Welcome To The Brand New Design Cuts Community Newsletter

If this e-mail is not displayed properly, click [here.]( Finally! Design chat you want to read. [Open in browser]( [Design Cuts]( [Graphics]( [Templates]( [Fonts]( [Add-ons]( [Scrapbooking]( [Affinity]( [Procreate]( [Our Community]( Hi {NAME} Welcome to our first issue of the Design Cuts community newsletter, from here on in we'll be dropping into your inbox monthly bringing you the latest news and chatter from us and the community! Kick back, relax and dive in... Blooming Lovely We Think! We've just wrapped up our Springtime competition. We had so many incredible entries from all of our wonderful community - thank you! But there could only be one winner and we'd like to congratulate Ray Schurr - Attorney by day, Artist by night! 'Lady Of The Garden' was created using [The Ultimate Brush Toolbox]( & [Honeywine Floral Art Collection](. You can see all the entries [here]( [Daffodil Song]( Only One Winner, But A Noteable Shout Out To Greg Crowhurst We must say, [Greg's entry]( is by far one of the most interesting and unusual entries we've seen for one of our competitions. We really appreciate the effort and the song - totally made us smile, thank you! A Little Community Chatter [Favourite Design Podcasts]( If you're looking for a little inspirational insight into the world of design or just looking for something interesting to listen to, the community share their favourite podcasts for general design conversation [HERE](. [The Best Settings For Digital Art Printing]( The community talk through the complexities they've found with printing their art and the lessons they've learnt along the way; sharing the settings they've found that are best for digital art. Check it out [HERE](. [File Change From Mac To PC]( A conversation around the difficulty one Design Cutter is having when exporting files from Mac to PC and the reasons behind why this is happening and the solution. Find out more about this [HERE](. [Emote Animation]( Are You Winking At Me? A tip from our community Stephanie Padgett, one of our incredible Design Cutters, kindly shared a quick tip and showed us how to create an emote animation using Procreate. Check it out on [YouTube.]( Follow Stephanie on Insta: @AmusedSteph It Landed! And It's Our Product Of The Month The eagerly awaited [new pack from Lisa Glanz]( hit the marketplace at the end of March and it hasn't disappointed. Fun, gritty and just another stunning set; which is already becoming a firm favourite of the community. Lisa dropped in to give a [tutorial]( using her new pack too - check out both if you haven't already! [brush pack]( [Tutorial]( Every Day Is A School Day... A Fun School! We've rounded up a few of the latest tutorials to arrive in our [learning hub]( to help you develop your skills and have a little fun. And, we've rounded up a few of our latest posts in the [knowledge hub]( too - we hope you enjoy them! [Folk Art Drawing Session]( [Procreate - Folk Art Drawing Tutorial]( [clipping masks tutorial]( [Photoshop - 10 Ways To Use Clipping Masks In Your Photo Artistry]( [Lightroom preset tutorial]( [Lightroom - How To Choose Presets In Lightroom]( [Quick and easy animated backgrounds in Photoshop]( Submitted by Design Cutter: Graphikjules [pattern brush creation]( [How to make a super easy Procreate pattern brush]( Submitted by Design Cutter: Abbie Nurse [Final Art Tile size]( [Calculating Final Art Tile Size in Adobe Illustrator]( Submitted by Design Cutter: Dana Batho A Spotlight On 'Share Your Work' Whether you're a regular in our community hub or haven't yet virtually stepped [into the space]( it's always a hubbub of artistic creation and we thought it would be nice to regularly shine a light on some of the work we see - it doesn't have to be perfect to make the cut, as we're all learning, it's just a round up of a few that have stood out and the story behind them... [jules art]( Doodling Is The Perfect Stress-Reliever Jules Williamson, a long term Design Cutter, regularly joins our community coffee shop hangout. Following a conversation during one of them, about sharing work that wasn't 'professional' or 'good enough', she decided to share some of her doodles. We think they're awesome and encourage everyone to share their creations - see the original post [HERE](. [Robbys Art]( We're Coining The Term 'Nathanise It' Design Cutters are spread far and wide across the globe and Robby Cook is from downunder, and took inspiration from some native birds seen on her travels. Whilst Robby created the first version of her piece months ago, following the completion of [Nathan's course]( she decided to go back and 'Nathanise' it - stunning! See the original post [HERE](. [Lilians art]( Inspiration For All Design Cutter Lilian Oliver shared her struggles as an individual with bipolar, facing periods of mania (not always productive due to great anxiety and jumping from project to project) and depression or even apathy. She reminds us of the importance of art to help you relax and move forward. We absolutely love this piece and the message that accompanies it. And Lilian has shared many other wonderful work too - see the original post [HERE](. [rosina's art]( Hobby Or Job - It's Great To Keep On Learning New Design Cutter Rosina Lippi, who creates for a hobby, shared this wonderful piece from one of her subject areas of choice; dogs in various degrees of reality, abstraction, and silliness. Whilst Rosina has spent about 10 years working in Photoshop, she is now learning Procreate too and developing her skills - see the original post [HERE](. Until next time, happy creating! 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