Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Amid this backdrop of transformation, Arts AlUla has been formed to commission site-specific artworks from international and Saudi artists. He has been keen to share the work and ideas of a Pop Art icon many in the West may feel over-familiar with to a new audience. The artist said: "People are always calling me a mirror."

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Creative Boom

JUNE 4, 2024

The world of visual arts is no longer confined to distinct categories. Imagine you're a photographer who wants to learn CGI to add backgrounds, or someone looking to move into video to take on art direction roles. In 2024, though, that's all been flipped on its head. In fact, the more strings you have to your bow, the better.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 12, 2023

Born and raised in China and now living in the States, Morain's fascination with drawing began at an early age as she was raised in a home where art was a constant presence in her life. The ability of visual art to communicate with people on a deep level has always captivated me," she tells Creative Boom. "The

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 31, 2024

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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Creative Boom

MARCH 15, 2022

Art has always been a strong part of Soumyaraj's identity. She also thanks her art teacher, who helped her lean more towards a creative subject in her further education. "My My parents and teachers constantly encouraged me to participate in art competitions. Through those, I realised that I could pursue art as a profession.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2023

But Icelandic artist Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, aka Ýrúrarí , has been turning them into stunning works of art. This project evolved into 'visible mending' workshops in her open studio at the The Museum of Design and Applied Arts in 2021. Process and perspective How, we wondered, does she approach creating her unique art forms?

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

To say Wenjing's art is unique would be something of an understatement. The spectrum created by pinks, blues and greens offers rich variations, allowing my illustrations to be more versatile and meet diverse visual needs. Still, I'm not limited to them and adjust my palette to suit each project's requirements."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 22, 2024

Since graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2022, her distinctive illustration style has been recognised by the Society of Illustrators, Creative Quarterly, and the World Illustration Awards. The core of my art lies in its ability to stir emotions, spark thoughts, and initiate conversations," Esther tells Creative Boom.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2023

For as long as she can remember, Haruko Hayakawa has always been drawn to art and the act of creation, whether that was drawings, sewing or exploring digital art. Haruko would go on to study 3D, motion and VFX at the School of Visual Arts, but later dropped out after feeling that the industry was not the right fit for her.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 28, 2023

Inspired by illustrative styles and storytelling from across print and film, Oliver's style was further polished at the School of Visual Arts, NYC, where he earned a BRA in Illustration with High Honours. I love looking through vintage art books, vintage New Yorker Cartoons, and their magazine covers," Oliver tells Creative Boom.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 25, 2023

Born and raised in Beijing, Yuchen Lu grew up surrounded by an art-loving family. She even lived very close to China's top art school, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, which further nurtured her appreciation. I was lucky to have more access to art than most Chinese children," she tells Creative Boom.

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Creative Boom

MAY 9, 2023

As an art and design graduate of New York's renowned School of Visual Arts, illustrator Jaenam Yoo has got his career off to a flying start by landing an internship at Mother New York, as well as going on to work with Pentagram, Hugo&Marie, and Apple Music.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

For those who grew up during the digital music revolution, it's hard to understand how important album art was back in the 1960s and '70s. So unless you got to see your favourite musician live, the album cover was your main visual connection with them and their world. Songwriting really was David's forte," he explains. "He

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

looked at the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2001, the fees were too high for him to attend Georgia's famous art school. The record became a hit in Europe, and he still works under that name, remixing tracks by leading Hip-Hop artists and adding his own 3D animated visuals. "By Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Reggie Perry, Jr.

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Creative Boom

MAY 23, 2022

Art has been my purpose all my life," she says, having grown up in Winterthur, Switzerland, to an artist father who supported her crafts from an early age. When she got older, Sabina attended fine art school in St. Gallen before heading to art college in Switzerland. I like to laugh a lot about my funny looking art.".

