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Every time I look something up on Google images, more and more of the results are AI slop. It’s lit a fire under me to collect more books - been looking at the art & fashion sections of used book stores and building up my library. It‘s also nice to have a finite source to seek inspiration from rather than getting caught in an infinite scroll.
Jan 24, 2025

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yo do you know about visual dictionaries!? if you are into specific reference material i highly recommend one!!
Jan 25, 2025
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ktrnaa I actually just got one from a little free library in my neighborhood! love it!!
Jan 25, 2025
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Recently got a book full of alphonse mucha's work and it's a great resource, I also love using video game artbooks. seeing aspects of unfinished and scrapped work that happens during development is great
Jan 25, 2025
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daphnedidit i also just got an alphonse mucha art book, i love it a lot especially his later more realistic, but extremely colorful works
Jan 25, 2025
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Oh my gosh yes! I’ve found some really great art books or even “coffee table“ books that are so pretty that people don’t want anymore. I also love vintage botanical illustration books for art references.
Jan 24, 2025

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yess as an artist I've definitely seen other artists irl or online post stuff that has a pinterest reference that i recognize or have used! It's so strange to see and it's always the same 4 pics. my fave new way of finding inspo is finding local zines/magazines/artists/photo or art books, wayyyyy more innovative and cool
Apr 1, 2025
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every week or so I have found a new painting online i love. I save it to my camera roll and then when I’m bored at work or on the subway or in line at the store I pull out my photo and just look at it Really liking this new(for me) Egon Schiele painting courtesy of the Twitter Schiele bot
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& reading the bios for each piece or reading nonfic or hearing writing instead of reading it… engaging w new things
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