Do you carry your phone every place you go? Show off your artistic taste and style to everyone, everywhere you take it! Here are 5 fun ways how you can personalize your phone with your love for art.
Your love for art doesn’t have to be limited by just hanging art on your walls, wearing printed shirts, visiting museums, or creating art pieces. Another fun and creative way you can express your love for art is through your smartphone. With about 3.5 billion smartphone users worldwide, you may want to stand out from the crowd with a creative phone case or unique images. Here are just a few easy, fun ideas for how you can express your love for art and personalize your phone — or your favorite tablet.
1. Design your own phone or tablet case
More and more people are now showing off their individuality through customized phone cases and tablet cases. With the younger generations leading the way, more and more people opting for customized goods.
If you want to jump into the customization trend, it’s easy. All you need is to send your favorite image to phone case stores that offer the customization option, such as Pixels or other similar ones. They should be able to professionally imprint your image on a phone case or tablet case, and deliver it to you in a matter of days.
2. Order artsy phone cases
Instead of providing your own images, you can also make use of unique creations by independent artists. Usually, these artists collaborate with phone case makers to have their original drawings and paintings imprinted on phone cases.
You can, therefore, order ready-made artsy Android or iPhone cases from your favorite local or online store. Since you can choose images from thousands of artists spread across the globe, you can rest assured that you have plenty of options.
3. Paint your phone or tablet case
You can also test your art skills by directly painting your case. While there are many kinds of paintings you can do, one good starting point is geometric shapes.
Here’s what you need:
— A plastic phone or tablet case of your preferred color
— A ruler for drawing lines
— A sponge for applying paints
— Black and white acrylic paint for forming gradients
— Several colored markers
Start by cleaning the case with alcohol to ensure the paint sticks well. Then, use black and white paint to form the background of your artwork. You can create a gradient by painting some parts entirely black, others white, and others greyish. Finally, draw whatever geometric shapes you desire using the colored markers. Alternatively, you can draw cartoon characters, abstract art, or human figures.
4. Visit art galleries and capture the moments
Is there a cool art gallery or museum around your area? Make a point of visiting it — and be sure to allow enough time there so you don’t have to hurry. One art enthusiast opines that art galleries are best enjoyed at a glacial pace rather than throwing dozens of momentary glimpses at various art pieces. So, don’t be too quick to take out your phone for a shot. Sit down in the display room and spend some time staring at the art as you try to connect with the artist.
Once you soak in the beauty of the piece, you’re now free to take a snap and share it with your friends on social media or simply store it on your phone. To make your photos even more interesting, you can ask a friend to capture both you and the art piece as you look at it.
5. Create digital art using apps
There’s no denying that virtually everything is going digital, including the creation of art pieces. Physical art pieces printed on canvas, paper, or aluminum have their place, and digital ones, too, have their uses.
Perhaps you want to create art for your website or social media pages. You can install digital artwork apps on your smartphone and start creating unique designs. Some are free, but others are for sale. In most cases, the free ones may have only basic features and may not meet all your design needs. So, you’d want to purchase a sophisticated art app and enjoy all the features you crave for.
In sum
These are just a few of the easiest ways how you can personalize your phone with art or your own artistic style. First, you can display art pieces on your smartphone case, either your own designs or those by other artists. Second, you can capture artworks displayed in various art galleries and archive them on your phone or share them with your friends. Third, you can use digital artwork apps to create original art pieces for use on online platforms. All in all, be as creative as possible, as that’s what art is all about.
