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]]>Aketch Joy Winnie uses social media platforms to showcase her daily routines, traditional practices, and cultural stories, all while challenging common misconceptions about Africa. Her content often highlights the beauty and simplicity of life in her community, from early morning chores to preparing traditional meals.
One of her most popular videos explains the practical use of natural materials, like cow dung, in constructing houses—a tradition rooted in sustainability and resourcefulness.
With 1M followers on Instagram, Aketch Joy Winnie’s work inspires a global audience to appreciate the richness of African heritage and emphasizes the importance of community and slow, organic living. She and a friend also founded the NGO ‘Little Hands of Grace’ which is dedicated to providing food, safe water, and education to disadvantaged African children.
Check out more of her content below.
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]]>The post Plantagotchi Turns Your Plant Into a Pet and Helps You Take Care of It Better appeared first on MagazineBlogger.
]]>You are probably familiar with digital pets known as Tamagotchis, which were huge in the late ’90s and early ’00s. Well, Plantagotchi brings this idea to a whole new level.
Design as a planter, Plantagotchi has a display in the center that shows the “mood” of your plant. If it’s well taken care of and has everything it needs, the display will let you know through one of various “happy” faces. If not, the display will show a sad face.
Additionally, the plant will “react” to various actions like being petted, absorbing water, and more. A total of 49 animations are included, allowing the plant’s “personality” to really shine.
Plantagotchi knows how your plant’s condition through various sensors that measure soil moisture, light levels, and temperature. By calculating the data that these sensors pick up, this smart planter can successfully determine how your plant “feels.” It can also be programmed for various species to provide the best conditions.
Check out more examples below.
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]]>Backbone x Post Malone controller is aimed at those who play their video games via smartphone. The users only need to snap their smartphone into the controller, and it turns into a handled console.
The controller has a translucent design and comes with a number of intriguing features, including a glow-in-the-dark option and an aluminum D-pad and buttons. Additionally, it is adorned with the Post Malone logo and housed in a hand-made acrylic box that features the “Rockstar” rapper’s signature.
Unfortunately, not everyone will be able to get their hands on the Backbone x Post Malone controller. It is a limited-edition release, and the first 500 units have already been sold out. Currently, the fans can join a waitlist in case another batch gets released.
“Backbone found the perfect solution to bring gaming on the road,” Malone said in a statement. “My schedule makes it difficult to game from home as much as I want. Grateful to collaborate with them on this release.”
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]]>Started by designer and creative Jackson Robinson, Kings Wild Project is a playing card brand that creates some of the coolest playing card packs out there. Their designs are inspired by pop culture, nostalgia moments, and quirky ideas.
For example, Kings Wild Project recently released a deck of playing cards that is inspired by crayons. The package is designed to mimic the box of crayons, while the faces of the cards look like they have been drawn with crayons. To top it all off, the back of the card has illustrations of crayons, so when you open them, it looks like you are opening a box of crayons.
Another design features cards that have been inspired by VHS. They are packaged just like old VHS tapes and even feature holographic effects.
Robinson started the Kings Wild Project in 2013 on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Since then, his playing card designs have been a massive hit with collectors, professionals, and casual card enthusiasts. To see why, check out more of his designs below.
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]]>The post Mondo Unveils New “X-Men” Collectible Figures Featuring Rogue and Gambit appeared first on MagazineBlogger.
]]>Both X-Men characters, created in 1/6 scale, were designed to match their animated counterparts to the slightest detail. Rogue comes dressed in a vibrant green and yellow suit while sporting her signature jacket and two-color hairdo. The figure comes equipped with swappable hands and portraits to “show off her complex power set and personality”.
Gambit figure also comes with an array of additions. There are three different portraits that can be used alongside a number of swappable hands and added items like charged playing cards. According to Mondo, the figure “pays tribute to the Ragin’ Cajun’s kinetic prowess.”
The figures were sculpted by Mondo’s resident sculptor, Alex Brewer, and painted by artist Tomasz Rozejowski.
Rogue and Gambit figures are currently available for preorder on Mondo’s official online shop. The Rogue figure is priced at $210, while the Gambit figure costs $200.
Mondo previously released other X-Men superheroes with looks based on the X-Men ’97 animated series, including Wolverine, Magneto, Jubilee, and Sabretooth.
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]]>The Avengers Tower consists of 5,201 pieces, stands almost three feet tall once completely built, and comes with whooping 31 figures. This includes all your favorite superheroes like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Wanda Vision, as well as some quirky additions like Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios.
“Capture the heroic style and scale of the most iconic building in the Avengers Universe with the 5,201-piece Avengers Tower,” it says on LEGO’s official website. “Standing over 35.5 in. (90 cm) tall, this monumental set is more than just an impressive display piece. It’s filled with ways to replay Infinity Saga battles alongside an all-star cast of 31 figures.”
The Avengers Tower set is set to be released on November 24th with a price tag of $499.99. All members of Lego Insiders who purchase the set until November 27th will get a special gift in the form of a Marvel Taxi set. This additional set includes a taxi car and four additional mini-figures.
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]]>The post Jena Holliday’s Illustrations Inspire Other Women to Keep Growing appeared first on MagazineBlogger.
