Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Then you'll love Obsidian: a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files, allowing you to quickly capture notes and link between them, visualise connections in a graph view, and publish notes to the web. This recommendation comes from graphic designer Rohit Sharma. back and forth."

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 3, 2024

Photography by Kate Shanasy The Paris-based artist brings an intimate experience of colourful ocean life, inner coral reefs and natural wonders to the National Gallery of Victoria for their latest Triennial. French artist Jean Jullien is one of our favourite creatives working today. whatever your age.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 19, 2024

Congratulations go out to Isobelle Farrar, the newly graduated artist who won the Association of Illustrators' Spotlight Award at New Designers 2024, held at the Business Design Centre in London this July. In due course, the AOI also named Isobelle one of its 10 UK Illustration Grads to Watch in 2024.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 5, 2024

Since 2006, independent kids publisher Studio Anorak has taken children's magazines in bold new directions. The publishers we work with understand our ethos and look after our titles really well, so we are very lucky! " We know how to publish books, so we made that happen for him with Bearing Witness. They grow up so fast.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2023

London and Hong Kong-based artist Celine Lau specialises in creating bright, cheerful illustrations that bring a smile to whoever sees them. My journey as an artist began with a deep-rooted passion for drawing and art, something I've cherished since a young age. Like many creatives, Celine's artistic journey began when she was young.

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Colossal

JULY 31, 2024

“Hymn to the Big Wheel” by Liz West Every month, Colossal shares opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Deadline: August 3, 2024. Deadline: August 3, 2024. The project budget is $6,000 with an additional $1,000 artist stipend. ET on August 4, 2024.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Represented by IllustrationX, Alyah has also been recognised by a number of awards bodies, most recently being shortlisted for both the 2024 World Illustration Awards and Communication Arts awards. We chatted to Alyah about her love of drawing, her creative journey to date, and her plans for the future.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 2, 2024

Award-winning children's book illustrator Ian Morris reveals how he broke into the industry, why he prefers older artists, and what he keeps in mind when drawing for young audiences. Origin story Like many artists, Ian can remember the work that initially grabbed his attention.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2024

Like most artists, editorial and commercial illustrator Sol Cotti grew up loving to draw. And from that day on, I knew I wanted to become an artist. "On I published it on Instagram and tagged the restaurant, and right away, they reached out to me to work together on a postcard collection. "It

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Creative Boom

JUNE 28, 2024

We speak to anti-capitalist artists at this year's Glastonbury about their radical approach. As we explain in our article on Shangri-La elsewhere, artists at this year's event are tackling themes of consumerism, data privacy and alternatives to the current economic system. Photo by Jody Hartley Want to make impactful, subversive art?

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Colossal

OCTOBER 16, 2024

From thousands of plastic bags, nets, and hanks of yarn, Indonesian artist Mulyana ( previously ) illuminates the fragility of marine ecosystems. Wang Center at SUNY Stony Brook, an exhibition of the artist’s vibrant yarn works showcases costumes and characters inspired by marine life. Running concurrently at the Charles B.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Every month, Colossal shares opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Registration deadline: October 10, 2024. Open Calls 2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards (International) Artists and illustrators are eligible for this inaugural award worth $2,500 in cash prizes.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Images reprinted from Cone of Shame by Winnie Au © 2024, designs by Marie-Yan Morvan © 2024. Published by Union Square & Co. She's just released a new coffee table book, published by Union Square & Co (an imprint of Barnes & Noble) called Cone of Shame.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Illustration by Marija Tiurina Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. ET on February 17, 2024. The grant fund was created to honor the memory and legacy of artist Susannah Kelly, who co-founded the galleries.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I'd been thinking that we curators should be paying more attention to female artists," Nathalie explains. These unusual works were created with scissors, pins, glue and other physical tools, leaving behind marks and traces of the artist's process. So that was really interesting to me." And the timing couldn't have been more perfect.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In oil paintings that nod to 19th-century wildlife illustrations, Lyon-based artist ( previously ) evokes common phrases like “la vie en rose,” akin to the English saying: “to see life through rose-colored glasses.” Find more on the artist’s website and Instagram.

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Colossal

JUNE 1, 2024

Via The Met Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. 1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. . PST on June 20, 2024.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That's not to say there's anything wrong with sticking to the same old reliable workhorses; indeed, our Top 50 fonts of 2024 lists many old favourites along with new releases. Indeed, we featured their Brinca typeface in our 2024 Top 50. In this article, we'll get you started with a plethora of captivating new typefaces.

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Colossal

AUGUST 30, 2024

Image © Thomas Jackson Every month, Colossal shares opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. 1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. . PST on September 12, 2024.

