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Today I share a Dandelion greeting card.

These little blooms are considered weeds most of the time. They grow where we don’t want them, usually.

But they’re also entirely edible, persistent, beautiful, and can be found almost all over the world. They have deep roots. And they rarely give up.

I think we have a lot to learn from these little flowers.

https://goimagine.com/individual-dandelion-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

• Everything I make is #HumanMade
• I paint, print, package, and post everything myself
• No genAI, no POD, no drop shipping

#mastoArt #FediGiftShop #Goimagine #IndieArtist #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #GreetingCards

Product photograph of an illustrated dandelion greeting card, posed on a white envelope on a kraft paper background. Predominant colors are golden yellow and green.

This piece is called The Farmer and the Fox. It’s based on the fable by Aesop.

The story goes like this: A farmer decides to tie an oil-soaked rope around the tail of a fox as revenge for it breaking into his chicken coop. He lights it on fire, and the fox runs into his fields, lighting them on fire.

The farmer gets no harvest that year.

This story could have many morals, but the one I’m interested in is the idea of pointless revenge and ruthlessness. When one becomes self-righteous in their vindictiveness, things can often turn around to devastating effect. So don’t be a dick.

And I think that’s a lesson a LOT of us—especially in the US on the right—have forgotten. It has been said that “the cruelty is the point”, and I believe that’s true. I just hope karma strikes back soon.

This is available as a greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/the-farmer-and-the-fox-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

I don’t use any sort of generative image assistance to help me make these. They’re all done slowly in Procreate, and printed, packaged, and posted from my own home. I don’t do print-on-demand drop shipping.

Here’s the speedpaint: https://makertube.net/w/j7SZxpYAikRgMCWHyeVhMc

You can watch the livestream recordings of its creation here:
Pt 1— https://makertube.net/w/uHfmYYM3845ZAMYhGxr3T7
Pt 2— https://makertube.net/w/sjTUJDBhgLdj6C4ahVUfFp
Pt 3— https://makertube.net/w/5SigxX96osnhDyjoSFjZBt

#art #Fediart #Illustration #goimagine #artistsonpixelfed #indieartist #procreateartist #

Illustration of a running fox with a burning rope trailing behind it, lighting different panels of wheat on fire, ascending from bottom to the top, with a shadowy portrait of a farmer in a had looking downward.

Today I’m sharing a set of teacup greeting cards, featuring cups from my grandmother-in-law’s personal collection. These are family heirlooms.

https://goimagine.com/illustrated-teacups-greeting-cards-boxed-set-1-5x7-with-envelopes/

Painted, printed, and packaged by me in my studio. No artificially generated ridiculousness and no manufactured POD drop-shipping.

#HumanMade #Tea #Teacups #Art #MastoArt #GreetingCards #HumboldtMade #Goimagine

Photograph of six illustrated greeting cards featuring different teacups, arranged on a wooden plank with white envelopes.

Today I share some birthday cards, some of the rare cards I’ve made with any sort of sentiment or theme on them.

But I put hats on these, and I think they’re fun!

https://goimagine.com/cheeky-chirps-illustrated-bird-birthday-greeting-cards-boxed-set-5x7-with-envelopes/

These are all #HumanMade. I paint them all in Procreate, then print them at home, package them all up, and mail them out myself—no POD fulfillment company for me.

I made a LOT of birds, and I’ve sometimes circled back and used them in different kinds of ways. I promised myself I’d make more birds in hats, and they’re still on my list! In the meantime, if you know anyone who might like a clever bird birthday card, consider these please!

#FediGiftShop #Birthday # BirthdayCards #GreetingCards #IndieArtist #Birds #Birdart #Illustration # Art #MastoArt #goimagine

Product photograph of six birthday cards featuring three different illustrations of birds in hats

A long time ago, I was doing landscapes. I focused on waterfalls, and fell in love with the green and the water.

I used what I learned making these to do more projects, including a landscape calendar (of sorts) in 2023.

