𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜.

I have relocated from my hometown in Chicago and am now making Indiana weirder. They do not seem very appreciative of my efforts, so I will have to try harder. There are no good sushi places in town, either. (•`益´•)

Having a had time heal a lot of things, make major life changes, and welcome a new relationship has me in a way better place and have much more energy to be artistic. I have been doing pen and watercolor most often, along with mixed media and various paper arts. I love to try and come up with the perfect things to delight everyone that gets me in a swap. Art is a gift we share with one another.

My new PO Box is not within walking distance, pick up may be slow. Please be patient as I hope to get all swaps scooped at the same time since it is an hour round trip drive and not a ten minute walk anymore.

My portfolio for website code, UX UI, art stuff at shellielewis.net

Like nature? Print your own free copy of a painted art zine about sharks.

FUN! A kid-friendly free zine you can print on how to make zines, good for school teachers and librarians: How To Zine

◙ The art I like is wildly eclectic. I tend to respond to people's style the most with a preference for fine art and the unique. If you have your own art style, that is my favorite! I want to see the work you create. Does not have to be cute, pretty or mainstream aesthetic, feel free to cover a range in the human experience. ◙

LIKES: Favorite for ATCs. ♥ I like inchies, twinchies, MOO card handmades, small drawings and paintings. I am trying to finish a book of 4x4 inch chunky book pages with images of people / portraits: I will punch for binding. ♥ I do bookbinding.

Favorite things: Dragons & fantasy creatures, Plague Doctors, Basset Hounds, owls, parrots, birds, portraits and people, moths, insects, ice hockey, orchids, Goth & Romantic Goth, Halloween, sharks and pretty much all ocean life, Asian art, architecture, city skylines.

I collect and use paper ephemera including antique cigarette and ad cards; current, vintage and antique postcards. Small works on paper are stored in sports pocket pages in albums.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Loose prints, unmounted are preferred. Please no lamination. I collect tintypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards and Polaroids and other instants.

DISLIKES: No tolerance for intolerance. ♥ Love for all diverse people. ♥ Increase the peace. ♥ My partner is Trans and I am Autistic. ♥ Hate is not a value system.

I am not so much into pastels, very feminine merchandise, or scrapbooking elements like die cuts.

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Autism Speaks & puzzle piece logos - The word "gyspy" is a racial slur tied to slavery - J.K. Rowling/Harry Potter too many problems to list them all - Racist Kitsch

Please do not use Sharpie markers for art, they degrade badly: Sharpie markers are not art supplies

All episodes of Over the Garden Wall (2014)

Please Note: I retain all image rights, copyright and intellectual property rights on all creations.

Extremely into sealing wax right now because I have been blending it for impressions. I enjoy PVC custom art stickers. I do a wide range of fiber arts from knitting, sewing, loom weaving, and drop spindle spinning. Costume and cosplay, including over 30 years of Renaissance Faire nerd. Love tea and USA Forever postage stamps are appreciated.

Winterthur Museum & Library: books, vintage and public domain print media

Over 576 free books, lectures, and articles from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC: digital downloads

How to Get Better at Drawing Decades of my experience in one article. Read online or download the article as a .pdf here

Basic Information on painting; maybe go to the oldest blog post and read in reverse order: Click here

Free Book: read Starting With Abstract Painting

Melted Crayon Wax Painting Or "encaustic for lazy people" - 43 second video to learn how to make your own.

10 Tips on Watercolour from personal experience. I also highly recommend this book Watercolour How To Book check your local library or available cheap on Amazon, as of May 2013 copies under $4.00.

1000+ free video tutorials on all art subjects with Jerry's Artarama catalog: Free video lessons

Royalty Free, High-Resolution Photography: morgueFile

Free digital downloads of textures & backgrounds for digital image design, collage, etc: Caleb Kimbrough's BITTBOX

Jay Hilgert's BittBox Free digital image sources & textures.

TanglePatterns.com Free resource for Zentangle drawing.

How To Paint Transfer Toner Images Transfer toner prints of photographs, magazine pages and photocopies of your own drawings, etc. using acrylic paint.

GOLDEN Gel Medium Image Transfer Good method for multi-media art and acrylic paints.

Collage Perspectives at Swarthmore College A 10 minute documentary video of a gallery exhibit.

David Carson on Design + Discovery TED video: A top designer lectures on visual culture.

Vik Muniz TED video: Creativity, culture, art. He is known for his portraits made of sugar.

Raghava KK: My 5 Lives as an Artist TED video: on making and breaking in his fine art career.

Sheikha al Mayassa: Globalizing the local, localizing the global TED video: how art and culture create a country's identity.

7 Projects With Recycled Materials

Art Pillow Design With Fabric Scraps by Alice Berry Low sew, high impact!

Daring Fireball's Markdown Syntax Guide How to put images in Swap-bot and other commands.

USPS Small Airmail Labels No longer available, DIY print your own. Great for postcards.

Mail theft? United States Postal Inspectors Online Complaint Webpage

Zines: what they are and two easy zine patterns to use.

Easy Book Binding Saddle Stitch Video

A short description of Masterboard Process for collage artist trading cards.

ATC and collage recommended adhesives: YES! stickflat paste, glue stick, rubber cement [these three dry flat] Modge Podge, gesso and acrylic gel medium [these are wetter, needs to be pressed. Wax paper and a heavy weight help.] I highly enjoyed the Bernie Berlin ATC Workshop book.

ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴠɪɴᴛᴀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ/ᴏʀ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴅᴏᴍᴀɪɴ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇꜱ:

𝔇𝔞𝔰 𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔎𝔲𝔫𝔰𝔱 - 𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔣. 𝔄. 𝔖𝔢𝔡𝔢𝔯

Smithsonian Institution Flickr

NASA Hubble Heritage Flickr

The British Library Flickr

Old Book Art Illustrations for download

Pinterest for Les Vieux Jours Vintage collage resources: photos, etchings, drawings and more.

ShellieLewis.Wordpress Antique postcards, ephemera and photography: 300 dpi downloads for free.

USA Library of Congress Flickr

USA Library of Congress Photo Archive online portal

Reusable Art

Karen's Whimsy

Creative Commons Cultural Contributors for art and music

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