Art can be very revealing, whether that’s our intention or not. These are two ATCs that I created, and what I wrote about them in 2000: Dream Card/Nightmare Card, 5 Sept 2000 These are two cards from an ATC exchange, with a theme of “Dreams and Nightmares.” The originals are 3″ x 5″. My dream…
Category: Digital Art
Digital art – ATCs, tutorials, and more by Aisling D’Art, one of the original art bloggers and founders of the current art journaling movement.
Dream – a free digital ATC (artist trading card)
This ATC was created in an hour; that’s the time I allowed myself for this project, each day. (I was trying to design and post one ATC, daily.) I started with the background, which is a public domain photo of Ireland. (I’ve listed all of my resources, below.) Then I added a dramatic figure–slightly altered–from…
Choose Your View – printable ATC
“Choose Your View” – a digital ATC (artist trading card) that you can print… free! Click on the image to download the printable version. This ATC started out to be a Christmas/holiday-themed card. For some reason, I chose a rather dramatic photo of England. Maybe it was my frame of mind at that moment….
By the Light – printable ATC (artist trading card)
“By the Light…” – a digital ATC for you to print I was in a frivolous, mischievous mood today, and something just clicked for me when I saw this image of the moon. In other words, the visual puns are entirely deliberate. I started with an image from the Bare Bottoms folder on my Shameless…
Free ATCs to Print
The following ATCs are free for you to download and print. By the light (R-rated for nudity) – A nude figure and flowers. Dream (R-rated for nudity)- Faerie themed, with a nude in a woodland setting. Everlasting – Eerie image of a little girl with teddy bear. Face behind the words – A mix of…
Foggy New Orleans Morning – Free Printable ATC
After a research trip to New Orleans, to study the art and architecture, the mood and style of the French Quarter are still fresh in my mind. It has so many nuances, including music, art, architecture, food and beverages, and of course its legends and ghost stories. The latter inspired this ATC. The background is…
Nevermore – Free Gothic Artist Trading Card
This is from my 2005 series of daily, one-hour artist trading cards, also called ATCs. In 2005, these were an alternative to “morning pages,” an affirming art journaling process based on Julia Cameron’s The Artists Way. Artist’s notes For some reason, I was in an Edgar Allan Poe mood this morning. When I was little,…