Artinerary is a web application that was created to address the issues of isolation and overall mental wellness among artists during the COVID-19 pandemic. The application is partially based on the research of one of the creating developers. The research substantiates the use of the creation, viewing, and community-interaction benefits of art-making to support overall health and mental wellness outcomes.

The application is intended to emulate the experience of attending a "Drink & Draw" event. During the events several artists surround source material (usually a figure) and create their own versions of the source material. During breaks, artists walk around the room and view and talk with other artists about their work and gain inspiration to influence their work.

Artinerary allows the user to choose from different source material, and create their own version of the source material. They can then utilize their sign-in credentials to upload their own work. Although sign-in is required to upload work, anyone can enjoy the benefits of viewing all artwork. When a user clicks on a specific source material, they are presented with a page that includes the source material at the top, and below all the versions of the work created by users are displayed below. This is meant to emulate the sense of walking around the room at an arts event and create a sense of shared experience and inspiration.

As an artist during a pandemic, I miss the experience of drawing and being inspired from the same source material as other artists like in a group painting environment, such as drink & draw. I would like an online platform to look at others’ work and show my own that is derived and inspired by the same source material, much like walking around the room at a Drink & Draw.

Acceptance Criteria: Given I am an artist during a pandemic WHEN I am presented with the web application THEN I see a polished, mobile-friendly application WHEN I am presented with the application THEN I am presented with source images and corresponding drawings from other users WHEN I inspect the page THEN I am given the option to log-in to upload work of my own WHEN I upload my work THEN , it will be displayed on the page below the corresponding source image WhEN I upload an image THEN my image will be saved for later viewing. When I view the page Then I am given the option to upvote works that I like.

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Artinerary is a deployed web application that can be found at https://art-inerary.herokuapp.com/

• HTML, CSS, Javascript
• JQuery
• node.js
• express.js
• Cloudinary
• Handlebars
• Bulma
• JawsDB
• MySQL2
• Sequelize
• dotenv
• Insomnia (testing)

Anyone can view the source material and created artwork by navigating to the website link. Users can upload their work by navigating to the top right-hand corner of the application and signing up. Once the user signs up, they can use their login credentials to access additional functionality such as uploading.

Created by Nathan Diaz, Vanessa McGuire, & Lindsey Krause.

Research referenced written by Lindsey Krause.

If you have any questions or need additional information, you can reach the developers at the following places:

Nathan Dias https://github.com/PacSmack

LindseyKrause https://github.com/LindseyKrause

Vanessa McGuire https://github.com/vmcguire6377

New versions to include like & comment functionality as well as a user landing page.