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An experimental process: Laser Print Transfers


Rovina Cai

Every once in a while, I venture off on a creative tangent and experiment with something completely new and different. I don't get to do this often enough, but every time I do, I discover a new method, material, or approach that I can add to my creative toolbox. Today I’m sharing one recent experiment that I tried out on a rare-for-me traditional piece! For this piece, I wanted to challenge myself to find a…

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The Idea Battle


Gregory Manchess

March 19, 2025 - Everyone has ideas. Most of us are fairly average in how we use our minds to generate them. While we think up ideas like anyone else, as artists we have the added ability to show it. The normal, run-of-the-mill human being can ‘see’ an idea work in their minds, like we do, but they’ve not been trained to make it actually work on paper, or on a screen. It floats in their head while they attempt to express it in words. If they can’t draw it in order to show it, they come to us. An idea that works so beautifully in the mind doesn’t necessarily work on paper. This is the classic art director/artist team, working together to create the same idea. Great things have come from this matchup. But if one is not…

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