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Digital Junk Journals

DIY collage & mixed media art-- on your computer!

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Welcome to Digital Junk Journals (formerly azfinch.com), where I (Anastasia “AZ” Finch) show you how to make mixed media-style art using free resources and programs, on the computer!

What’s a junk journal?

A standard junk journal is made from a collection of “junk,” e.g. old paper, cardboard pieces, paper scraps– things you’d typically throw away– mixed with collage and mixed media art techniques to turn it into an art journal.

A digital junk journal take that aesthetic and sense of design, but applies it using digital resources.

Why go digital?

I made the switch partly because I felt like I was drowning in paper clutter. While it’s really fun to use actual paper ephemera, paints, stencils, etc. in my art journals, I had a really hard time keeping everything organized– and I had SO MUCH stuff that I often wouldn’t even use it before it dried up or went bad. It’s much easier to keep all my “art supplies” on my computer, where I don’t have to worry about how much space they’re taking up.

It’s also really enjoyable! Frustrations from making a paper collage or art journal page just don’t show up when I’m making a digital journal, and I can get a lot more done in a much shorter amount of time. Digital collages are perfect for people who don’t have a lot of free time but still want to be creative.

Never made a digital collage before?

  • How to make a digital collage: Finding a subject
  • How to make a digital collage: Backgrounds
  • How to make a digital collage: Focus Image
  • How to fix blurry collages & image elements
  • Video tutorial showing step-by-step how to make a collage on Canva

Free downloadable resources

  • Where to get public domain images
  • More places to get free images
  • Where to get free fonts

More help

  • How to make a heritage junk journal (for genealogists and family history enthusiasts)
  • Art journal prompts: January | February | March | April | May
    June | July | August | September | October | November | December

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I'm Anastasia "AZ" Finch, an artist living in Southern California. I make digital mixed media collages using public domain images, hand-drawn elements, and things I find around my house. Wanna know more?

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“Making art can feel dangerous and revealing. Making art is dangerous and revealing. Making art precipitates self-doubt, stirring deep waters that lay between what you know you should be, and what you fear you might be.”

― David Bayles, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

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