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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Need to Print and Scan 11x17in Art?

Winona Nelson

I got a new printer/scanner recently and since there's only one model of this kind of device that I know of, and since it's been working well, I am going to give it a recommendation here! I think it will be useful for anyone who needs to print and scan 11x17 sized reference and art images. For more than a decade I have been using an Epson WorkForce 7510 combo printer/scanner because I needed to…

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On Edge: Leveling Up with Edge Quality

Julie Beck

September 6, 2024 - I spent much of my life self taught, so when I came to atelier training, there were a lot of things that blew my mind. I realized I had spent so much time reinventing the wheel. There's nothing I can do about all of that but what I can do is share some of the giant "AHA!" nuggets of information that ended up being life-changing for me. (OK maybe that's a bit dramatic, but that's how I felt). One of the big game changers for me was the concept of different types of edges or transitions and what they communicate. If everything is super sharp or everything is fuzzy, there isn't hierarchy. We can create more depth and dimension if we understand how to use edges as a way to communicate form and space. In…

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  • Layla Lily on Conversations about Pricing๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, ๐ˆ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•,๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž! ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ˆ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข…
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  • Layla Lily on Vote!๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, ๐ˆ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•,๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž! ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ˆ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข…
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