2am Design

    There is good reason behind why Photoshop has had such controversy, simply because both sides make sense with their values and reasons. I decided to (very simply) airbrush myself because I used to struggle with the stated "self confidence and body image" myself that has been called to light with AMA. I used to dream of looking like the photo on the right because I saw other girls who looked like that... but not really. It took a while to realize all of them had edits to every part of their bodies to become what the editor or company deemed "acceptable". There is a certain beauty to airbrushing photos, but when people start seeing a negative pattern, it is an obvious sign a line has been crossed from enhancing to exploiting.    However, outside of this ad-driven media world and the effect photo manipulation has, Photoshop has blossomed into one of the most diverse and unique ways to create art. For many creators, it is a tool to come up with their own

  falling - mixed media    When asked, "What is the nature of dreams?" my first thought is that dreams are the best our minds can reinterpret reality. Most of the time our unconscious mind scrambles and smashes all it's been thinking of into these dreams. The topics or objects usually found when asleep are things we are afraid of, or been turning over and refusing to forget, and sometimes wishes and goals that society has actually coined to be "our hopes and dreams."    Do I believe in coincidence? Well I certainly don't think fate has the world wrapped tightly around its finger. Out of the millions of seconds and millions of occurrences this world experiences, it's not impossible for things to cross paths or be an uncanny amount of similar. From me reading the same random word right as the song I'm listening to sings it, to couples having the other partner in the background of pictures ten years old. History not only repeats itself, tim

     Apolline Etienne is an illustrator who focuses on folk-lore character concepts and atmospheric, otherworldly landscapes. This artist seems to enjoy expressing herself through her work more than words, and not much is shared on social media about Apolline herself. She does say she is French and currently living in Scotland. Upon discovering her other social medias, however, I recognized a picture she drew the album cover for an indie song developer I found over 3 years ago! I had always wondered who designed it, and by luck I finally know and can appreciate more of her art style.    While many of her works have the same "theme," I found it very hard to decide which picture to showcase. Each drawing has variety in creatures, plants, and colors yet all of them could easily dwell in the same universe. Her use of color combinations and dynamic shading is quite extraordinary and shows a lot of practice/knowledge. I personally love her lineless, painterly style that