— Need inspiration? You needn’t look far! Because every month we release a stunning magazine featuring artwork by students in our advanced group “AWAKE: Living the Photo Artistic Life.” And you can always find the magazines linked from the home page here at Quill and Camera.
What’s more, every month AWAKE artists on the other side of the world publish their own magazine “Artists Down Under: Australia and New Zealand.”
And every month we see a new issue of “My Creative Images” featuring the artwork of AWAKE artists in Europe and the UK.
Truly, if you ever feel the need to get inspired (as a photographer and as a photo artist), this is where you should be.
What’s more, all of these resources are announced regularly for you over on the Photoshop Artistry Facebook page. Which is also where you will find an ongoing stream of additional works of art by our group — such as the images you see on this page, in fact! — along with their various achievements showcased and celebrated.
(You’ll also often find within these Facebook posts links to the artists’ online portfolios over at our gorgeous ancillary site ArtBoja, where the artists sell their work and where you can further explore your favorites.)
So whenever you’re feeling at loose ends … whenever you’re feeling a little glum and unsure of where to go to refuel and get excited again about creating art …
THIS is where you should be.
The artists of AWAKE are creating the most exciting, the most fascinating, the most delightfully inspiring work — month after month after month.
So enjoy it.
Take your time and just savor it.
And allow it to inspire you.
Knowing all the while that there is no impossible magic here, no talent you cannot yourself match in time and in your own way.
But it begins by developing a taste for what you love best … by cultivating a sense of what moves you creatively … by obtaining a feel for what strikes you with awe and wonder …
And again, all this is meant to fuel you as an artist.
And all this is what is possible to you as an artist — if you embrace the journey and accept the excitement of the struggle ahead of you.
Won’t be easy.
But it WILL be worth it.
(Precisely because it wasn’t easy.)
So get inspired again.
There’s a fresh new year not far off. It’s right around the corner.
Make it the year everything changes for you.
Where you re-awaken your creativity and reignite your ambitions to create an amazing artistic life for yourself.
Start here. Start now.
Do this.
It’s going to be magnificent.
~ Sebastian