Tag: Digital Art

How to Turn an Art Journal Page into a Pillow

There are lots of ways to incorporate your artwork into your home decor, but here’s an idea you may not have thought of before: turn one of your art journal pages into a pillow! Kim Dellow shows you how in this project from our May/June 2017 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. Go through your…

Digital Art: A Genre That Can Hold Its Own

“Digital art” can have several connotations, some of which make people cringe. When I first became familiar with the term, I would envision images of colorful fractals that were computer-generated, with little human or artistic intervention. But the genre has evolved to hold its own when it comes to defining art. That’s why we’re happy…

Altering Photos with Transparent Digital Skins

If you’ve ever looked for a way of altering photos by adding color without ruining the photo or obliterating the details, this digital photo art technique is for you. One way of altering photos like this one is to create and paint a transparent skin. In the January/February 2013 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors, Patti…

Digital Art: How to Print Your Own Tissue Paper

It's probably safe to say that the digital scanner vastly increased the possibilities for using and reusing your artwork. Scanning a two-dimensional piece so you can print it out over and over again as digital art—and even manipulate it in the computer first—allows you to use it in other ways to make all of your artwork…

Print and Digital: Art is Beautiful Both Ways

Like most of you, I grew up surrounded by magazines. My mother subscribed to pretty much all the “home” magazines of her time, and as soon as one arrived, she would sit down and turn the glossy pages looking for a new way to accessorize the living room or turn ground beef into a hearty…

Digital Art – Ways to Repurpose Your Images

My grandmother was one of those people who saved wrapping paper and ribbons to use another day. I knew she did it to be thrifty, but I still mentally rolled my eyes every Christmas and birthday as she warned us not to ball up the papers and throw them away. Nikki Smith’s custom digital art…

Digital Photo Art: How to Print on Dryer Sheets

I can't remember when I started using dryer sheets instead of liquid fabric softener. But the first time one of these gossamer fiber fragments floated out of a basketful of towels I said to myself, hmmm, I bet you could do something with those. "Piterskoie Okno/St. Pete Window 13," by Natalya Aikens A lot of…