Blog Posts

Artists Down Under

— Exciting News! We have so much talent in Australia and New Zealand that our regular monthly magazine isn’t enough to contain it all. Which is why we’ve just seen a brand new magazine rolled out featuring artwork by our AWAKE artists “Down Under.” The first issue just went live, and it’s extraordinary. You can […]

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It’s Just One Piece

— The one question many of my new students ask me that I wish they wouldn’t is this: “Can you give me a creative critique”? Often they’ll even admit that they haven’t even finished Module 1 of the course. And already they’re worried about how well they’re doing, whether their piece is “good” or not, […]

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The Foxeysquirrel Interview

— Artist and designer Teddi Rutschman (aka Foxeysquirrel) has been a generous and wildly prolific contributor to our AWAKE group since early on, and now plays an important role as a member of our elite KAIZEN team. A cancer survivor, Teddi has created a thriving new life as a professional content designer, and it’s with […]

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Photoshop Artistry About to Hit 30,000 Likes

— Amazing to think how far we’ve come in just a couple years. We’re about to hit 30,000 “Likes” on the Photoshop Artistry Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PhotoshopArtistry/ Which is especially exciting when I think of the ever-expanding reach this brings the artists of our advanced “AWAKE” group as each magazine is announced and as various artists...

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You Worry Too Much

— It’s funny how carefree and uninhibited little kids can be … and how uptight and stressed out we become as adults. And holy cow, we artists tend to get REAL crazy. Worry, self-doubt, frustration, creative angst … stuff like that just doesn’t occur to a 7 year old armed with a paint brush. I […]

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