Handmade Weddings: Personalized Wedding Gifts From Fashion Illustrator Brooke Hagel
I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA in Fashion Design. Illustrating was always my favorite part of the design process, but I was told repeatedly that there was no longer any demand for fashion illustrators. I’m now at the age where many of my friends are getting married, so I had …
Etsy Finds: The Grand Canvas
It was the movie star and scientist Hedy Lamarr who said, "A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires." I'd have to heartily agree with Hedy, which is why today I'm bringing you a handpicked collection of Etsy art that has moved and inspired me. Connect directly …
There's No Place Like Here: Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab at the Rhode Island School of Design
Friend Etsy on Youtube or Blip.tv | Subscribe to Etsy's iTunes Podcast | MP4 (music by Boolar, The Give, animation by JuliaPott) Walking into RISD's Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab is an awe-inspiring experience. From the images that I had seen online, I was somewhat prepared for what to expect when I went to shoot this …
Handmade Portraits: Artstew
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (music by Michael Chapman, Steve Gunn, The And Group, animation by JuliaPott) Back in the 1970s, Holly Stewart, aka Artstew, was a single mom trying to raise two daughters. Holly decided to forgo art school to support her family, ultimately paying the bills and gaining …
Artistic Endeavors: Nosideup's Favorite Drawings
Drawing is my favorite artistic medium. Drawings are bold statements; what you see is what you get. They have an unparalleled freshness and spontaneity, and can be careful and elaborate, or raw and direct. They are regularly used to study and create a "grander" piece, but to me that's what makes them so …
Tribute to Mundogominola
Artist, friend, and Etsy seller Claudia Moya aka Mundogominola recently passed away from a rare heart condition. She was a young and talented illustrator living in Madrid, Spain. According to Claudia's final wishes, her friend Kristina aka Krize is finishing sending out Claudia's sold artwork. We asked …
Fresh Shops: MattiasA
The illustrations of Mattias Adolfsson aka MattiasA hum with imagination — the characters emerge from the page like they're prancing out of a fully formed make believe world. This Fresh Shops brings original watercolors on paper to the Etsy Art Category. Below, you can see a work in progress: Mattias gets …
Handmade Portraits: Leslie Stein
YouTube | MP4 | blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (music by Prince Ruperts Drops) Leslie Stein, aka larrybear, spends most of her time drawing comics, listening to old time radio shows and playing records. Leslie started her first comic series, called simply Leslie, back in high school. It revolved around her wacky …
Fresh Shops: badhairmountain
Sometimes I find art on Etsy that really speaks to me, in some language or another. It's possible Sean from badhairmountain, a Fresh Shop started in August 2008, found all my metalhead friends and drew their portraits. There's also the possibility that he just lives in the coolest town ever where all the …
Etsy Finds: Love It and Leave It
Sometimes to really love a city you have to leave it. New York's history as an art capital is long and venerated, oddball and full of fits and explosions. This volatility and excitement is what has drawn generations of artists from Europe and the Midwest, to try their hand at causing one of those infamous art …
Love the colors - great collections!
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very lovely creations, made me smile:)!
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Those origami shoes are really neat!
by That70sShoppe
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Those origami shoes are very neat!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...
Those origami shoes are the neatest!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...
Those origami shoes are great!
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