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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Resources
How to find (digital) vintage book pages for junk journals
Vintage papers are the backbone of any junk journal (digital or physical!) but finding good images to use can be tricky. This is especially true if you prefer using REAL vintage images (like I do)…
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What’s a gluebook and how to make one (for beginners)
Gluebooks have been around for a few decades now, and recently I’ve seen them become popular again. I really love making gluebooks! Making collages using trash from around my house is almost a meditative experience…
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10 more places to get free images for digital collages
Every year there are more and more resources becoming available for free public domain or royalty free images! That’s great news for digital artists, since it means more amazing photos, illustrations, and ephemera to work…
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5 tips for getting the most out of the NYPL Digital Collections
The New York Public Library Digital Collections is a resource of 900,000+ digitized items, including photos, illustrations, manuscripts, texts and videos– with more being added every day! There’s a huge amount of digitized art, photos,…
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Where to get free fonts for digital art (and how to upload fonts to Canva)
Normally collages are pretty image-heavy, and don’t have a whole heap of text. But if you’ve started making digital art journal pages (like me), then you’re suddenly including a lot of text in your collages!…
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