Every time I look at these, I remember the calm I experienced making them. And perhaps that’s part of why I’m so happy amongst the trees here behind the #RedwoodCurtain.

https://goimagine.com/illustrated-waterfalls-greeting-cards-boxed-set-5x7-with-envelopes/

A playlist of speedpaint videos of the creation of these images can be watched here:

https://makertube.net/w/p/2BEwAij9RULVGnQpkAKMUJ

#art #illustration #greetingcards #FediGiftShop #IndieArtist #playlist #speedpaint #ShopSmall #Goimagine

Product photograph of six waterfall-themed illustrated waterfall greeting cards arranged side-by-side on a kraft paper background. Dominant colors are greens, browns, and soft rustic oranges.

Going back to my roots, and sharing the very first pack of greeting cards I ever made:

https://goimagine.com/song-birds-greeting-cards-assorted-all-occasion-note-cards-5x7-with-envelopes/

These were the first birds I felt deserved their own boxed set. I’m happy to say they’ve found their way into many happy homes in the last couple years. I still look back at these pieces with a kind of shock they came out of my hands.

I used Procreate to make these, and while these were made far before the advent of artificially generated slop, I’m proud to say I still do everything by hand with no “generative assistance” BS. These are all #HumanMade

I print, package, and post all of these myself from my own studio. No drop-shipping or POD companies. All me.

#shopsmall #goimagine #handmade #IndieArtist #Art #GreetingCards #Birds #Birdart #Art #FediGiftShop #Artist

Product photograph of six greeting cards featuring birds of various species and colors against a kraft paper background.

This piece is inspired by the fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, by Aesop.

I did it entirely in Procreate without the help of any generative AI “assistance”. It’s kind of my take on a mashup of Art Nouveau, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, digital art, and storytelling.

I’m really happy with how this piece turned out. I especially love the rich browns and oranges of the canvas textures, as well as the teals and greens. I think this color palette is one that I’m comfortable with, and I seem to fall into using it quite a bit.

It’s available as a greeting card here:
https://goimagine.com/the-tortoise-the-hare-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

And as part of a varitety pack boxed set here: https://goimagine.com/art-nouveau-fairytale-boxed-variety-pack-greeting-cards-2-5x7-with-envelopes/

AND as a limited edition, signed and numbered print here: https://goimagine.com/the-tortoise-and-the-hare-11x17-limited-edition-print/

You can watch the speedpaint of its creation here: https://makertube.net/w/hLKS2mwuudyauS23upVmpo

#art #artistsonpixelfed #Fediart #FediGiftShop #IndieArtist #Goimagine #ArtShop #ShopSmall #Procreate #Speedpaint

Stylized art nouveau illustration in browns, teals, and oranges inspired by the fable The Tortoise and the Hare. Both animals are on the left, with a stylized path and tree and plants on the right.

Today is, apparently, World Goth Day. And I thought I might remind folks of this Gothic Tea Digital Print-it-Yourself art stationery pack I made a while ago:

https://goimagine.com/gothic-tea-printable-stationery-mega-pack/

I think it’s perfectly appropriate for some quiet time away from all the tech.

#art #letters #letterwriting #stationery #paper #IndieArtist #WorldGothDay2025 #goimagine #FediGiftShop

Promotional image featuring an arrangement of art stationery papers featuring a gothic tea theme. Done entirely in black and white. Text says “Printable Stationery Set, 12 Lined Letter Pages + 13 Unlined Letter Pages + 4 Envelopes, 29 Pieces Download Set”.

The Frog Prince.

This is one of my very favorite pieces. I love it so much that I started to sell it as my very very first print ever. It was because of this image that I took the plunge and started offering limited edition, numbered and signed prints of some of my pieces.

I think this one looks great in a large scale and nicely framed, and because I print it at home on my high-end printer, and don’t offer a myriad of different sizes and ratios, I know exactly what it looks like. I can control it. And this piece looks AWEsome in a Tabloid size/11x17” scale. So much glorious detail!

