Color palettes are great tools to use when making a digital collage. Referring back to a selection of colors makes it easier to find image elements that coordinate well together– keeping the entire piece looking…
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How to make printable inchies and twinchies using Canva
Spend any amount of time in the art journal world and you’ll eventually run into people talking about inchies and twinchies. If you’ve never heard of this before, it can be super confusing! Never fear,…
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What is a Visual Journal?
Very simply: A visual journal incorporates visual media in addition to text. It’s an umbrella term for a method of journaling that usually combines writing and art. Art journals, junk journals, and scrapbooks are visual…
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How to fix blurry digital collages | What is DPI?
Sometimes when I create a digital collage it looks perfect in the preview, but comes out blurry in the final export. Or sometimes MOST of the collage looks fine, but one image element is badly…
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How to find REAL vintage photos online for junk journals | Library of Congress search tips
The Library of Congress website is my go-to resource for free vintage images of people. The LOC has a huge collection of photographs from the very early days of the camera, as well as illustrations,…
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Where to find free vintage photos and ephemera for junk journals
Any collage artist knows the pain of needing a specific image or graphic that would be PERFECT to complete their piece of art…and not being able to find it. Having a large ephemera collection makes…
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How to stop being jealous of other artists | 6 tips for handling art envy
How do you handle art jealousy? Spend any amount of time online in the artistic community and you’ll inevitably run into the Big Green Monster. No, not Shrek. JEALOUSY. See an amazing art journal layout…
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