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A Studio Visit


Robert Hunt

I always love to visit another artist's studio. I suspect that Muddy Colors readers do too- so this month I thought I would give you a studio tour. I also know that readiers probably know little or nothing about me, as I don't think I am what one normally thinks of as a sci-fi fantasy artist (more on professional identity issues in a future article).  My studio is at my home, about 30 feet from…

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TrendWatching Part 3: Same Trend, New Name


Lauren Panepinto

March 20, 2025 - Hello again, you're at Part 3 of my series on TrendWatching, so make sure you go back and read the previous parts first: TrendWatching Part 1: Philosophy TrendWatching Part 2: Castlecore, Pre-Raphaelites, and Feminist Nuns So we've talked a lot about the different levels of TrendWatching (in short, the deeper you go, the further ahead of a trend you can get) but there's also deeper currents in Trendwatching that affect what's happening on the surface level. Last post we talked a lot about the Collective Unconscious. Things will affect the Collective Unconscious of society as a whole, and that will influence trends. Fashion and Advertising keep a really close eye on these movements. Both industries rely on noticing trends early and adapting to them, but they also see the seed of a trend, then weaken…

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