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20 Most Popular Posts on Today in Art in 2009

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

With the year drawing to a close we naturally reflect on the past year. 2009 has been kind to this little blog and I look forward to what 2010 may bring. I aggregated a list of the 20 most visited posts from 2009 from the stats and this is what I found. Oddly enough, some were pretty recent, and some were from last year. I decided to include the ones from last year as well since I have many new readers.

Number 20


Barack Obama - by Shawn Barber

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8 Drawing Exercises That Every Artist Should Practice

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

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Wire Drawing Exercise

Example from save-janos.net - this example has been placed on a painted acrylic background
With this exercise you are not going to be drawing at all. All you need is some wire and a pair of pliers with cutters. My favorite wire for this exercise is tie wire and you can get it almost any hardware store. The idea is to explore shapes and lines that you create by bending the wire. This exercise will force you to focus more on the line and less on the “drawing.” The nature of the wire also makes it more difficult to create tight corners. Don’t fight this and allow the properties of the wire to influence your piece.

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8 iPhone Apps That Every Artist Needs

Monday, December 14th, 2009

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I am getting pretty excited about the tools being developed for the iPhone / iPod and have been looking into which of these tools are the best for artists.  As I am looking are, I found the apps that I listed here.  These are apps that I have seen people using and praising the most.

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25 T-shirts for Artists and Wannabes

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

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With Christmas right around the corner, everyone is trying to find that perfect gift.  Here are 25 T-shirts for you or an artist in your life.   (more…)

SketchBook Mobile Put Your Sketchbook in Your Pocket

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

autodesk's sketchbook mobile for ipod and iphone

This little iPhone/iPod app is a must have for every artist.  SketchBook Mobile, by Autodesk, is a drawing application that allows you to draw with your fingers on your iPhone or iPod Touch.  The app is full of features and will not disappoint you.  The best part is Autodesk has a lite version, SketchBook MobileX, that will let you explore before purchasing the full version.

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The Photo Argus

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

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In case you didn’t notice I took last week off but am back and ready to bring you some awesome new content.  So first up is The Photo Argus, which is a spanking new photography resource.  

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10 Grungy Social Media Icons

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

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So, after I finished yesterdays post I started adding the new icons to my design and found the were too clean for my look.  Here are the dirtier, grungy social media icons.  This is basically the same file as the previous with a grungy set of layers applied. Oh, and FYI there are 10 in the PSD, (Google). Enjoy :)

icons02.psd.zip (5.8 mb)

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10 Clean Social Media Icons

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

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I know that I have some web designers that read the site, so this post is targeted toward them.  I needed some social media icons for a site that I am working on.  Everywhere I looked all I saw were glass icons. Yes I realize I have a glassy icon in the top right corner of this site, but there will be no glass on the new site (coming soon).  Needing a clean set of social media icons that were not glassy, I created these.  The link includes a .PSD download and sorry they are not all in vector.  I hope these are useful to someone. :)

icons.psd.zip (276 kb)

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What is in Your Toolbox?

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Every artist has a “tool chest” they rely on in creating and showing their work.  So, I am working to create a list of resources and tools that people find useful in creating their art.

What I need: I need you to send me a list of items that you find useful in creating and showing your work.  What are your favorite tools?  Do you have any resources that you rely on to get your work seen?  etc.

How you can get it to me:

twitter: @todayinart

email: showus@todayinart.com

or comment on this post

Thanks for your help and I will post the info soon!  Oh, thanks to furryscaly for the awesome toolbox photo.

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Can’t afford Photoshop? Try SUMO Paint

Friday, January 2nd, 2009


SUMO Paint is an online image editor that feels alot like Photoshop and its free to use.  The application includes layers with alpha adjustments, many brushes and shapes, multiple undos, copy paste functionality and the ability to save images to your computer.  If you are needing light functionality of Photoshop then this is your tool at the right price, free.

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