I’ve been told that it’s very “old school” to offer prints in only one size. Well, so be it. I print them on my own printer, and sign & number them so, yeah, I guess that’s the old-fashioned way of doing things. I’ll only ever print 30 of these, so I’m okay with that.

https://goimagine.com/the-frog-prince-11x17-limited-edition-print/

But it’s also available as a greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/the-frog-prince-11x17-limited-edition-print/

And as part of a Fairy Tale variety pack here: https://goimagine.com/art-nouveau-fairytale-variety-pack-greeting-cards-2-5x7-with-envelopes/

I made this using Procreate. I don’t use generative image “assistance” at all. Here’s the speedpaint: https://makertube.net/w/tJQWn6b8gtHF8D3hphAK7W

#art #FediArt #artistsonpixelfed #FairyTale #Frog #Prince #story #Print #Goimagine #GreetingCard #IndieArtist #FEdiGiftShop #ShopSmall

Illustrated rendition of The Frog Prince, done in a stylized Art Nouveau manner with raised filigree decorative framing. Image depicts a girl with pink hair and a frog on a lily pad, with cascading willows above. Primarily muted greens and dusty golden yellows on a paper texture.

This piece is based on the fairy tale, Rapunzel. It is done in an Art Nouveau-inspired style.

It can be found as a greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/rapunzel-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

This piece is Human-Made, done stroke by stroke in Procreate. It took me 7hr 42min and 5925 strokes of my Apple Pencil stylus to complete the piece.

You can watch the livestream recordings of when I made it here:
Pt 1: https://makertube.net/w/nxxhS4JuUwBP86eSvCjz5f
Pt 2: https://makertube.net/w/3KsbJXf3rGL9zZHyP3Gdrt

#HumanMadeArt #FediArt #artistsonpixelfed #greetingcards #Goimagine #IndieArtist #FediGiftShop #fairytale #rapunzel

Illustration inspired by Rapunzel and done in an Art Nouveau-esque style. Primary colors include golds, yellows, greens, reds, and grays.

Today, I’m sharing a new card on my shop: a Bluethroat. These birds are found in Europe all the way across the Palearctic to Alaska.

I had an older version included in literally *the* first pack of bird greeting cards I’d ever made, but this new update is now available as an individual card.

https://goimagine.com/bluethroat-single-bird-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

BUT—here’s a new feature—I finally set up my art shop to enable folks to select six cards and get one of those cards free. So essentially, you can design your own packs of single cards (from the 130 in my shop) and pay less.

Now I know—“Six greeting cards for $30?! That’s cray cray! I can get them so much cheaper somewhere else!” Yep. You can.

But these are painted, printed, packed, and posted by me (the artist) personally. These are Human-Made cards with Human-Made art, done by an independent artist keenly interested in helping people make connections with each other.

For me, this is more than sales or profit margins or giant corporations riding trends and hokey celebrity meme cards. I could do the lowest common denominator and make more money with stolen generated image schlock.

This is not that.

And these cards are not for folks who can’t tell or don’t care about the difference.

Where the art comes from that you share with others matters.

#greetingcards #birds #birdart #IndieArtist #Goimagine #Handmade #ShopSmall #FediGiftShop #FediArt

Photograph of an illustrated greeting card featuring a bluethroat bird, arranged with gold berries and a fountain pen.

This piece was inspired by the fairy tale, The Ugly Duckling.

It was done entirely in Procreate, with no artificial generative assistance.

It is available as a greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/the-ugly-duckling-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

(FYI, when you purchase six greeting cards on my shop, you’ll get the price of one removed at checkout!)

This piece took 3242 strokes with my Apple Pencil to make, over the course of 4h 42min. Here’s the speedpaint: https://makertube.net/w/qX4ZSB94GCxEY2f4LBHVeE

While I’ve been inspired by the work of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and her particular take on the Art Nouveau style, I’m proud to say that with each piece I’ve started to step further away from trying to emulate her work and leaning more into my own preferences and skillset. Every new piece I’ve made has been more and more my own expression. And this piece, The Ugly Duckling, was no exception. I’m quite proud of it!

#art #illustration #fairytale #story #uglyduckling #IndieArtist #goimagine #FediGiftShop #Artistlife #ShopSmall #ShopForArt #ArtForSale #greetingcards

Stylized illustration inspired by The Ugly Duckling, featuring a little cygnet in the lower left corner and silhouettes of adult swans in the upper right, surrounded by three-dimensional filigree in an Art Nouveau style.

