f y out hi nka bouti t , whe n y oua r el i t t l e , a r ti sj us ts ome t hi ng y oudo.S omegr ownup( apa r e nt , at e a c he r ) ha ndsy ouaboxof c r a y ons ors omepa i nt s , a ndy oudi v ei n. Buta swegr owol de r , t hec r a y ons e v e nt ua l l ya l l e ndupbus t e d, t hepa i nt t r a y sdr yup.S owes e ti ta l l a s i def or ot he rt hi ngs. . . Ma r ga r e tAt woodponde r e dt he my s t e r yi nt hi s :“ Al l c hi l dr e nwr i t e a ndpa i nta nds i ng.I s uppos et he r e a l que s t i oni swhydos oma ny pe opl egi v ei tup? " J us ta smy s t e r i ous , t ome , i swha t pr ompt st he mt os ha k et he ms e l v e s a wa k ea ts omepoi nta ndr e a l i z et ha t c r e at i ngar t i spr e c i s e l ywha tha sbe e n mi s s i ngi nt he i rl i v e sf orf a rt ool ong. I nmyc a s e , a swi t hs oma nyof our a r t i s t s , t hes e e dsof a r twe r epl a nt e d e a r l y .I l ov e da r ta sak i d.Andf orme , i tonl yr e qui r e dt hea r r i v a l of di gi t a l c a me r a sa ndPhot os hopt or e ope n t ha tdoor . I s a wwha tot he r swe r edoi ngwi t h c r e a t i v ephot ogr a phya ndPhot os hop, a ndI r e a l i z e dt ha tmyl ongl a me nt e d
l a c kof t a l e ntwi t hpe nc i l a ndbr us h we r enol onge rac ons t r a i nt . Ands o, wi t he a c hf r e s he di t i onof t hi s ma ga z i ne , I f i ndmy s e l f wonde r i ng whooutt he r ei nt hewor l dmi ght l ookt hr ought hea r t wor khe r e , e y e s gr owi ngwi de rwi t he a c hpa ge , a nd f i ndt he ms e l v e ss udde nl ys t r uc kwi t h wha ti snowpos s i bl e . Whi c hof t he s epi e c e s , I wonde r , wi l l i ns pi r es ome onet ot a k eupac a me r a , i nv e s tt het i mei nl e a r ni nghowt ous e i t , a nds t r i v et oa c hi e v es ome t hi ng c r e a t i v et he ms e l v e s ? Whi c hc ompos i t i onwi l l pus hs ome phot ogr a phe rov e rt hee dgea ndge t t he mt os e r i ous l yt a k eupPhot os hop? Whi c hpi e c eof a r twi l l s t r i k es ome s pe c i a l c hor di nt hehe a r tof a n a s pi r i nga r t i s t— s e t t i ngt he m onf i r e a l l ov e ra ga i n— whe nt he ymi ght ot he r wi s eha v egi v e nup? I r e a l l ydos e et hi sma ga z i nea sa n a mba s s a dort ot hewor l di nt hi swa y . At r umpe tbl a s tme a ntt owa k et he l os tc hi l dr e n.Anunf ur l i ngof ba nne r s a ndf l a gs . “ L ooka tt hea r tbe i ngc r e a t e dhe r e ! ” i t s a y s .“ Y OUc oul dc r e a t ea r tl i k et hi s t oo!Y oua r enott oool d, a ndi ti snot t ool a t e ! ” Andr e a l l y , whe ny out hi nka bouti t , whys houl dk i dsge tt oha v ea l l t he f una ny wa y ? ~S e ba s t i a n
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CONTRI BUTI NGDESI GNERS “ A WA K E ” : L I V I N GT H EP H O T OA R T I S T I CL I F E Amanda Rockwell
http://www.brushworkshop.com
A professional designer with ScrapbookGraphics, Amanda Rockwell creates fantastic content for the AWAKE and KAIZEN groups. But I think her greatest contribution is in encouraging digital artists to get away from their screens and break out the art supplies now and then and actually have fun creating their own custom brushes.
Anna Aspnes
http://annaaspnesdesigns.com
Again and again in the work of my top students I was seeing one name turn up constantly when they were citing the source of the artistic content in their work: Anna Aspnes. When I visited her website I was stunned, and when I saw her work in Somerset Digital Studio magazine I knew that this was a talent I needed on my team.
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Caroline Julia Moore
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CarolineJuliaMoore
Over the past two years, I’ve watched as the immensely talented Caroline Julia Moore shifted from cognitive neuropsychologist to full-time self-employed artist and conceptual photographer … all while also launching a successful content-design business. Her contributions to the group have been a delight and an inspiration.
