

Hey Kyle Coughlin! We’ll be your bartsie [art + bestie]!
Now, a question to the readers: what do you and your art friends do on the weekends? How do you keep each other motivated to create?


Hey Kyle Coughlin! We’ll be your bartsie [art + bestie]!
Now, a question to the readers: what do you and your art friends do on the weekends? How do you keep each other motivated to create?


I hope this post encourages Fiona Clark to get her act together and make her comeback. I’ve been waiting for a long time. Too long. This will have to help us pass the time.



I do not understand Kimita Kubayashi’s verbal language, but I do understand her visual language. I believe she might be saying “creatively…do what you want!”
As an artist your medium can be like a telephone. Are you texting, Twittering, emailing, or perhaps creating a long conversation? What medium will best express what you are trying to say?
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