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Colossal

MAY 1, 2024

Lisa Ericson, “ Chariot “ Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. 3,500 Artist Grants | The Hopper Prize Featured The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2024 artist grants. PST on May 14, 2024.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 7, 2024

For a flavour of that, read our report on Illustrators and the challenges facing them in 2024.) While their early attempts to do so were pretty clunky and only seemed to inflame matters, they've put a bit more thought into this blog post , which was published yesterday. As artist T Jack Leigh points out on X. Making like Meta?

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Colossal

JUNE 17, 2024

For Nuart Aberdeen 2024, organizers embraced the dynamic nature of culture and traditions and invited 11 artists to reflect on the concept. ” Included were artists like Millo , who painted his signature black-and-white scene punctuated by brown photographs evoking his own experiences and the city’s history.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 21, 2024

From seeds to slime molds to spider eyes, the foremost entries in Nikon’s Small World 2024 Photomicrography Competition ( previously ) illuminate details invisible to the naked eye. Dandelion (Traxacum officinale) cross section showing curved stigma with pollen Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Colossal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Through a unique collaboration between The Jaunt and Hashimoto Contemporary , three women artists spent a week together in the small town of Shelton, south of Olympia National Park. Given space and time away from their daily routines, the artists were invited to find inspiration from their new surroundings.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 21, 2024

In the article, we've picked 20 names from 2024's list that we reckon Creative Boom's readers need to know about. Since 2016, Engelbert has consulted as creative director for Swarovski Professional, creating inspirational publications and overseeing artistic collaborations. How many have you heard of? Read on to find out.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2024

New York-based artist Jen Yoon has adapted Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic short story The Yellow Wallpaper for a modern audience in her series of AR illustrations brought to life with Adobe Aero. Although The Yellow Wallpaper was published in 1892, it still resonated and reflected some parts of our lives," Jen adds.

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Colossal

JULY 1, 2024

Image © Lernert & Sander Every month, Colossal shares opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. ET on July 31, 2024. PT on July 8, 2024. Deadline: July 10, 2024. CT on July 12, 2024. Deadline: July 13, 2024. Deadline: July 17, 2024.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The beloved artist-centric fair is returning to Los Angeles for its 13th edition, coinciding with L.A. This spring edition will feature an eclectic roster of 140 independent artists at the forefront of contemporary art. See work by all these artists and more at The Other Art Fairs Los Angeles edition, on view from February 20 to 23.

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Colossal

MARCH 27, 2025

Two decades later, following university studies in weaving, architecture, and design, the Minnesota-based artist’s memory of her first lesson connects her to her ancestral land and its time-honored craft traditions. The artist’s father was a self-trained architect, and from him, she adopted a modernist lens.

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Colossal

JANUARY 1, 2024

“The Height Of Folly” by Michelle Kingdom Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Deadline: January 12, 2024. Tulsa Artist Fellowship 2025-2027 Award Term Featured U.S.-based Deadline: 11:59 ET on January 5, 2024.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For more than a decade, French artists Louis Boidron and douard Egea have been collaborating as MonkeyBird ( previously ). “The Arch Of Peace,” Aarhus, Denmark (2024) “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose origins lie in France, served as our central inspiration,” the artists shared.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Asha Kama Wangdi, VAST Bhutan, “The Windhorse (lungta)” (2024), cloth and metal By Bhutanese artist Asha Kama Wangdi , the monumental work utilizes the Buddhist tradition of lungta (wind horses), which are symbols of positive energy and good luck thought to carry prayers to the heavens. IMAGINE (a.k.a.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 24, 2024

For Tlingit-Unangax artist Nicholas Galanin , looking to the past is fundamental to constructing a more nuanced perception of the present. Image courtesy of the artist; Peter Blum Gallery, New York; and Gochman Family Collection. Photo by Jason Wyche. ” In October, the U.S. ” In October, the U.S.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Mural by Adele Renault Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. 3,500 Artist Grants | The Hopper Prize Featured The Hopper Prize offers two awards of $3,500 and four of $1,000. Thirty artists will be selected for a shortlist.

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Colossal

JULY 3, 2023

Image © Chris Wood Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. In Translation explores this question: What is the role of the artist, the visual maker, in the 21st century? Four artists will receive awards ranging from $150 to $500.

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Colossal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition broke its 60-year record with a whopping 59,228 entries from 117 countries and territories. The 2024 exhibition opens in October before traveling the world. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month.

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UX Collective

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The 9th edition of The State of UX report by the UX Collective is here: a critical look at our industry based on more than 1k articles published and shared with our 500k+ subscribers in 2023. How can we navigate this landscape as designers in 2024? 02 Saturation Supply of designers outstrips demand. Market is still uncertain.

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