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Working through emotions with creativity by Esther Loopstra

How can we use art (I mean any kind of creativity, not just drawing and painting) to access our emotions, get them out of our body and share them with vulnerability? The more we keep them inside, the more these feelings will come out in harmful ways such as damage to our body, inappropriate interactions with others or self-harm.

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Pattern making demo - Part 2 by Esther Loopstra

I finished the second part of my demo on how to use Adobe Capture CC and Adobe Illustrator to create repeatable patterns from your drawings. In this video you will learn how to use the Live Paint tool and the Pattern tool to color your shapes and then turn them into a repeatable pattern. It's really fun and easy, enjoy!

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Adobe Capture CC and Illustrator pattern tutorial by Esther Loopstra

I've been pretty blown away with Adobe's Capture CC app and how easily you can turn your sketches or drawings into vectors. These "shapes" as they call them go directly into your Adobe Library so you can open them in Photoshop or Illustrator. How fun is that?

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Practical tips for finding an Illustration style by Esther Loopstra

Hi Everyone! I recently began working in a different style of illustration, one that I've been thinking about and playing with for a long time. I thought I'd share a bit about my process and my creative "breakthrough". I feel that I have a consistent style as far as my illustrations go, but my paintings are a bit more free flowing and intuitive.

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