{"id":1796,"date":"2014-01-06T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyswider.com\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2022-09-24T19:35:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T19:35:47","slug":"diy-subway-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyswider.com\/diy-subway-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom DIY Subway Art with Large Custom Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If you are not familiar with what subway art is then you have obviously been living under a rock (or don\u2019t frequent Pinterest), but basically it is a typographical artwork where words are set in different typesets in order to create a visually appealing and thought-provoking piece of work. Usually, the words have some sort of themes such as a holiday<\/a>, family rules, favorite quotes, or the birth of a baby. So, I had seen DIY subway art all over Pinterest for a while now, but I wasn\u2019t really motivated to make my own until I saw Dria\u2019s over at Dio Home Improvements. I loved how large hers was, and I just happened to need a large piece of art for over the bookcases in our new family room. This project also appealed to me because it\u2019s completely customizable and personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I decided that subway art was exactly what I needed in my life, but I wasn\u2019t sure how to achieve the look I wanted. A lot of other bloggers used Photoshop to create their pictures, but I don\u2019t have access to Photoshop\u2026.whomp whomp. Then along came Courtney from the Ginger Penny Pincher with How to make Subway Art with Picmonkey! If you are not familiar with PicMonkey (affiliate), it\u2019s free photo-editing software that you can get online and it\u2019s what I already use to edit all the photos for this lovely blog. There is no registration and nothing to download. You can also upgrade to get more features for $33 a year (that\u2019s only 2.75 a month). Many of the fonts I used for this project are available with the Royale upgrade, but you can still create beautiful subway art with the free fonts as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I decided that my theme would be places and times that defined our family. I knew I was going with the medium poster from Staples (18 x 24), so per their instructions, I re-sized the image on PicMonkey to 3238x 4288. Here was my first shot at it:<\/p>\n\n\n