Artist Spotlight: Lindsay Josal

Lindsay Josal was born in 1984 in Dallas, Texas. She graduated with a BFA in Graphic design from The School of Visual Arts, located in New York City. Lindsay is very fond of giant pandas, outer space, short stories and birthday cake (and she works wonders with a polaroid camera).

Learn more about Lindsay at her website and blog.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Suseadoodle who is the winner of our package for the 3rd One World, One Heart giveaway. Thanks to all of you who stopped by and commented. Please visit often as we have lots of fun things coming up.
Cheers!

Its up to you...

Hi All,
Joleen and I are busy putting together our outline for issue number 7, the "Home" issue. As a small reminder we want to remind you that we really rely on our readers to contribute artwork and article ideas to make our Zines diverse and full of eye candy. Please visit the CALLS page on our website to find out how you can submit artwork to grace he pages of our gallery.

In addition I have talked Mike into continuing his series on Photoshop for Mixed Media Artists. This series provided all sorts of handy tips on how to use Photoshop and PS Elements to recolor, distress, mask and all sorts of things with a popular piece of software. Mike's articles and teaching style are becoming so popular that he has now been tapped to teach at Art Unraveled this summer. Anyway, the point of this is that he wants to make is articles relevant to you all, so this is your chance to to ask specific questions or suggest topics of particular interest to you. Please think about it and email us or comment here and we'll try to hook you up. Keep those ideas coming!!

We've Got a Winner, Folks

The winner of "Hey, It's a Contest is...

Congratulations, Katherine! You've won a complimentary issue of Portals Zine - Issue #7: Home!! Please email us your mailing address. :)

Artist Spotlight: Kara Haupt

My name is Kara Haupt, I'm 16 years old(17 in June! Yay). I live in the Northwest USA and like wearing plaid tights and eating cheese. I laugh and listen to music too much. I started art journalling and scrapbooking about two years ago. I love my camera and hope to someday pursue a career in photography. I keep busy with avoiding homework, hanging out with friends, and spending too much time on the computer.


*What one word motivates you?

Fresh.

It's sorta my word for 2009. I love the idea of being constantly refreshed, renewed and ready to go, change, and evolve. I love new toothbrushes, freshly painted fingernails, and a recently cleaned bedroom. This year, I want to freshed up a lot of ideas of art and my environment constantly. Keep things new. Take old things and freshen them up so I can learn from them and evolve.

I'm all about evolving and changing, I think somewhat because of my age. I have this entire expanse of beautiful life ahead of me and I know that I can make it be how I dream it to be. And the things I don't have control over? More the better. I take them and I learn from them. Keep things fresh. Evolve. :D

*List 5 things you're inspired by.

Watercolors.- Big time. My grandmother is an accomplished watercolorist and I really want to get into these and learn. It's such an expansive medium and I want to learn to take it to the next step in all areas of my life.

Blogs- I have about 110 blogs in my reader. I don't watch TV, I read blogs. I love that I'm kinda "keeping up" on other people's creative lives often(hehe. dude. that sounds creepy.... blogs are kinda creepy when you think about 'em anyways). They are inspiring and fulfilling.

Friends- Internetty friends and real friends. I've been blessed by some really amazing people in my life. I have friends that push me to be a better me and more risk taking "artist". They know when to step back and tell me to stop. They know what I'm capable of and they push me to do it. Love them.

God- Being Christian, trust in God is what keeps me going on. I see this stunning world that He created and it makes me want to make the ugly things pretty. And to find the beauty in the ugly. My relationship with Him has really crafted me into who I am and who I hope to become.

Film- Always, always, always makes me want to go take more pictures. I love getting a roll back from the developers. It's the film grain, the surprise, the natural vignetting. Totally inspiring!

*I really shouldn't, but I...

Drink too much coffee. At least, recently. I'm blaming it on gross creamer(how is gross creamer so amazingly delicous, I ask?) and finals coming up. Finals are lamesauce, yo.

*What do you dream?

I dream of a little old house, with mismatched colors and hardwood floors. I dream of an amazing man for me, one that'll love God more than me and laugh at my ridiculous jokes.

I dream of getting over my selfishness. I dream of having beautiful moments and trusting God.

I dream of being fresh and ready for whatever life'll throw at me.

*How does your art fit into your life?

I'm trying to get into the groove of taking photos more often, especially film. I use to art journal a lot more, but have been feeling slightly uninspired. I like taking this phases as they come and embracing them. I work for Hambly, which I love. Makes me sit down every month and actually create something.

*What allows you to be most creative?

Freedom.

From parameters and ideas that people put on me and silly "boxes". I love finding strange clothes at thrift stores and pairing them with weird things. I like knowing that I don't care what people think of my physical appearance.

I like new environments and fresh ideas and different mediums.

Learn more about Kara on her blog: Old Lady in a Teenager.

One World, One Heart

Hello and thank you for visiting Portals Zine blog. We are delighted to be part of this year's One World, One Heart Giveaway. To enter, please leave a comment below. We will draw a name from random to win the CURRENT Art Journaling issue of Portals Zine along with a packet of creative goodies that may be used in your own art journal or in other mixed media projects.

We are offering another give away on our blog but you'll have to read down a few posts to find out how to enter! Good luck and have fun visiting.
Comments will be closed at 11 pm PST on Wed. the 11th.
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It's Call Time

We are excited to begin working on Issue #7 - our Home issue, coming this Spring! For this issue we're looking for the following:

♥ "Home" themed artwork and art for the home (like artwork for walls, pillows, decor, textiles, plush, etc). Please refer to these submission guidelines.
♥ Photo "stories".. one idea would be a polaroid series of old homes. We'd like to feature more photography in coming issues so we encourage you to share your work and ideas!
♥ Poetry/Creative Writing; Articles; Tutorials - please refer to these submission guidelines.
♥ We are looking for occasional "staff" writers so please email if you might be interested. This would include but is not limited to product + book reviews, articles, and tutorials. Please let us know what your interest is.

Please don't let this limit you. You may have a fabulous idea that we've not thought of and we'd love to hear it! As always, please feel free to send any themed artwork, articles, etc. you think we might be able to use in a future issue.

Home submissions DUE FEBRUARY 15!!