]]>“My work is inspired by growing up surrounded by women (4 sisters!) and finding that the beauty of our differences always made us stronger,” she writes on her personal website. Other sources of inspiration include diversity, honest motherhood, and her walk of faith (in fact, tying in with her faith, her studio/brand is named Spoonful of Faith).
According to Holliday, her creative spirit blossomed at an early age, but having grown up she put her love of art aside, launching first a career in marketing. “I have always been creative,” she shared in an interview with Creative Lady Collective. “From a young age, I would sketch comic strips and draw people I did life with. I never took it too seriously until after I finished college with a degree in marketing.”
But returning to her original passion was only a matter of time. For Holliday, it was motherhood that reignited her interest in art and illustration. “I decided that I wasn’t really doing what I loved to do, and then after the birth of my first child, I got an insane passion to go for what I always dreamed of,” she recalls.
Like in most cases, the internet happened. Sharing her work online drew other people in, and Holliday was commissioned to do the things she loved doing best. But the actual leap of faith into freelance work happened a while later—when she was pregnant with her second child.
“From there I’ve seen the need in the market for women, especially mothers, to be encouraged in being creative,” she notes. “I’ve also seen artists struggle with marketing and ‘selling’ their work and through my past experience and passion for art—I started teaching tips and tricks to women through Mother Creative, an online community I launched”.
These days, her clients include giants like Dove, HarperCollins, and Logitech. But her biggest audience has always remained the same: other women.
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]]>To create her masterpieces, Girard explains how her creating process needs to look.
“I’m very organized. I like when everything is well planned, and precision is also really important to me,” she said in an interview for Ballpit. “Maybe that’s the reason why I really like geometric design, sharp shapes, vectors, and symmetry. It looks very clean and organized, and I think it creates a sort of harmony (at least to me!).”
After graduation, she moved to the “City of Light” and loves her creative job. Lately, she has been drawing more in Procreate, regardless of Illustrator being her favorite medium. Images of plates full of colorful and delicious-looking food, flowers, animals, and people are just some of the works she shares on her Instagram and Behance account.
Check out the gallery below if you want to see her beautiful illustrations. Don’t forget to support her work by following her on social media.
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and would you believe i picked this cover in february??? accidentally nailed it it’s never been more important to look for and appreciate the moments of good, especially after a year that’s redefined a lot of our personal understandings of what we need to be happy. there’s actually no cussing in this planner so forgive me but this year fucking sucks and i have been sustained only by really appreciating the small but significant things that happened over the last six months, and realistic hope from positive changes that i can control in my own future. the planner is upbeat but not blindly optimistic and packed with journal prompts and activities (like my books) in between months. plus TEN sheets of stickers! available on my website at shop.adamjk.comA designer-author-illustrator-creative director-writer-small press-brand, Kurtz’s brand, rooted in honesty, humor, and a little darkness. One of our favorite creations by him is a book dedicated to life advice for creatives. Describing it as the most sincere work he’s ever done, the book is a fully handwritten essay collection that touches on what it really means to be a creative person, and all the energy and fear and internal jumble that comes with that.
available on my websiteBut his advice can also be relevant to non-artistic folk as well. “Creativity is a huge, giant word,” he remarked once in an interview with the Creative Independent. “I don’t think creativity is inherently good. I don’t think it’s inherently anything. Actually, I’m not even sure if creativity is the drive to make things, or if it’s the mechanism that allows us to make things. It’s so big, and the word means so many different things to different people.”
“People say that to me all the time. ‘I wish I was creative,'” he notes. “Everyone is creative. Creativity is not a magical skill that you have or don’t have. I think creativity is one of the big, vague things that we all have that manifests itself in very different ways.”
According to Kurtz he tries to remind people that creativity isn’t just writing or drawing, and it’s not just for artists. It also doesn’t have to be labeled anything. “Really, everything I’ve ever done has come from this place of me helping myself, and then letting other people into it,” he notes.
check my IGTV for a short video message on the topic 
You’ll want his positive spirit in your feed and life.
ideal for both acknowledging an attempt (snarky sarcasm) or acknowledging an attempt (genuine recognition because it’s often scary to try and we appreciate all efforts). also for eating a soft boiled egg. versatility!!! . you can shop from me directly (shop.adamjk.com) or other gift and booksellers including @bookshop_org or check with your favorite local spot that can order it for you through @chroniclebooks . comment giveaway is now closed, congrats @jamworth and thanks to everyone who shared. 
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]]>It all starts with a simple note – a reminder that you are worth it. Sharing quotes and mantras that are scribbled on tiny notes, she explores the way journaling can help you understand yourself better. She also teaches workshops and retreats centered around assisting others in finding their voices through storytelling, poetry, and narrative writing.
“A lot of people believe that self-care has to be expensive and lavish, but it doesn’t,” she told Hello Giggles. “It can mean something as simple as making sure that you take five minutes to decompress every day. Take time to breathe. We are moving so quickly that sometimes we don’t even realize we’re breathing! Remember to be here and be present—that’s a non-negotiable for me. It really is amazing what taking five minutes—or whatever you can spare—just to be present can do for the rest of your day.”
“For me, self-care teaches that I can pour into myself just as much as I pour into others,” Elle explains. “In fact, it means that in order to put the most love and care towards others that I can, I must take care of myself first.” Start the new decade on the right foot:
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