I am so STOKED!!!

I finally --Finally!-- learned how to make a promotion in my art storefront that takes the subtotal of six individual greeting card selections and makes a blanket discount of the price of an individual card from that subtotal.

Essentially, Select Six & Get One of them Free.

And it does it automatically—no code, no coupon, nothing to remember.

I am SO happy! I’ve been trying to figure this out for a very long time, and my brain couldn’t wrap itself around it. I’m really really happy I can finally make this happen!!

https://goimagine.com/coreyartusimagery/

#Goimagine #ArtShop #FediGiftShop #IndieArtist #ArtistLife #ArtForSale

I have a new greeting card available on my storefront. It’s a White-Browed Rosefinch, found in Asia.

Here’s the link: https://goimagine.com/white-browed-rosefinch-single-bird-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

All my art is Human-Made. I use Procreate on my iPad doing each image stroke by stroke. You can watch the speedpaint here: https://makertube.net/w/oZ4h8rdMLA8ZUhsxH2ci2t

and the livestream recording of when I made it here: https://makertube.net/w/mDQ3AXkiYNGYh5qV5qmjTY

#FediGiftShop #GreetingCards #Rosefinch #bird #Birdart #Goimagine #ArtShop #IndieArtist

Product photograph of an illustrated greeting card featuring a White-Browed Rosefinch against a green and dusty pink paper-textured background.

Got this one done on my livestream this afternoon: The Piglet, the Sheep, and the Goat.

In essence, the fable goes like this: A pig, a sheep, and a goat live together in a pen on a farm. The pig squeals every time the farmer sticks his hand in the pen. One day the sheep and the goat ask why the pig screams to much. “He handles us all the time and we aren’t hurt.”

The pig replies, “But for you, Mr. Sheep, the farmer only wants your wool. And for you, Mrs. Goat, he wants your milk. But there is only one thing he wants from me, and it will be my end.”

The moral being that perspective matters. That we can’t dismiss danger to others simply because we don’t experience it ourselves. That our lived experiences are not equal.

And I think that’s really really important in today’s society. We are experiencing what it’s like to forget that simple truth.

Here’s the speedpaint: https://makertube.net/w/qu1fyGWWnc9fipgcG6Etdn

It’s also available as a greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/the-piglet-the-sheep-and-the-goat-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

#art #MastoArt #Fable #GreetingCards #Speedpaint #FediGiftShop #IndieArtist #Goimagine #ArtShop #ArtForSale

Illustration inspired by the fable, The Piglet, the Sheep, and the Goat, done heavily stylized with animal portraits and deep textured canvas surfaces in browns, blues, greens, yellows, and oranges.

This is my take on The Little Mermaid, a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

I really love all the blues and purples. I think the pop of gold in the top around the ship is sort of reminiscent of a sunset.

This piece is available as a greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/little-mermaid-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

And as part of a set of six fairy tale greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/little-mermaid-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

I don’t use artificial image generation to “assist” me on this. There is none of it in my process. All of my art is Human-made using Procreate on my iPad, stroke by stroke.

And here’s the speedpaint: https://makertube.net/w/2aAsvstzyV9jcEJ36ZUPnZ

Here are the livestream recordings of when I made it:
Pt 1: https://makertube.net/w/hDHkDtGCbnXf5Q7eFkaMm2
Pt 2: https://makertube.net/w/2hKfgDLc9MFD9ze6Q4JHXF

#art #illustration #LittleMermaid #FediGiftShop #GreetingCards #IndieArtist #ProcreateArtist #ArtShop #Goimagine

Illustration of The Little Mermaid, swimming underwater in blues and purples, surrounded by bubbles, looking upward at a ship in the top right corner silhouetted in sunlight. The piece is heavily textured and inspired by the Art Nouveau style.

I have officially put my very first art print up for sale on my Goimagine Art shop.

https://goimagine.com/the-frog-prince-11x17-limited-edition-print/

I’m sticking with a 11x17” size and that’s it, because my work looks a lot better when it’s bigger. Turns out a lot more of the detailed texture and subtle coloring shifts are visible when things aren’t microscopic! Ha!