Cheryl Tarrant
http://www.distressedtextures.net
Cheryl Tarrant is the brilliant creator behind the superb iPhone app Distressed FX and the immensely popular content design studio Distressed Textures. In looking at her artwork, one can’t but wonder if her images are paintings or photographs. And her textures are simply divine. We’re very lucky to have her working with us as a designer!
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CONTRI BUTI NGDESI GNERS “ A WA K E ” : L I V I N GT H EP H O T OA R T I S T I CL I F E Denise Love
http://2lilowls.com
The textures and backgrounds from 2 Lil’ Owls are some of the nest in the digital art industry, and indeed many of the works in this magazine feature Denise’s textures — often several in one piece. Without question the photo-artistic community is so much the richer for the love and care Denise brings to her designs.
Foxeysquirrel
http://www.foxeysquirrel.com
Immensely popular (and stunningly proli c), Foxeysquirrel is the name by which artist Teddi Rutschman is known around the world. Her artistic design kits bring together a wide range of styles — from the enchanted and purely whimsical to classic illustration, from the exquisitely ornate to elements with touches of dreamlike old world mastery.
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itKuPiLLi
http://www.mischiefcircus.com/ itKuPiLLi is the rather unusual name donned by Kirsi Rouvinen, the celebrated digital artist from Finland. The itKuPiLLi Imagenarium at MischiefCircus.com is a source for whimsical digital goodies, and the content Kirsi creates for our KAIZEN group is always greeted with excitement and enthusiasm.
Jai Johnson
http://www.DailyTexture.com
Jai Johnson is a ne artist and the acclaimed designer behind “The Daily Texture.” Time and again when a work of digital artistry caught my eye, I’d nd Jai’s name listed in the credits as the texture designer. It took some time to get her, but I’m extremely excited to now have Jai an active member of our KAIZEN design team.
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CONTRI BUTI NGDESI GNERS “ A WA K E ” : L I V I N GT H EP H O T OA R T I S T I CL I F E Jen Maddocks
http://jenmaddocks.com
When some students introduced me to the work of Jen Maddocks, I was quite knocked at. Here was a digital content creator who was as fabulous an artist as she was a designer. We are lucky to have her in our community and MORE than lucky to have her material and tutorials here in “AWAKE” and “KAIZEN.”
Jill Catrinel
https://www.etsy.com/shop/JillCatrinel
Jill Catrinel works out of her art studio just north of Asheville, making her one of the few designers here quite close to me. Her work is fresh and inspired, and it’s exciting to look ahead to everything I will be able to coordinate with her as the projects in the “KAIZEN” group evolve over the years ahead.
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Julie Mead
https://e-scapeandscrap.net It’s always exciting to see creative success stories, and Julie Mead has certainly become one! She stepped into the digital content scene not long ago it seems, but rapidly brought on a bunch of great designers (and of course created a wonderful stream of original content herself). We’re lucky to have her on our team!
Kim Klassen
http://kimklassen.com
Kim Klassen was one of the very rst truly world-class artists I had the immense privilege of working with when I rst launched the original Photoshop Artistry course. It was her textures (and her photography) that rst caught my attention. Only later did I realized how wonderful she is as a teacher as well.
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CONTRI BUTI NGDESI GNERS “ A WA K E ” : L I V I N GT H EP H O T OA R T I S T I CL I F E Michelle Mondragon
https://mdragonart.com/ Recently we've brought on the talented photographer and artist Michelle Mondragon as part of our team (though she prefers to think of herself as a "creative"). She has been providing a steady stream of extraordinary content for our AWAKE artists to use in their compositions. We are beyond excited to have her with us.
Rebecca McMeen
http://www.rebeccamcmeen.com/
Joining our team just this year, Rebecca McMeen has proven a tremendous hit with her extraordinary material, all of it so rich and complex, whimsical and artistic. Her unique style has made for a fantastic addition to the library of content our artists are now able to employ, and the resulting creations are endlessly charming.
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Tangie Baxter
https://shoptangiebaxter.com/
Tangie Baxter is the lead artist of her own wildly successful design company with over a decade spent as dedicated “purveyors of digital art journaling supplies.” Her material is quirky and fun, and always a delight. Bringing her onto our team was a big event for us. Everything here got a lot more exciting with her arrival!
The Colby Files
http://www.thecolbyfiles.com/
The Colby Files is the intriguing moniker of a celebrated professional photographer located in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializing in female portraits, fashion art, model portfolios and ne art nudes. He has become our resident pro model photographer, providing an amazing library of images for our artists to work with when creating their masterpieces.
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