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  1. My new printer is fabulous!

    It doesn’t do the full-bleed greeting cards I’ve made, nor the full-bleed 11x17” prints. It does other sizes, but not those two.

    But what it does do is gicleé pigment printing instead of the dye-based ink I was using. And I can now make prints at larger sizes than I was previously.

    So I’ll be shifting my future work toward 16x20" limited edition print runs of 10 (with optional frames) instead of the 11x17" runs of 30.

    We’ll see how that goes.

    The ink is cheaper in the long run, I’m told. And I’ve been stuck in a “must-make-new-stuff-constantly” cycle for a while now, and I hope that perhaps this will help me slow down and concentrate on quality instead of quantity. It’s a huge step forward for me, and I think it will elevate the caliber of the presentation of my work.

    The print quality is still amazing, and while it’s subtle there is indeed a different character to the appearance of the prints. Maybe I’m imagining it, but there seems to be less “translucency” to the image? I dunno. It’s just more substantive somehow.

    It will be a long slog to “retro-format” cards without the wrap-around over the spine, but I have to wonder if that might make them look more like actual “art cards” instead of mass-produced items. I’m excited about it.

    Onward!

    #artlife #ArtistLife #Printing #Prints #GreetingCards #Giclee

  2. I’m going live today on Twitch and Moonbeam to continue my Art Nouveau image of The Three Little Pigs.

    1-4:00pm PDT (UTC-7)

    twitch.tv/coreyartus

    moonbeam.stream/Continuum

    I’ll be listening to soft music, indulging in a pot of tea, and generally narrating my process for those following along.

    Lurkers are very welcome!

    I’ll be uploading the recording to MakerTube when it’s all done, in case you want to throw it up in the background sometime when you’re doing your own work! I really enjoy doing that—it sometimes “fills the room” and makes me feel less alone, you know?

    makertube.net/a/coreyartus/vid

    #art #Livestream #Twitch #Moonbeam #ProcreateArtist #ArtNouveau #GreetingCards #ThreeLittlePigs #Folktale #ArtStream

  3. I am really proud of this one. And I love the fact that it is designer gouache, what a beautiful medium!

    One day, I wish to make a living from my art, even if in five years, I would be very glad. I have questions, curiosity, all that leads me toward new art. I love my art, while I still would love to ask you, should I add yellow dots onto the flowers from my last post? I created the blue with just cobalt blue and white, and forgot to add some yellow buds. Questions that keep me going, how do I create super neat stuff, how do I spell flower buds... I am three years into gouache now and my mind is just slowly allowing me to have a concept of what I do. And can I use the #watercolor hashtag for gouache art, too?

    #MiniPainting #Gouache #GouachePainting #GouacheFlowers #GouacheArtist #Floral #FloralArt #Flowerart #Flowers #GreetingCard #GreetingCards #Painting #Art #AbstractFlowers #Abstractart #HandmadeCards #HandmadeCard #FlowerPainting #MastoArt #Artwork