softness and grace

welcome to issue #15 of moments, our bi-weekly newsletter. if you’re new here, this is the space where we share product updates, highlights from our community, and a curation of our favorite moments.

it’s been a busy summer for us - we’ve been having so many inspiring conversations with all of you. hearing your thoughts on the product and what’s inspiring your creativity never ceases to blow us away. we can’t wait to fill you in on some of the recent updates :)

this week’s featured creator is californa-based artist rosie campagna (aka @queengoddessclub). recently, rosie found a new outlet for her creativity: generative art, an umbrella term for ai-created works. we’ve been as obsessed with generative art as everyone else and our community manager, sydney, spoke to rosie to get the inside scoop.

tell me about yourself!

well my name is rosie, i’m originally from monterey but now live in central valley, california. i traditionally worked with 2d design and photography which is very hands-on. with ai it’s a lot different, it's not as messy. i typically work on my pieces in the evenings, because i have a day job as an estimator for a glass company. so i come home and want to zone out and channel whatever i'm feeling and it comes through in these pieces i make.

where did the name “queengoddessclub” stem from?

it just came from embodying both a queen and a goddess sentimentally and really seeing those attributes and characteristics in other people in general. we all embody both feminine and masculine, but in this particular context, we're kind of looking at what is “quintessentially feminine”.

and it sounds silly, but i want to contribute to bettering the world and i feel i can do that by putting out beauty, joy, and love as much as possible. there's always gonna be days that aren’t the best, but if you can come home and see a queen goddess on your wall, it reminds you that you can embody those characteristics and be that person.

so how does making ai art actually work?

process wise, you start out by going to any ai platform and inputting key phrases and terms that you want to be reflected in the work — the platform will generate images based on that.

sometimes they can turn out funky so to edit specific elements you would take layers or portions of the image that you like and layer over the ones you don’t. at the end of it you can have different generations of one image that you may have started with plus you can have several variations of that.

what inspires you to create pieces focused on femininity?

my sister and i grew up with a lot of women in our family so i think i have a reverence for the feminine and beauty in general. i’m inspired by my grandma. my nana always cared about appearance in an endearing way. even if she didn't have a lot of money and/or wasn’t feeling great, she always looked like a million bucks. she just made herself look beautiful no matter how she was feeling.

her softness and grace is something i both emulate and want to replicate through my art. i want people to see that they are able to feel like goddesses and understand that everyone is uniquely beautiful, you just have to feel it and it shows.

what does being a creator mean to you?

i was thinking about that and what it means to me — it's about community. it’s about sharing support, having support systems, and sharing points of view and skills with each other. i just want to bring people together and inspire positivity and growth.

how did you feel about being on primitives for the first time?

i joined primitives quickly! i love that anybody can get into primitives because we're all artists and creators. i feel like we all have something to contribute.

sneak peek: we have an incredibly exciting update coming soon. it’s an all-new way to be rewarded for your taste. think of it like a cultural index where the earlier you are to trending things, the more you stand to gain 👀

in the meantime, a few other product updates you should know about:

• collectors limits 🎨 – you now have three slots to collect items each day - make them count! then come back tomorrow to keep growing your collection

• text updates 🤳 – get notified anytime you have important activity on primitives (like new collectors, pending requests, and more) - if you haven’t already, you can easily share your phone number from the settings bar on your profile

the past two weeks have seen so much amazing art uploaded to primitives. a few of our favorites from the past week include futuristic cityscapes, a very square jawline, glowing fields, and contemplative collages.