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From fine art to Photoshop: Sam Gilbey's illustrious career so far

Creative Boom

If you're a person who knows and follows the world of visual arts, I'd only have to say "painterly pop culture portraits", and your mind would go straight to Sam Gilbey 's work. Gilbey doesn't remember a time when he wasn't drawing as a kid, but before he got to illustration, his education focused more on Fine Art.

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Designing Delight: The Artful Cakes of Yip.Studio and A.R.D Bakery

Design Milk

As professionals from various fields shift careers and venture into the kitchen, we are witnessing a remarkable fusion of aesthetics and flavor elevating the food industry to an even more sophisticated art form. This blend of aesthetic beauty and culinary skill allows her to transform desserts into ephemeral works of art.

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What is art? What makes it good? And other things Signal festival makes you think about

Creative Boom

Photography by Tomáš Slavík This year's edition of Prague-based digital arts festival Signal uncovered some big ideas – not least, that a public artwork's success comes down to one of its most fundamental elements – its relationship to place. To deny the links between art and science is to deny Leonardo da Vinci and the entire Renaissance.

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Green Man brings the visual arts out of the gallery and into the festival field

Creative Boom

Art galleries are fantastic places to get creative inspiration, and most of us probably don't take advantage of them enough. But here at Creative Boom, we also love the idea of occasionally taking art out of the gallery and exhibiting it in a different kind of environment altogether. Check out what they created this year.

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Paul Sende Explores the Perception of Geometry Via Visual Art

Design Milk

Tuleste Factory The visual artist went on to study Multimedia Arts at National University of Art in Argentina. There, Sende was encouraged to work with different media and techniques, finding his sweet spot in modularity, visual patterns, optical effects, light phenomena, and kinetic experiences.

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Tangent revitalises Turner Prize identity in a fusion of art and accessibility

Creative Boom

Innovative design meets coastal inspiration – we take a closer look at the Glasgow branding studio's vision for one of the world's most celebrated visual arts awards. David Whyte, co-founder of Tangent, shares insights into their approach: "In the art world, identities can be exclusive.

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Holly Stapleton mixes gouache with digital art to create works bathed in golden hour light

Creative Boom

The Toronto-based artist masterfully mixes hand-painted gouache with digital art to achieve this unique style. "I Completely self-taught, Holly didn't undertake any formal training or higher education in illustrator or visual arts. So I moved back to Toronto and sent my work to a few art directors.

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