TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Painting the Foundation Series
The fiction of science, the speculation of possibilities created from scientific methods, has intrigued me since I was a child. If given a chance to choose between cowboys, firetrucks, or space toys to play with, I always chose the space toys. Whether a rocket ship or a moon base, I loved the dream of it. History was important to me, too, which reflected time travel, another aspect of science fiction that inspired my imagination. While…
YESTERDAY’S POST
On Edge: Leveling Up with Edge Quality
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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