Daily Still Life Studio

Daily Still Life Studio is a small web app that surfaces daily still life subjects for artists. Each day, it shows a fresh still life photo motif sourced from Unsplash so you can jump straight into drawing or painting without wasting time hunting for reference images.

Features

• Today’s motif: Shows a new still life reference image alongside the current date.
• Color filters: Narrow down motifs by dominant color (Any, Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, Black).
• Photo-based prompts: Uses curated search queries (for example, "still life photography fruit") to find rich, detailed imagery.
• Artist-focused layout: Clean, minimal UI that keeps the focus on the subject so you can stay in flow.

Why this exists

Building a daily art habit is hard when you get stuck on "what should I draw?". Daily Still Life Studio removes that decision fatigue by serving up a ready-made still life subject that feels like a simple studio setup on your screen.

Tech stack

• Framework / Bundler: Vite + TypeScript
• UI / Styling: CSS
• Deployment: Lovable (edge-friendly hosting)
• Image source: Unsplash (via search-based queries)

Getting started

Clone the repo and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/dojayyyyy/stillife.git
cd stillife

Install dependencies:

npm install

Start the dev server:

npm run dev

Then open the URL printed in the terminal (typically http://localhost:5173) in your browser to view the app.

Project structure

• src/ – Application source (components, routes, hooks, utilities)
• .lovable/ – Lovable configuration for previews and deployment
• vite.config.ts – Vite configuration
• tsconfig.json – TypeScript configuration
• package.json – Scripts and dependencies

Credits

• Photography sourced from Unsplash.
• Example motif shown in the UI: photo by Yann Khatchadourian on Unsplash.