Amy Denise

Sunset Ruins Acrylic on Canvas

Sunset Ruins Acrylic Painting Process

After painting Homecoming, the warmth of summer was creeping in, and  I couldn’t help but think of tropical landscapes. So the question I asked myself is, what kind of magical tropical place do I want to explore? What beautiful, mysterious place do I want to visit? What if, while out on a hike, you discover some ancient ruins? Pushing My Acrylic Painting Skills I realized that the last two acrylic paintings I had done were full of rocks and sand. So, I wanted to add some trees for this painting to challenge myself and grow my skills. I really enjoyed

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Homecoming Acrylic on Canvas by Amy Denise

Finding My Home in Acrylics: The Inspirations and Journey Behind Homecoming​

Homecoming: This painting is more than just a dragon flying home at night to the castle it guards. It was when painting this piece that I felt like I was coming home, back to painting. I’ve been trying so many different mediums trying to find the one that fit. I never considered acrylic painting. My oil paints have been sitting for years because I didn’t want to have to deal with solvents. I kept trying everything else. It was like a subtle self-sabotage or imposter syndrome. While I have always liked the idea of painting and selling my paintings, for

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Purple Planet acrylic on canvas by Amy Denise

Acrylic Painting is My New Favorite Thing

So if you have read my last blog post on setting art goals for the new year, you will know that this year for me was going to be all about character design and 3D modeling. Well, when winter classes opened up at the Indy Art Center, there was a character drawing class for adults. I was going to sign up and, at the last minute, decided not to. I thought I would wait until spring. Spring classes went up, and that class was no longer available. I really wanted to have a class where I could meet other creatives

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Living My Best Creative Life Beyond Instagram

Rediscovering Creativity: Living Beyond the Instagram Grid

One major step I have taken this year was deleting my Instagram profile. It was not a decision I made overnight. It was something that I had been thinking about for a while. I should also note that this is not the first time I have left social media. Not all social, though; I still look at YouTube and Pinterest almost daily 🙂 but I do not have the same pressure with those platforms. My History of Social Media Full disclosure: I have never been a huge fan of social media. This will age me, but even back in the

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Setting Creative Goals for 2024

Setting Creative Goals in 2024

Happy New Year! Who’s ready for 2024? As creatives, we often want to set new art goals each year. The driving force is often less about the creative process and more about building a stronger portfolio and getting more clients. That is all great stuff to aim for. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to keep the pressure of those goals from stifling your creativity. I will share my goals and some things to remember when setting yours, which will hopefully help you remember to create for the sake of creating. So here’s what’s up for Amy Denise this year. It’s

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Witchy Cauldron Room 3D Illustration by Amy Denise

The Cauldron Room Witchy 3D Illustration

The Cauldron Room is the Second 3D Illustration I have created. The first was the ice cream shop from my last post. This Illustration was challenging. I gave myself a hard deadline for this one. I wanted it to be done by Halloween. There was no budging on this deadline. That was it. Pencils down! The Idea for the Witchy Cauldron Room 3D Illustration The idea for this model came from the fact Halloween was coming. I had planned on doing some cute, fun models for some dtiys on Instagram, but this idea wouldn’t let go. So I said, okay,

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Ice Cream Shop 3D Illustration Blender by Amy Denise

My 3D Illustration Journey in 2023

UPDATE: Ice Cream Shop 3D Illustration Poster Print Now Available The Start of 2023 I did not see my year going in this direction when it started. I planned to stay focused on surface pattern design and create at least one pattern each week. It never happened. I’ve been dealing with some serious creative block regarding patterns. I felt lost even though I had my planner all set with collections to work on, but I just could not even draw anything I liked. I was sinking into a little bit of a depression. I had put so much pressure on

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Happy New Year 2023 - Setting Goals

New Year, Same Me, New Goals

Happy New Year! I know some of you are rolling your eyes and saying it’s too late to say Happy New Year we are more than half way through January. That’s fair, but It’s the first post on my blog this year so I’m saying it. So it’s a new year which means it’s time to reflect on what worked and what didn’t for last year and set some new goals for the year. I personally don’t like to make a resolution for the year. I prefer to set smaller more attainable goals all year. For me, that’s the best

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Updated Carousel Surface Pattern Collection by Amy Denise

Carousel Pattern Collection UPDATE

Just when I thought I was done with the Carousel collection I put it out into the world to get some feedback and I made some big changes. I feel like this collection is way more complete. If you want to see how the pattern collection looked before, you can visit the original Carousel Collection blog post. Small Improvements Can Make a Big Impact The main issue I was trying to work out was that it just seemed a little too busy. I really didn’t leave any space for your eyes to rest in the original collection. I dove back

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Carousel Surface Pattern Designs by Amy Denise

Carousel Pattern Collection

Do you ever start on a project and then in the middle completely head off in a different direction and you can’t pull yourself away and go back to the original project or idea? That is what happened when working on my latest collection.  Creating the Carousel Surface Pattern Collection My newest collection of pattern designs called Carousel came about after I had spent weeks working on a completely different collection called At The Fair. I had a collection of 8 patterns that I liked, but for some reason it didn’t feel complete. I kept playing with my motifs and

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