Behind-the-scenes of the artistic process, creative rituals, and the ever-evolving journey of making art. A space for inspiration, expression, and the joy (and mess) of creating.
Pantone Birth Chart Palette vs. Your Big 3 Color Palette A Pantone birth chart palette is a color moodboard that assigns a swatch to your astrological placements, most often your Sun, Moon, Rising, and Venus signs, so your chart becomes something you can look at instead of just read. If you’ve been served this trend […]
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Visiting Asheville, North Carolina: What Stayed With Me If you’re looking for a list of the top things to do in Asheville… just kidding. That’s boring. There are already plenty of blog posts that will tell you to visit the Biltmore Estate, drive the Blue Ridge Parkway, wander through the River Arts District, and make
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Learning Photography With Only a Cell Phone One of the biggest misconceptions about photography is that better gear automatically creates better photos. Sure, equipment matters sometimes. But honestly? Learning how to see matters first. iPhone Photography, Composition & Creative Observation at Mounts Botanical Garden I recently spent the afternoon at Mounts Botanical Garden with a
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Women’s Art Week Palm Beach 2026 — RECLAMATION | March 6–14, 2026 Women’s Art Week Palm Beach 2026 — RECLAMATION returns to Palm Beach County, Florida from March 6–14, 2026, during Women’s History Month. Presented by FIRST FEMALE in partnership with Providencia Church, this county-wide celebration honors female artists and the transformative power of art.
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Astrology, Color, and Branding: Using Your Birth Chart to Inspire Your Brand Palette At first glance, astrology, color theory, and branding may seem like completely separate worlds. Astrology studies symbolic archetypes and planetary dynamics. Color theory explores how humans respond emotionally to visual cues. Branding brings identity to life through design, imagery, and tone. Yet
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The Best Color Palette Tool for Brand Designers If you’ve searched for a color palette tool, you’ve probably landed on the same handful of options: Coolors, Adobe Color, Paletton. They’re fine for what they are. But what they are is largely a generation engine. Hit shuffle, get something pretty, copy your hex codes, figure out
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The Color Palette Lab™:A Smart, Accessible Color Palette Builder Most color palette tools give you inspiration. (like my free Color Palette Playground) The Color Palette Lab™ however, gives you a usable system. If you’ve ever generated a beautiful set of colors… only to realize they don’t pass contrast, don’t scale across layouts, or fall apart
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Random Color Palette Generator for Creative Brand Inspiration If you’re searching for a random color palette generator, you probably want one thing: Fresh color ideas. Fast. >> That’s exactly what my Color Palette Playground offers. << Maybe you’re stuck.Maybe everything you pick feels predictable.Maybe you just need something unexpected to spark momentum. A random color
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Best Website Platforms for Surface Pattern Designers in 2026 Free, Portfolio, Ecommerce, and the Real Tradeoffs Surface pattern designers keep asking: What is the best website platform? There is no best platform. There is only alignment. Your website is infrastructure. It should reflect how you make money. Are you licensing?Selling print on demand products?Building authority
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The Color Palette Tool Suite I Wish I had Years Ago If you’re searching for a color palette tool, chances are you’re not just looking for random color combinations. You’re looking for a way to build, test, and trust a color palette — one that actually works across websites, brands, and real design scenarios. That’s
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