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Inside Designer Minds

Interviews with artists all across the web. If you’d like to share your work and your insight, request an artist interview

Art Licensing: Through the eyes of Joan Beiriger

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Joan Beiriger – Artist extraordinare Website name:Joan Beiriger art for products Blog: http://joanbeiriger.blogspot.com/ What do you create? I create art especially to be put onto products. My art style varies depending on the product line and manufacturer I am creating the art for but the majority is traditional and realistic looking. What medium do you [...]

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Blessings in Art created by Sharon Fernleaf

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Sharon Fernleaf * Artist Blessing Art Animals I have known Sharon for a few years. We met through our work at Cafepress, and the moment I saw her art I fell in love. Sharon has a fabulous sense of peace and wonder that she delightfully shares in every image she creates. We can see how [...]

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Art Squared with Moshe Mikanovsky

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Moshe Mikanovsky * Artist Art by Moshe Mikanovsky “I have a lot of new ideas for projects, but not enough time! Wish I could discuss all of them, but I know I have to focus on one project at a time…” Moshe and I connected via Twitter and through an art licensing networking group we [...]

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Peter Doyle – Wedding Photography to Inspire

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Peter Doyle * El Guapo! Storyboard Life I met Peter through an online marketing convention in January of 2009. He is one of those people that can increase the joy in a room as soon as he walks in. He emulates happiness, it just glows around him. Little did I know how talented he was [...]

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Loving the art possibilities – An interview with Annie Lang

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Annie Lang: designer – artist – author Annie Things Possible I have never had the pleasure of sitting and chatting with Annie one on one, however I have had the opportunity to exchange ideas via email and I was pleasantly surprised at how quick she was to reply to me. About 2 years ago I [...]

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Meet Leslie Nazarian, Design Maverick Extraordinaire

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Leslie Nazarian – Design Maverick Lesruba Designs Leslie and I met about 3 years ago at the one and only conference Cafepress hosted. We immediately hit it off and have been friend ever since. She has an amazing ability to create in a variety of mediums on a variety of subjects… AND she’s always upbeat [...]

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The Delightful Imagery of Corrie Kuipers

Voodoodle - Neville the Devil by Corrie Kuipers

Corrie Kuipers Corrieweb – The wonderful world of Corrie Kuipers & Nene Adams I first saw Corrie’s work on Greeting Card universe where she has an enormous collection of fabulous cards for just about every occasion. I immediately fell in love with her style which is whimsical and lighthearted yet also displays something very ornate [...]

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Bringing Amazing Color to Life: Dave Danchuk

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Dave Danchuk – Scrollsaw artist Amazed Creations I recently discovered Dave through Facebook. He is active with his Cafepress shop and promotion which is the common thread that connected us through a user group. The first moment I saw Dave’s work I was in awe of both his talent and the work itself. I had [...]

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Little Lizzy Lou and Kate Glenn too

Kate Glenn – Chief Designer LittleLizzyLou Designs Kate and I started design and selling at Cafepress right about the same time. I noticed her right away because she had no problem jumping into the forums and asking for feedback on her designs. There’s something truly wonderful about the power of simplicity, and I think that’s [...]

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Photography of Brad Crooks

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Brad Crooks – Photographer www.SportsMuseums.com “A Fan’s Guide to Sports Museums and Halls of Fame” Brad and I met just this past year when I invited a friends over for a summer BBQ. He is an amazingly talented, giving man and also extraordinarily humble about his skills. Viewing his images, it’s almost like he is [...]

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The Art of Tara Reed

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Tara Reed – Artistic Life Designer Licensed Artist, illustrator, designer Tara Reed Designs, Inc. Art Licensing Information I’ve recently met Tara through my participation with Twitter. I am still not quite sure how we crossed paths, but I am absolutely delighted we have. Tara is wonderfully upbeat and encouraging. She always seems to have advice [...]

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A beautiful view of the world: Shawn Ingram

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Shawn Ingram • Photographer specializing in Nature Photography Pristine Photography Shawn and I met through Cafepress and a mutual friend. He and I both dip our toes into programming for our own business use yet we each have our artistic interests as well. We often find ourselves brainstorming in a wide array of topics from [...]

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Visions of wonderment with evisionArts

Mary Ogle • Artist evisionArts I met Mary not very long ago, yet I can’t seem to remember how long it’s actually been. Sometimes it seems like we’ve talked for ages and then there are days when I forget what we talked about yesterday. Regardless, we always have wonderful “ah ha!” moments and sessions of [...]

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Creative Knots: Kristen Fox, Inspiring through Art

Kristen N. Fox • Conscious CreatorWebsite: Art of FoxVox I first ran across Kristen’s work about a year and a half ago and have been in awe ever since. Her talents cross over a wide variety of media, yet her heart can be seen in every piece she creates. Kristen’s work has inspired many and [...]

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I Create: Heidi Panelli, THE BusyBodies pro

Heidi Panelli Wife,Mother,T-Shirt designer, shopkeeper, webmaster, blogger… Sr. Designer/Illustrator Website: BusyBodies Blog: Creative Gumption I’ve met Heidi twice now, very short business conferences where we shared insights and ideas for similar industry topics. Not only is she a fantastic designer, but her design work reflects only a portion of her outgoing, vibrant, loving spirit [...]

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