Lots Of Free Stuff!
3 Free Months Of Films, Free Design Book, 2 Free Months Art Courses, 3 Free Months Photo/Design Software...
‘L'ornement Polychrome’ by Albert Racinet, free hi-res photo from Raw Pixel
The Free Stuff Issue
Hi! Here are some free things I’ve been enjoying, hope you like them too.
The Shape of Design
A Shakers proverb says, “Do not make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both, do not hesitate to make it beautiful.”
Maria Popova calls it “an indispensable read not only for designers, but for creators in any discipline” A suitably beautiful book by Frank Chimero on storytelling, creative magic, and craft. Download for free in various formats.
3 Free Months Of Film
Get 3 free months of MUBI curated films via the fine folks at FilmHouse. Five days left to catch the mesmerising Portrait of a Lady On Fire. Loved it.
Meanwhile on iPlayer there’s Basquiat: Rage to Riches and Jeff Koons & co get very, very expensive in The Price of Everything.
‘Wild At Heart’ created by Loch Ness in Affinity Designer
Affinity - 90 Day Free Trials
Made the leap from Photoshop/Illustrator to Affinity apps this year and hasn’t been nearly as painful as expected. UK company Serif make fantastic apps and tutorials to go with them. To support the creative community during the pandemic Affinity are offering a 90 day free trial and 50% off - one off payments of £23.99 for desktop & £9.99 for iPad compared to Adobe’s £10-£50a month.
Botanical Illustration Course with Sara Boccaccini Meadows on Skillshare
SkillShare - 2 Free Months
A couple of excellent book design/layout courses from a SkillShare free trial got me through a paper thin deadline. The offer gives you access to all courses.
Free Art Stuff For Kids
Pretty, pretty good for adult size kids too...
Draw With Rob is so good HarperCollins are making it into a book.
Artist Activity Packs with Antony Gormley, Idris Khan, Gillian Wearing.
Patterns of Flora Colouring Book celebrates the diverse flora of Raasay.
Royal Drawing School share Drawing From Home lessons.
Loose Ends
Chat and buy from artists on Zoom The V-Art Show (May 7th, 7-10pm)
The Case of the Missing Hit. Best podcast episode I’ve listened to this year.
New on MoMa - Andy Shaw’s Modern Home with Shark Pool.
Worth a replay… ‘Tail wag of apology, didn’t even mean it’
See you next week!
Grant