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Artist
Trading Cards (And ACEOs)
This
is one of the best basic write-ups on ATCS, at Cedarseed
Trading
website with several permutations of ways to swap your ATCs. Predominantly
a European site, but check out the links section to find other helpful
ATC websites.
Information
on ATCs , and their offshoots ACEOs (Art Cards Editions and Originals)
Visual
Art Journals and Other Books & Journals
Teesha
Moore is famous for her art journals. Check the galleries here.
And she also has an article up on how she creates her art journal
pages layer by layer under the news section. Check the links pages
also - there are a huge amount of links here to get lost browsing
through.
Collage
Check
out the various projects in this directory
Links
to collage artists, books on collage, collage workshops, photomontage
artists, and assemblage artists.
Claudine's
work is currently taking the scrapbooking world and offshoots by
storm, and her mixed media collage paintings with photos have a
recognisable style. She is also the author of popular collage books,
Collage Discovery Workshop, and the sequel, Collage
Discovery Workshop - Beyond the Unexpected.
Altered
Art
If
you're after some images of altered books, check this gallery for
some - not up to date, but worth a peruse for some inspiration.
General
Inpiration
Perhaps
the best known mixed media art site, Art-E-Zine has so many layers
to it that you could spend days browsing the projects, articles
and images available here.
A
fabulous site , take a look at all the how to articles Lisa puts
up, for altered books, ATCs, mailart, and even some normal papercrafts
like iris folding or background chalking.
Check
the shoppes for both digital and tradition artists, helpful e-books
on many creativity and mixed media topics, and consider subscribing
to this regular zine. The Artella Zine comes in full color with
inserts and mixed media work by many artists. E-zines are available
too - but it's the physical ones which come out that are stunning.
Also, you can sign up to be a member for additional options such
as downloadable images to use in your digital projects.
For
36 weeks an art journal was sent randomly between 2 Brooklyn and
2 Belfast Art Journelers. Each only had a few days to complete their
entry, before posting it on. This is the result.
As
author of The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery, Karen's mixed media
work can be found in galleries from this website. She has mixed
media work, book arts, visual journals, and altered photos and photography
on her pesonal website.
Information
on all types of mail art, ATCs, artistamps...
Here you will find tutorials and images on just
about everything, including visual journals and ATCs. She has an
interesting article on how to collage in your art journals here
and interesting information on Artistamps here.
Pocket shrines are here
and some interesting How To links also - including an article on
How
to Create a Zine (something which many digital artists could
easily do).
Mixed
Media Blogs
Author
of the book, The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery, Karen's blog
shares many multi media projects.
A Blog
of Mail Art images found from all over the net.
Thursday
Challenges for Mixed Media projects, including some tutorials on
the challenges also.
WordCraft
Tera
talks "Creativity" but has many articles written around journaling
ideas, circle journals, visual journals etc. Named the Writer's
Digest "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" list 2003 - 2005.
Broadcasting
To You
Part
of the Talkback Radio Series of websites, HeartsART is about Mixed
Media Arts - log on to listen to the latest broadcasts featuring
mixed media artist and projects. The radio shows are archived on
the web to listen to. Check out the show on computers as an artist
tool, and several other interesting shows.
Submissions
and Magazines
This
magazine website has details on subscriptions and submission to
the magazine for projects and articles.
The
Artella Zine comes in full color with inserts and mixed media work
by many artists. E-zines are available too - but it's the physical
ones which come out that are stunning. Digital projects are often
featured. Submissions are welcomed, particularly if you have a combined
writing and art project. The submissions
page has further information.
Groups
Active
group, fantastic collages are put up in the files area, and the
messages are active and supportive also.
This
group has been long-running, and has a fine files collection of
other links to some good art zines etc.
A group
which runs from the art-e-zine website - the files and links in
here are well worth the participation. Very inspirational on many
different type of artwork.
A supportive
Yahoo Group for Art Journals
Active
Fat Book Swaps are moderated from this Yahoo Groups
Printable
and Image Resources
Misc.
Images
Beautiful
paper toys - in pdf format to print out and make up. Find little
boxes, a tooth fairy gazebo and all sorts of lovely paper toys here.
Canon's
site provides copious PDF downloads for printing and assembling
several cute paper figurines or sculptures. Check out the dachshund
and other animals for a start.
Photography
Famous
as being a free source for quite a few photographic categories -
be careful of the copywrite or permissions required to reuse some
of these images from the owner of the image.
Vintage
Images
Art-E-Zine
provides pages and pages of free downloadable vintage images to
play with. There are victorian images, old family photos, some retro
images. Help support the downloads by donating a small fee to allow
for the bandwidth.
This
Flickr group has been created to share Collage images for downloading.
The group pool has provided all sorts of images, from vintage photos
to postage stamps and other collage items such as old document scans.
Large
collection of vintage photographs, available to save for personal
use only.
Private
collection of images taken from the 1860s to 1930s, downloadable
for personal use.
Travel
Posters collected by David Levine.
Specifically
Digital
5 Digital
Collage artists profile their work from the ArtLexis website.
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