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There are few things that can truly beat the convenience of shopping online. Not only do you avoid having to leave the house and face long lines to get the items that you need but shopping online can sometimes even be more affordable than shopping in stores. However, this isn’t a hard and fast rule about online shopping. In fact, if you aren’t careful you can find yourself overpaying for items when you opt to purchase them online. These days, there are just simply so many online stores that are competing for customers with one another. Because of this, you will need to start shopping around for the best deals online in much the same way that you would were you shopping in regular stores. Here are a few tips to help you to find the best deal online for the items that you need so that you can find the savings that you are after. Start Couponing You might think that coupons are exclusively for stores that you visit in person. However, this isn’t the case. With the rising popularity of onl...

Karen Cheung is a self-taught illustrator in Hong Kong specializing in cultural themes. ‘Karen Aruba’ is her illustrator name. The name was inspired by the year she spent in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island known as ‘One Happy Island’ when she was ten to share art with creativity. Inspired by her grandfather and father with the family’s mahjong’ manufacturing factory in Hong Kong from 1963 to 2009, Karen re-designs a series of Mahjong creative artwork in collaboration with her father, craftsman Ricky Cheung, to preserve this dying art form. ‘A Mahjong Story’, is an intimate tale intricately linked with Hong Kong art and culture, showcasing traditional mahjong craftsmanship integrated with artistry.  With a joint-effort of two generations, the ‘Art of Mahjong Craft’ spirit was kept alive with a number of ventures. This year is its 5th anniversary of the brand, Karen Aruba Art, by having the new art studio setup - the latest effort to revive this old tradition with a modern twist....

Shanna Star has been known to be a speaker of truth by those who know her personally. It wasn't until 6.28.18 that Shanna realized her purpose on this earth was to speak her truths in the form of delivering messages that others have not yet found the courage or the words to deliver. The knowledge that Shanna possesses does not come from other books, but rather from our direct source of creation, the universe / God. Why did you write the book "I am a Superhero" and what or who inspires you to write it? Everything I do is intuitively guided, so I didn't have a plan to write this book. One day while stretching I got the idea that I should write a story about the ways I felt so different as a child, and the journey through trying to accept everything taught to us as 'normal', and eventually coming to realize that I'm different for a very important reason. I wanted children to know that they aren't alone in these thoughts, and i wanted adults to also know t...

Otto Laske is a visual artist, composer, and published poet writing in English and German. His visual art is entirely digital; his concert music comprises both instrumental and electronic works. Given that his compositional career of 45 years preceded his turn to visual art (in his seventies), his work shows strong influences of music-compositional thinking in that it emphasizes energy flow, variations of density, conflict resolution, and contrasts in terms of color, line, and stroke.  Otto’s visual art developed out of animations comprising images, music, and his own poetry read aloud. He initially exhibited specially selected animation stills as paintings. As time went on, he increasingly embraced Klee’s notion of Aufzucht der Mittel (nurturance of the tools of the craft) as the core of art making. As a result, his primary concern became the aliveness of the pictorial space. For him, this esthetics entails freeing the elements of painting from subservience to representational goa...

Robert Wolf is a composer for film and video games living in Los Angeles, CA. He has worked on several of the worlds leading mobile games, such as Call of Duty: Mobile and Honor of Kings. He is a graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music. We have conducted a short interview with him. Robert Wolf, Composer In your opinion as a composer, how important is music in films and video games? I think it is extremely important. It can have a huge effect on the emotional tone of a project and can sometimes be the one thing people remember long after watching the film or playing the game. I think the importance is being recognized more and more, given what a big part of pop-culture even old retro-video game soundtracks are these days. Based on your personal experience, what is the style and composition that is highly in demand nowadays? Video game music is extremely diverse. It is difficult to generalize, but many games use orchestral music, many strategy games or fantasy RPGs have beautiful or...

Iness Kaplun is a New York Pop Art artist. Iness works in mixed media, collage, using newspapers, magazines, painting and drawing. Her passion for art and painting began at home as a child when her grandfather, himself an artist, painter and decorator, first handed her his brush. Her love of painting has remained within her throughout the years since, continuously reminding her of her roots and where she came from. We have conducted a short interview with Iness. Where are you originally from and where are you based? I live in New York City but originally I’m from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I graduated from Saint-Petersburg University of Technology and Design with Art degree. Currently I teach Art and painting to children and adults in my art studio in addition to pursuing my own artistic career.  Tell us about your style/ favorite artists.  In current moment of my life I find myself under a big influence of Pop Art. My favorite artists are Andy Warhol and his extremely con...

Jacco de Jager in an illustrator/artist living in Utrecht the Netherlands.To finance his passion and to pay the rent for his studio, he does paid freelance work as a (web)designer and illustrator and a part time job in the marketing branch of a telecom retailer. He also makes electronic music together under the name ‘Glitterkots en de Nasmaak’ which roughly translates to “Glitter vomit and the aftertaste”. We have conducted a short interview with Jacco. Where does your name 'Donorbrain' come from?  As a kid I was always fascinated by anatomy. I remember these medical books my parents had full of pictures made in the seventies and occasionally would browse trough them. I’ve also always been interested in comic books and later on Manga. It was then when I discovered Battle Angel Alita. I loved the concept about human brains in a cyborg body/shell and the idea of them being interchangeable. The whole concept of an identity or ‘being’ residing in an organ,...