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How living in the desert gave new life to Melissa Lakey's mixed-media art

Creative Boom

Moving to the high desert in 2015 brought me back to art after a long hiatus," she recalls. Melissa uses various traditional materials, combining organic textures, fun colours and playful subject matter to create artwork that makes people smile. But sometimes, going to the opposite extreme can be more fulfilling.

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F5: Leyden Lewis Loves the Internet, Pork Belly Buns + More

Design Milk

Animal Locomotion, Plate 626, 1887, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. In design I love beautiful things, but good design has to do with the scale of the space, whether it be art, texture, or form. Energy Scaffolds and Information Architecture (Return to Formlessness) by Louise Despont, 2015. Photo: Pratya Jankong.

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Transform Your Photos with the 15+ Best Oil Painting Photoshop Actions

Graphic Design Junction

These actions can transform ordinary photos into extraordinary works of art, mimicking the rich, textured look of traditional oil paintings. Adding Depth and Texture One of the defining features of oil paintings is their texture. Oil painting Photoshop actions can replicate this effect by adding layers of texture to your photos.

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Intricate Beaded Motifs Add Colorful Dimension to Jan Huling’s Animal Sculptures

Colossal

” Each embellishment is a study of color, texture, and form, with some patterns structuring facial features like the radiant eyes of the nine-foot “Das Bug” and others adding hypnotic ornaments like the intersecting patches that span the length of the tail in “KoKo.” via Women’s Art ).

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45 Amazingly Well-Designed Emoji Iconsets

SpyreStudios

The following gallery focuses on 45 examples of emoji iconsets that can be used for mobile apps or website layouts. Designers love to get creative with icon styles by adding extra features and textures when appropriate. This post was originally published in March 2015; updated June 2021. Orange Fruit.

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Tinged with Fantasy, Phyllis Shafer’s Plein Air Paintings Twist the Serene Beauty of the American West

Colossal

“Moonrise” (2015), oil on canvas, 32 × 38 inches. Horizons tend to bow and lean across wide sections of the canvas, while wispy, dried grasses and craggy pathways layer wild textures. All images © Phyllis Shafer, shared with permission For Phyllis Shafer , space and time are inextricably tethered.

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13 Canadian Designers to Watch

Azure Magazine

Among its award-winning projects are 2013’s Inuvik Children’s First Centre (a brightly hued education and childcare facility whose arcing shape wraps an outdoor playground in a protective embrace) and 2015’s Betty’s Haven (a handsomely appointed Whitehorse transition home for women and children escaping domestic violence).