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The Beginning of an Artist Journey: From Graphic Design to Illustration

2020: Thank you for the lessons, but don’t let the door hit you on the way out.  2021: Thank you for the fresh start. Over the last several months, I’d started to transition into more illustration work, coming from 5+ years of working as a graphic designer. During my years in art school, studying fine …

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Revisiting “The Artist’s Way” Journey for Creative Inspiration in 2020

For the beginning of 2020, I decided to revisit the life-changing book, (which is more like a workbook for creatives and artists), “The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. I picked it up and completed the 12 weeks of tasks about seven years ago, and in hindsight, it’s really what sparked me to take my creative …

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Creative Inspiration #6

Art & Design Inspiration Roundup The ARTLABguide’s dose of curated works, from contemporary fine art, to illustration, and the numerous fields of design to inspire you to find the creative in the everyday and fuel your creative habit. Hey LABgeeks! This week’s inspiration has been inspired by catching up on podcasts. I’ve written about how …

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Love for Analogue

LOVE FOR ANALOGUE: It’s been a couple months now in my new notebook system. My goal was to have an set up for workflow and be more creative everyday–love how customisable the Traveler’s Notebook is! What tools do you use on a daily? Let me know in the comments!__ Here’s my current setup 1 grid …

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Do the Creative Work First

Confession: Sometimes I feel guilty for making time to just draw or sketch. This is especially true when I’ve got projects lined up, am busy with work or my side hustle, simply because it’s paid work. Anyone else as an artist or designer or creative, ever feel this? Let me know in the comments below!__ …

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Creative Inspiration #5

Art & Design Inspiration Roundup The ARTLABguide’s dose of curated works, from contemporary fine art, to illustration, and the numerous fields of design to inspire you to find the creative in the everyday and fuel your creative habit. Hey LABgeeks! This week’s inspiration has inspired by The Futur’s Young Guns Season 2, which aired it’s …

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Weekly Creative Inspiration #4

Art & Design Inspiration Roundup The ARTLABguide’s dose of curated works, from contemporary fine art, to illustration, and the numerous fields of design to inspire you to find the creative in the everyday and fuel your creative habit. Confession: Last week I had to take a little bit of a break, so I didn’t have …

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Creative Inspiration #3

Art & Design Inspiration Roundup The ARTLABguide’s dose of curated works, from contemporary fine art, to illustration, and the numerous fields of design to inspire you to find the creative in the everyday and fuel your creative habit. Artist Jeremy Mayer Sculptor Jeremy Mayer collects vintage typewriters, carefully disassembles them (without any power tools), sorts …

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