Bobbi Stalnaker

☀️ Welcome to: @Sylvia Maina @Thomas Miller @Eric Bruth @Brooke Castro @Claudette Hasenjager It's so great to have you and we hope you find this to be a happy and creative place to be 🤩

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Bobbi Stalnaker

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2 likes • May '25

welcome yall!

Kirsten Jooste

Feb '25 •

🃏ATC Hub

My ATC’s 3&4/6

Making good progress on my very first ATC collection. I’m on track to have all 6 done by the end of Feb and to then share them with you guys!

New comment Feb '25

Bobbi Stalnaker

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1 like • Feb '25

i love the cohesiveness of the theme!!

Mel Lippert

Nov '24 •

🎙️ Chit Chat

'The year that changed the rest of my life'

I'm curious whether anyone else has had that moment, event, experience which forced change, direction and creativity.

New comment Feb '25

Bobbi Stalnaker

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1 like • Feb '25

It wasn't so much a moment but a voice of my higher self that i couldn't deny... In 2022 I was working as a graphic designer in film and television in LA and running my own freelance business. I was feeling burned out and disconnected from my art. I remember thinking...if I keep doing this, I am going to die behind a computer. (not to be too morbid, but it was not good for me) I began thinking about other career paths that I could take...a painter, a sculptor...and then I thought, what about a tattoo artist? I already was a tattoo collector myself and I always though tattoo artists were SO COOL (not to mention someone I paid a lot of money). So I called a friend over that I knew had a machine and i gave her a tattoo...I WAS HOOKED. From there, I bought all the equipment and i practiced and practiced and practiced...fast forward to three years later, I am in a shop and I am more balanced than ever. Graphic design is a side gig for me now, tattooing is my main income. I feel connected to my art and more importantly, the lives i am able to touch and change for the better with it. I love being connected to someone's story and helping bring it to life. I think thats what I was missing from being in design and marketing for so many years. Last year was one that was incredibly hard. It was my first year in a shop, learning to manage clients, my books, and my technique. But coming out of it this year I know is to be the light after the storm. I love connecting with people. I love learning their stories, their fears, their deepest parts...and making a space to feel seen, heard and celebrated.

Bobbi Stalnaker

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1 like • Feb '25

@Mel Lippert they take quite a bit of time and are a totally different medium but so fun to do!

Kirsten Jooste

Feb '25 •

🃏ATC Hub

🔴 Live Call - Artist Trading Cards

Join us on our live chat, here: https://zoom.us/j/97273771231?pwd=tb0KAB5hc8PWPKuy8WzgxbuTXL5TaJ.1

New comment Feb '25

Bobbi Stalnaker

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3 likes • Feb '25

i overslept! 😢😢😢i am so sad i missed this!!! i will definitely be on the next call 😭

Bobbi Stalnaker

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1 like • Feb '25

the time right now is 9:38 i’m usually up earlier but i overslept today 😅

Rene Vh

Jan '25 •

🎙️ Chit Chat

Heyoo

My name's Rene, I live mostly on the internet but my physical form rests in Cape Town somewhere. I love creating in all kinds of media, but my one true love is digital art. Nothing beats drawing on my ipad. I draw cartoons, illustrate comics, paint portraits, art journal and run digital workshops on engaging your imagination through doodling! I'm really interested in being a part of a local online art community to foster networking opportunities I can actually attend, find fellow artistic weirdos to go to markets and conventions with or participate in art challenges with. For fun? I worship at the altar of my 3 cats, grow cannabis in my back garden (which is incredibly therapeutic and relaxing), in fact I just love doing anything in the garden, and I always have my hand in some art project, physical or digital.

New comment Feb '25