Art 103A

The Plan:

Find a design that is likable to put on a product or make something creative out of.

Create my new stamp.

Brainstorm ideas in AI, such as Firefly AI.

Find a website for what product I wish to create such as a mug or a totebag.

Make something marketable.

First, I found the design I wanted to create by brainstorming and looking online. I decided on two mushrooms with a gravel design below them.

Second, I created my stamp using techniques we learned earlier in the year.

I used firefly AI and different prompts such as "Two mushrooms with a gravel floor and forest theme. Lots of balance and rhythm throughout the lines used. " and "Two large mushrooms with complex lines and a lot of flow." to come up with a more refined design for my final product.

Website brainstorming: I used websites such as,printify and custom ink to brainstorm what product I wanted to make with my design. I settled on deciding to make a totebag because I enjoyed how that turned out the most. But, lets go through the process of how I created by product first.

First, I used printify. I saw this red and blue tiedye and thought it would compliment the colors of the muted green with something more vibrant + the red. It did not turn out as expected, I didnt like it at all.

Next, I tried a crystal tiedye design from printify. I liked this a bit more, but I think going with a more muted toned red to compliment the green might be a better desicion.

I didnt find many other interesting or standoutish products from that website, so I moved on to my next one: Custom Ink. Custom Ink has many options for custom printing clothing, stickers, totebags, ect. I decided to go with a muted red totebag and see what it looks like. I liked it a lot, but still found the red daunting. Maybe a pink will look better with the more muted green since it is a bit more yellow.

And finally, exactly what I wanted! Something that compliments the colors of the design well while being functional. I love it! I think the muted pink goes well with the muted green and the yellow tones like I mentioned before. Here is my final product:

Make something marketable: I wanted the product to market not just to me so I can learn and grow how to continue selling art in the future. Certain pointers we have been given throughout the semester on this such as selling in person using square have been helpful. I plan on using these tips in the future.

Final Product: The final product used unity, rhythm and pattern to implement different design elements and use them together. I think the overall balance of my design really shines through in the final image. The mushrooms carry a sort of forest-like ambiance and the changes in line show form throughout the piece and showcase depth, overall there is a sense of unity and harmony throughout. I think choosing a product where the color balances well on the color wheel with the colors in my stamp was a good choice too, and helped to unify everything, as well.

For my first fellow student tutorial that I followed, I chose the tutorial "Digital Art and Photography" which is a mixed media-collaging type of tutorial by Daisy Prizo. https://daisyprizo.blogspot.com/2025/10/mixed-media-tutorial-digital-art-and.html I completed this tutorial using the pixlr app.

For my second example I chose to follow https://kailanleia.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-ive-learned-so-far-with-digital-art.html. I completed this tutorial using procreate.

Hello everyone, for this weeks stamping to digital assignment I took some inspiration I saw online and in Procreate chose to rework a piece I saw into a simpler design. I really paid attention to the tutorial made by our instructor and followed some tips and tricks she gave such as using wax paper to transfer your design to linocut.

Some other tips and tricks I learned!:

Blot, dont smear ink onto your stamp while stamping. This allows for more ink on the stamp itself to transfer to the paper.

Take an image of your stamp before starting carving and keep your orginial wax paper incase there is any smearing while carving.

I traced my design with a copic ink marker which didnt dry the best and created some smuding while carving, so I would reccommend using a different type of marker. After finishing my stamp I chose my to use black archival ink to do my final composition in.

After finishing my composition I ran it through Firefly AI to further embody some more artistic details. The first prompt I ran through was "Add more realistic details while keeping overall theme and texture, maybe a moon or a sun and some animals. Compose the piece in a way that aligns with elements of art such as rythmn, texture and color coordination." This was the result.

After editing in pixlr and adding some of my own creativity, the final image I landed on for my composition was this: