Category: art & design
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A Shelf Portrait
Today I’m going to share the first proper project we have had in class. This was to create a frontispiece which would be the first page of our portfolio (frontispiece meaning literally ‘first page’). This frontispiece had to contain a number of things, it needed our name, the name of the course, it had to…
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How To Make A Mini Photo Album
A few weeks ago on my 4 Ideas For Instagram Photos post I promised to do a full tutorial for the mini photo album and here it is! One thing you should note is that I designed this book to be the right size for the photos I had (which was 2.5 inch square). If you have…
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Building Cheap Storage Using Foamboard
So it turns out when you do Graphic Design at college you need to buy lots of art supplies. I’m not even joking the list of stuff I needed to buy was the length of my arm. However this means I now have lots and lots of art supplies and no space for them. I…
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How To Make A Notebook
I love the A5 fabric journals from Paperchase and this month I decided to try and make my own. This is not going to be a tutorial as I used the videos on Sea Lemon‘s channel, but instead I am going to share what changes I made. I used the DIY Tom Riddle’s Diary tutorial but…
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Tiny Watercolours
Every time I visit the doctor I am asked how much time I have spent painting. Not because my doctor has a specific interest in my artwork but because it is a good way of telling how tired I have been in a specific month. The last two months have been particularly difficult and as…
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What’s In My Sketchbook
I’m terrible at finishing sketchbooks. I usually give up on a sketchbook half way through and buy another one. So the fact that not only did I finish a sketchbook but did it in under 4 months is kind of unbelievable. So here are some of my favourite pages. HAND LETTERING Some advice from my doctor…
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My Handmade Copic Marker Storage Unit
I was planning on doing a tutorial for this but my original plan was changed slightly as I ended up buying the wood from the scrap pile in B&Q. This means the wood is extremely cheap but you also don’t have a huge selection to pick from. DIY STATIONERY ORGANISER I ended up paying around…
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How To Paint Patterns On Paper
Painting patterns has become one of my favourite things to do while watching movies. I find it very calming, similar to those colouring books which were very popular for a while. Its fun and literally the easiest thing to do. If you can hold a paintbrush you can do this. HOW TO PAINT PATTERNS ON…
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How to Make Marbled Paper
Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other stone. This technique is normally done with kids but considering the amount of mess I managed to make I wouldn’t recommend it. This paper marbling technique is really easy to do and you’ll get some interesting…
The Paper Kind 