Introducing The Featured Image

Celebrate the places where writing meets art

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If you pay attention, you’ll notice writers and indie creators using their own illustrations, drawings, or photoshopped images all over the place, and I am here for it. This intersection of writing and art is making the internet a much more interesting place.

If I had to guess, a general reason for this trend could be a combination of the below.

1. More people are writing online and looking for a way to stand out.
2. There is a natural desire to flex some creativity outside of the written word, possibly rekindling a childhood love for drawing.
3. Boredom with stock photos. I mean, enough already with the same ones over and over!
4. There is an explosion of tools like the Apple Pencil, Procreate, and the Microsoft Surface Tablet that make it easier than ever to experiment as a beginner.

So to celebrate and encourage this trend, I am starting a new project called The Featured Image. I want to highlight these writers who are doing interesting work at this intersection of writing + art and to provide resources for anyone looking to add visual creativity to their own work.

The content will be roughly split into a few categories: