Digital Dabblers

Digital Dabblers Welcome to Digital Dabblers! We are a collective group of digital artists based in Portland, Oregon. If you have an interest in digital art, join us!

We host a local meet up every Saturday and online art jams during the week. Follow for more details.

Join us for our 3rd Annual Holiday Art Exchange at the Digital Dabblers Studio Sunday Dec 21st 10am-1pm!How it works:1. ...
12/12/2025

Join us for our 3rd Annual Holiday Art Exchange at the Digital Dabblers Studio Sunday Dec 21st 10am-1pm!

How it works:
1. Join our discord and let us know if you would like to participate!
2. I will add everyone to a private thread and request folks preference for what kind of art they would like to receive. Examples, “make a silly character” “anime theme” “pets and animals” etc.
3. I will then use a random generator and DM folks with who they’re making the art for.
4. You have until Dec 21st at 10am to submit your art in the group thread or deliver in-person if it’s physical art.
5. Rules: Only spend a MAX of 6ish hrs on your piece, and please do not judge the quality of others art!
6. Those participating and attending in-person will be entered into a raffle to unwrap physical gifts under our Holiday tree

Every year we take this time to celebrate the holidays in a way that blends creativity, gift giving, and meeting new friends! For folks with limited financial means this also offers a way for join in the holiday spirit without anxiety about buying expensive gifts. Any form of art is welcome for the exchange and has included acrylic, pencil/paper, digital, printed, and animated content. If you’re a digital artist in Portland or a traditional artist and looking for a fun beginner friendly community we hope you can join us for this fun event.

So far we have 10 folks signed up and counting!!!

I can’t believe it’s been over 3 years hosting our most popular social: “Digital Creatives & Coffee” Sunday mornings It...
12/11/2025

I can’t believe it’s been over 3 years hosting our most popular social: “Digital Creatives & Coffee” Sunday mornings

It has been a humbling and harrowing journey to keep our community alive and thriving while seeing difficult economic impacts hitting small businesses and nonprofits in Portland’s Central Eastside. We are always grateful to have third spaces to offer community for digital creatives of all abilities, backgrounds and means. While there are many art groups in Portland and even a few others focused on digital artists but I think what sets us apart is our focus on being beginner friendly, chill and welcoming to everyone and embracing a fair amount of whimsy.

I’ve personally met hundreds of artists hosting all our events over 4+ years and folks are always quick to comment about how welcoming it feels to join. For us it’s not just about teaching digital skills, it’s about creating a space of belonging. If we can offer events where someone knows they belong (and they couldn’t find that at other groups), that tells us that it’s important to continue this work. Despite all the crazy stuff going on in the world right now I can’t wait for more socials, more workshops and to see all the fun art that comes from our group projects.

Thank you and the wonderful baristas for what you do in supporting our mission 🥹

To RSVP use the link in our bio to sign up on Meetup.com/digital-dabblers/

⏰Sunday 8-Noon

11/26/2025

Once again we hosted another figure and gesture drawing workshop this past Sunday with modeling for us! Starting with quick 30 second poses helps us get out of our heads and warm up our drawing muscles. 1-5 minute poses then help with capturing more detail while still aiming for capturing the subjects essence, form and pose. Finally, RaShad demonstrates dribbling a basketball for use later by our animators during Wednesdays motion studies drop in classes.

11/19/2025

Week 3 of our on-going series on figure and gesture drawing! This time we were accompanied by May who has been active on our Discord for years but we just met in-person this past Sunday! She also made the self portrait of me that appears on a lot of our marketing flyers. What an amazing talent, extremely humble and such a rich portfolio of professional experience. We learned that May did 3d modeling and other crime scene visualization in forensics for many years and is now transitioning into being a first time mom. We have new models every week with a variety of body types and personalities to keep our drawing sessions fresh and interesting. I can’t wait to review the reference footage later and work on some short animations and illustrations!

Hope you can join us next time!

📍529 SE Grand Ave Suite 300a
⏰Sundays at 1030am

11/13/2025

Last weekend we had our first Intro to Blender 2d Animation workshop! 6 students joined us and all completed their projects in less than 2 hours. is seen here holding our coveted Wacom Movink 13, a stellar device to start learning animation and digital art. Our community has been hosting socials, workshops and group projects for the past 4 years and we’ve used every type of digital art device you could think of. We consistently turn to Wacom devices for their reliability, quality, AND native compatibility with Linux/Ubuntu!

*This video was not sponsored by Wacom. We just like their products :)

11/13/2025

Once again we had a stellar turnout at our gesture drawing workshop this past Sunday. We are still hosting these every week and I can’t wait to see what else we all draw together as a group!

Thank you to for modeling for us!

11/06/2025

Join us every first and last Thursday for a drink-n-draw with friends!

Digital or traditional all levels welcome!

📍1329 NE Fremont
⏰ 630-9

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11/06/2025

This week we are learning Blender’s grease pencil tools which allows for 2d animation within Blenders 3d scenes. Attendees will learn how to draw on top of 3d objects and how to create a simple animation with a pre-made 3d background. These workshops can be easily finished in 2 hours and require no 3d modeling or drawing experience. Steps are easy to follow and people are always amazed at what they are capable of making in such a short time! ̇ng

11/04/2025

I am so excited we are hosting figure and gesture drawing workshops every Sunday this year from 1030-noon at our beautiful classroom in the Central Eastside of Portland. This past weekend we were joined by the wonderful who modeled several 30 second poses, and a few long poses. Link in our bio to register for next week!

Join us weekly for online Art jams most Wednesday’s at 630pm on and on our Discord. Link in bio!Here’s how it works: Fi...
10/31/2025

Join us weekly for online Art jams most Wednesday’s at 630pm on and on our Discord. Link in bio!

Here’s how it works: First join our Discord and opt-in to event announcements. Next, weekly prompts will be discussed in chat along with links to the Magma online drawing canvas.

New to Magma? Think of it as a google doc but for drawing. Simply follow the link in browser on your tablet or computer and join us in making some whacky doodles.

We don’t typically share our art on many online platforms but a page showing past art jams can be found on our website! Canvas shown on main flyer was created with .experience last year with over 30 artists in real-time!

Questions? You can always email [email protected]

Hello Portland! It's going to be a fun and interesting November at the Digital Dabblers studio! Join us every Sunday fro...
10/23/2025

Hello Portland! It's going to be a fun and interesting November at the Digital Dabblers studio!

Join us every Sunday from 1030am - noon for gesture and figure drawing classes with a new model each week!

📍529 SE Grand Ave, Suite 300a
🕜 1030am EVERY Sunday!

Tickets require a monthly membership for only $29.99/mo. Plus a tip to the model is required ($10 minimum suggested).

Featured past model:
First Session Model Nov 2nd:
Model Nov 9th:
Model Nov 16th: May (modeling pregnant!)
Model Nov 23rd:
Model Nov 30th: TBD

Link in our Bio for more info!


I am overjoyed to share that we have started up our weekly workshops again this Fall. 📍529 SE Grand Ave. Suite 300a⏰Sund...
10/15/2025

I am overjoyed to share that we have started up our weekly workshops again this Fall.

📍529 SE Grand Ave. Suite 300a
⏰Sunday Oct 19th 1-3pm (repeats monthly)

This week I'll be hosting an Introduction to Procreate (NOT Procreate Dreams lol), for an introduction to basic animations and navigating the software. You'll learn how to animate a bouncing ball and a fun little walk cycle.

Hope you can join us!

Pictured is .gobo who was a HUGE help in getting these workshops off the ground earlier this year.

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529 SE Grand Avenue, Suite 300A
Portland, OR
97214

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