I decided my prints will all be limited editions of 30, signed & numbered on the back, and include a certificate of authenticity. Plus they'll be printed by me, personally, in my own studio, full-bleed at 400dpi on my fancy-schmancy 8-color printer. So I can quality check!

I had made some of my birds available on my Etsy shop a very long time ago through their Printful integration, but I could never really be sure they were bright enough and clear enough… I had no idea what my customer was getting. And so having prints drop-shipped through someone else has always worried me.

In the end, it’s simply another way of making my artwork available and special for the collector. I’m not really doing traditional art yet, so this is the next best thing for me to offer.

Ultimately, I’m just really happy with how they’re looking so far, and truly proud to finally offer them!

#art #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #ArtPrints #Prints #Fairytale #Goimagine #IndieArtist #ArtShop #ArtforSale

Product photo of a framed illustrated print inspired by The Frog Prince, propped up against a butter yellow wall on a wooden plank. A nearby vase of berries compliments the piece.

Black-Capped Chickadees, anyone?

If you’re itching to get off line for a bit, there are worse things to do than write a letter on pretty paper.

https://goimagine.com/illustrated-black-capped-chickadee-60-piece-stationery-paper-pack-8-5x11-lined-and-unlined/

#art #illustration #paper #stationery #FediGiftShop #Goimagine #letterwriting #correspondence #birds #birdart

Product photograph of several sheets of illustrated bird stationery featuring a Black-Capped Chickadee against a pastel textured edges of teal and greens with light glowing circular motifs floating throughout.

I call this piece “Tradition”.

It’s a comment on the power of peer pressure from dead people.

I like some traditions, but the ones that inflict judgement or the ones that self-justify themselves because “this is the way it has always been” can be quite dangerous and unhealthy to some. Tradition can be wielded like a cudgel to deny things simply out of spite and hate or fear or convenience.

Tradition can regulate behavior in ways that are illogical and demeaning. It can pre-determine choices and restrict freedoms.

It can be a tool to generate fear.

There are far too many bad traditions, and I am a firm believer in the power of change. That people can be better humans and turn away from harmful traditions when they want or need to. The human capacity to make their own choices is valuable, and implies we have agency. That we can rise above our circumstance.

This piece is available as an individual greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/tradition-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

it’s also available as part of a six-card variety pack here: https://goimagine.com/art-nouveau-variety-pack-of-greeting-cards-5x7-with-envelopes/

And here’s the speedpaint: https://makertube.net/w/ornug3My8VYVtL6cBpMeoF

And livestream recording of when it was made: https://makertube.net/w/2Bp8d7RgRAu9JchFMqkxr1

#art #illustration #tradition #indieArtist #FediGiftShop #ArtNouveau #texture #FediArt #Artist #Goimagine #artshop

Heavily textured digital art piece featuring raised lines and multiple layers of paint. Tones range from deep acid greens to burnt oranges and yellows, brown grays and dark taupes. composition features several figures with ghost white faces and a large multi-colored eye below. Above is an arch with dark figures looking on.

This piece is another in my series of "Red Cloaks" images. I think the filigree ended up looking like a metal die-cut instead of a built-up bead, but I still think it's effective none-the-less as something unique and interesting.

This piece is inspired by the fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood.

It can be purchased as a single greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/rose-path-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

It can also be purchased as part of a six-card variety pack of similar images here: https://goimagine.com/art-nouveau-red-cloak-variety-pack-of-greeting-cards-5x7-with-envelopes/

And, of course, here's the speedpaint where you can see how it all happened: https://makertube.net/w/o2soSxJ4bxbEeMnVkwQACe

This style of "Art Nouveau" (or whatever it is) really feels satisfying to me to work in. I've done a lot of images now in this mode, practicing it and refining it to make it more of my own. This image is an older image and one of the last that I'll be sharing here on Pixelfed before I launch into sharing my more recent pieces that each represent a specific story or tale.

#art #illustration #greetingcards #speedpaint #indieartist #goimagine #Fedigiftshop #Procreate

#goimagine

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