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Just a quick tip on the guillotine cutter especially when cutting thin magazine paper: gently put a bit of pressure toward the board while pressing down to make the cut. Clarification: press to your left and down at the same time. It makes the contact with the blade and metal edge tight so you get a nice clean and straight cut. I hope this makes sense.

I greatly appreciate your views of a humble society but unfortunately many aspects of today's lifestyle is changing and evolving dramatically taking away the humanely aspects.Thanks for all these information and for your efforts ....!!❤️🌹😊

I am so new to this....after watching quite a few viideos came across yours.Thanks for such valuable hints and advice...All the best Dear...❤️🌞🙏

Hi Leah. Can you please tell me if you ever seal your work before framing? Thanks (-: Marion

you can freeze the books (inside bags) if you are worried about bugs

love this, thanks for sharing. ❤

I love the humor and/or subtle messages in your pieces. I like the idea of doing an art residency at home. I think that could be fun and inspiring! Sweet mini-framed stickers. I enjoy mini-collages and find myself doing those often (roughly post card size) because they are less daunting and seem to come together quicker for me. So much stuff left at that abandoned house! So sad that people left so much of their life behind and wonder what the story is... but glad you are giving new life to some interesting finds.

Those Oxford Compact Dictionaries are quite the collectors item for bibliophiles! My boyfriend is an English professor and absolutely freaked when he relieved some secondhand ones for Christmas last year. They typically come in a box with a magnifying glass so you can actually read the text. Another wonderfully inspiring video - just seeing some of the images you have collected has sparked the urge to create in me :)

What does Flanzilla mean?

Sorry to hear about the Residency being cancelled,but I think creating your own one would be a great idea. That first colage was meant to be for sure, as soon as you cut out the woman's hand I could see the finished piece straight away,it would make a great print as well. The abadoned house was a real treasure trove,a rare oppertunity to gather new materials to use in your amazing collages and it looks like a great place to stage an immersive art event/happening/exhibition. The stickers were perfect for the two miniature frames as well for your gallery wall. Hope you are felling better as well,can empathise with the migraine,no fun for sure, but hope you are okay now. (matt)

Loved this video Leah. Lots of interesting things to see. I can't wait for my collage papers to arrive. I'm so excited to see what I get! Enjoy your weekend x Nell.

Oooh the books, the books... Love your kits. I was so jealous of the abandoned house, I just love finding stuff people have gotten rid of and I have far too much paper all over the house. I would have had to take piles of them. Where there are nice things on the back of pages I scan them for later. I like to print them on tissue, watercolour paper. Whatever matches what I'm working on. Enjoyed your video and a new subscriber.

You inspire me…thank you. :)

thank you so much♥

Thank you for this insight into the place/role of social media in the life of an artist. I totally agree with you re the ubiquity of AI art. I think at some point, people are going to come to a greater appreciation of real-world art. Kind of like touching grass, if you will. Thanks again!

This really summed up my work life 3:35. Being an (extreme!) introvert, I was so physically and mentally drained by the end of my shift that I had zero energy, motivation or creativity by the time I got home from the office. To work from home and set your own hours if you can manage it is a MUCH better option especially for introvert artists! One tip I'd add is to make sure you don't assume you'll have plenty of time later to do your art. Even if you are single with no kids, your parents will need more of your time and assistance as they age. (My mother had dementia which demanded an incredible amount of my time and energy.) Put the time in for your art now as much as is feasible.

Great ideas, i am so massively disorganised, the closest i have is that deciding that process videos cone out on Wednesday and collage of the week videos come out Friday and any spare ones on Monday. I also work a weird rota and have a family

Wonderful! Thank you! More please 😊

so if you make a collage and keep it for yourself you are ok ?

the other platform that people where leaving instagram for was bereal :)

Cara was created BY AN ARTIST, who also got her work stolen and just recently won a lawsuit against copyright infringement of her work. There's no doubt about the commitment of Cara's team to build a community for artists. They are doing all that on their own with the help of donations so there's no suspicion about why they are urging artists to go there. It's not an echo chamber, it's not suposed to replace socials medias like instagram or twitter, IT'S A PORTIFOLIO SITE.: It's suposed to replace Artstation and Deviantart that became a cesspool of AI garbage and bots while also having a timeline so non-artists can engage with US. It's a hub to display your work and process and for employers and commissioners to look for you and have the certainty they are not seeing AI imagery while searching.

Do you ever have issues with dark shadows when filming ( indoors),

Did u pay for your own website and shipping?

You already need to have a huge audience to make it on Cara imo. As a small artist after posting on there literally no one saw my art. It's all well and good to promise certain benefits but when no one even sees your stuff on a social media platform its just useless

I totally understand where you're coming from. I'll say though that actually a lot of my customers have been fellow artists!

So much useful information, thanks for sharing!

Just joined. 😊

Love all your videos and love to watch all your videos and enjoy watching your process from start to finish. Keep up the great work. Art is my relaxation. I haven't started selling anything yet. What stops me? I dont want it to become another job. I want to make art but don't want to have to if I'm not feeling it.

I just realized how genuinely poetic it is to have a collage artist talk about AI

“There is literally a 0% chance of them buying your art” OOF

Hello :) Could you do a video on how you balance your job and your activity as an artist? Do you work full time? You said you were doing art "on the side". I feel that it would be helpful for a LOT of people. Thank you very much :)

Ok, I'm starting to see people saying that Cara isn't the way to go, that it will never take Instagram's place and all that. Here's the thing. People aren't going to Cara thinking they're going to make sales there. People go to Cara cause they're sick and tired of Instagram and social media in general, sick and tired of seeing AI everywhere, sick and tired of the damn algorithms. People go to Cara to see art, to see and talk to other people and relate, for community. (It's me. I'm "people"). For me it feels a lot more like tumblr, if tumblr was just art focused. Cara is a refuge for artist where we encourage each other to keep going in this godforsaken corporate world that sucks your soul. Is it the only option out there? No, of course not. Discord is nice, like you said, but you have the find the right server to be in. I'm in way too many already, most of them muted and I never go there, but I still keep them around for some sentimental reason. Anyway, that wasn't the point, I'm rambling. As for your question about Photoshop, yes I still use it, but not the current version. I've been using Photoshop since 1998. The first version I used was PS 5.0. I use CS6 now. I really don't need anything more recent. I've tried using alternatives, but I'm so used to it that it's frustrating trying to learn something new. But I did manage to make something on Clip Studio Paint the other day, so maybe I can finally leave Photoshop behind at some point. I'd like that, actually.

This anti-AI trend is really damaging to any artist coming up right now. There is HUGE opportunity in AI. An artist could develop and market an entire style with it to really build something. Or pitch a show. or do whatever. That some artists are getting swept up in caring more about feeling part of the "in crowd" and going along with the social media buzz instead of focusing on career and building a future is so sad. But at least it keeps open that HUGE opportunity for artists that want to do the work.

I love your collage art! Where do you find vintage magazines most often?

Thanks Leah I so appreciate your video, I also had a negative experience with Etsy, with them blocking my account & I got zero response when I tried to prove my case, I have since learnt that many Artists had the exact same experience I had (basically it appeared to be a Troll submitting complaints). Artists have played an enormous part in building up Social Media/Selling Platforms to what they are today so it's unfortunate some of these Companies actions are not being in the Artists best interest. I must add that your Squarespace Website looks absolutely fantastic.

It's very encouraging for you to say, "You're an artist making content, not a content creator making art" ... I need to hear that. I feel Instagram can sap my motivation as I cannot share with my audience!

I am not using photoshop. I use pixelmater pro and procreate. I'm sad about photoshop from when they went subscription based. However I also have a really old version that I could use on my old laptop if I really needed it.

I've been railing against AI-generated images along with everyone else, but I've since come to the same conclusion - handmade art will (eventually) command higher prices than ever. Pandemic also had a lot to do with over-saturating the art market because Everyone had the time to create things. I have a ton of inventory just waiting to be bought up, but I am patient and still waiting/watching for the right direction to take! I'm hoping most AI "artists" will lose interest in something so easy anyway, or find their own niche. In the meantime, I am un-bothered, and free to devote myself to my art. CZcams seems safest and best for what I want at the moment. I am almost ready to create content, hopefully within the month! You do inspire me to try collage, so I compose them all the time but never glue them, Idk why. I am comfortable with expressive intuitive abstracts in acrylic. That's where I live.

As a YT Live streamer, with so many of my friends and followers also on IG, I would feel like I was deserting my friends and followers by leaving IG.

Personally, I also see Instagram as a portfolio or a visual diary of my artwork. My posting is sporadic and I get so few likes that it's useless to expect anything from it other than seeing my progress and the various art phases I go through. I have no interest in Cara. Just another platform to eat up your time. And like many artists are saying, it's not attracting an audience of potential buyers. But if you're looking for art inspiration or finding an online art buddy, I guess it serves that purpose.

Leah, great timing with this video, I left social media,Facebook,Twitter(X),Instargam because of the amount of prejudice and trolling got really out of hand and really impacted my mental health at the time. I heve been on Pintrest for a long time now and have never had any problems on here and my own Blog too. I stopped using Photoshop/Corel because they both became too expensive. I think as long as Adobe/Instragem actually honour the 'op out' to stop artist's work being harvested for A.I I think it's okay. I agree the Discord platform is a great way to build a creative community as is CZcams and it seems having your own website as an artist is becoming a way to go as well. I love that Cara has the Glaze app built into the site,but hw long before Trolls/cyber bulies find a way onto this new platform. For selling my work,I have found Pintrest has worked for me for years. I tried Etsty and Redbuubble but the fees andcharges on both just got too much and maent my art was no longer affordable plus both didn't tolerate pielating or watermarking your art to protect it. I hope Cara becomes a success.but I think I will stick with Pintrest and my Blog. Leah it sounds like you have found platforms that really work for you and your briliant artwork. I wish there was a way that socal media platforms to make trolls/cyber bulllies unable to overtake platforms but think socila media totally free of trolls will never happen sadly. (matt)

Thank you for your thoughtful feedback, it really resonates with me. I’ve been saying the same as you that hand created art will become more valued. When PSD came on the scene artists and designers were freaking out, but it worked out to encompass both digital and hand creators. In fact, it presented more opportunities for more types of creators. The way you’re focusing on your website is really best anyway b/c you have control of narrative, payments and platform.

Yes!!! thank you for this video Leah, I value the reminder of asserting 'how social media fits into your ecosystem, not the other way around'. As an artist myself looking to launch a more online presence it's a powerful reminder to show up in an authentic way, and not just follow the crowd, especially when it comes to content creation. Keep shining bright, and have a sparkly day ✨

Brilliant work! And yes, agree about the satirical quality of the vintage magazines.

Can you find the same materials in the Philippines?