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Creative Boom

JUNE 19, 2023

Chiara has always had a passion for art, even though her academic background initially led her to study finance with a minor in Visual Arts at Boston University. While taking art history courses, I realised that my true interest lay in creating the artwork itself," she tells Creative Boom.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 30, 2022

Irina, who holds an MA degree in Illustration and Book Arts from the Anglia Ruskin University of Cambridge, has honed her unmistakable style through an extensive learning process. Studying graphic arts introduced her to almost every visual art-related discipline, including graphic design, printmaking, photography, and fine art. "I

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Creative Boom

MAY 11, 2023

Originally from China, Changyu moved overseas to study an MFA in illustration at the Savannah College of Art. I believe that visual language and text have a habit of influencing and blending with each other, so I try to use visual art to express and describe words."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 15, 2023

Although my parents' profession had nothing to do with art, they supported me to draw a lot. They found me a good art teacher who taught me systematically. © Zhiyu You © Zhiyu You After studying at China's Central Academy of Fine Arts for a year, Zhiyu found that the exam-oriented education was not to her liking.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We chat with an independent designer and art director at YouTube Music about his inspirations, career trajectory, and the importance of learning from setbacks. At least in the case of Min , a graphic designer and art director based in New York who graduated in 2020 and is currently working at Google YouTube Music.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Don't just take our word for it, though; with clients including Penguin and Dorling Kindersley, plus representation by Closer & Closer, Asia's art is a proven hit, which is only set to get bigger. Like many creatives, Asia's journey started in childhood when her parents noticed and nurtured her passion for art.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Spending her time between Beijing and New York, Xiangni was trained at the School of Visual Arts in 2016. She subsequently transitioned from illustration to fine art by enrolling in the MFA Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute in 2020. This doesn't mean her background in illustration was time wasted, though.

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Design Milk

JULY 19, 2024

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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Creative Boom

JANUARY 7, 2024

Rekindle your creativity with these art challenges, purpose-built to jumpstart your artistic journey. It's an initiative of Character Design References (CDR), an independent website dedicated to sequential, illustrative, and concept art from animation, games and comics. Food illustration challenge Love food?

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

With the rise of digital tools both for making art and sending it around the world in an instant, in one sense, it's now easier than ever to make money as a freelance illustrator. With its rich tapestry of art galleries, publishing houses and media outlets, New York City is a veritable hub for illustration agents.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 24, 2024

Four new commissions have come through the festival's Art in Manufacturing programme, positioning Lancashire as a hub of creativity and craft. The Art in Manufacturing residencies began in 2016 and take place between November and July. The finished work will be exhibited at Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 10, 2024

Radical Face wanted to create a project about the woods and use his three favourite mediums: music, writing, and visual art. Back then, magazines like Computer Arts were filled with fresh, exciting and experimental digital projects at a time when there were no rules about what a website could or should be.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 11, 2022

A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, Xinyue splits her time between the Big Apple and Beijing. After completing a Bachelor's degree in graphic design and a Master's degree in Computer Arts from the hallowed institution, she started her career as a freelance illustrator. She credits social media. © Xinyue Song.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 12, 2022

For those familiar with downloading WeTransfer files in the nick of time before they expire but are not aware of its creative branch, WePresent is the service's Oscar-winning commissioner and Cannes Lions award-winning digital arts platform. our new site will be a unique destination for the arts.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Going back to 2018, when she won a Cube from the Art Directors Club for her work, her style has continually evolved, and she has always been drawn to follow her interests rather than formulate a distinctive style. Personal works.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 19, 2022

An MFA graduate from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, her lush, almost textural illustrations have appeared on murals, in the pages of books she's written, and in the titles of hit TV dramas. Drawing her inspiration from women's history, fashion, and social activism, Aura's art style is both new and familiar.

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Creative Boom

JULY 26, 2023

She's why I didn't quit it during my university years," says Julie, who only attended art school for a couple of weeks before going to university to study to become a history teacher. Reflecting on her art and how her style has evolved in this direction, Julie says that it's "more me now" than ever before.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 24, 2023

And as always, we're keen to point out visual arts are now key to the music festival vibe. Our favourite festival of all is Green Man , a music, science and arts weekender held in the Black Mountains of Powys, Wales, that really hits that perfect balance between world-class bands and the visual arts.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Across the full family, characters stand tall in a range of styles, from heavy-footed and funky platforms to slim lifts that lend it an ethereal, art nouveau vibe. By reinterpreting the artistic and visual richness of these styles towards a more modern and contemporary approach, the result is a timeless font with character and versatility.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 15, 2022

At its best, art can be transportive: taking you out of yourself, offering fresh perspectives, and putting you into a different state of mind. The illustration artist from Shanghai, also known as Yue Li, is a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts and is now based in New York. She stays open to both, though.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 13, 2023

So we were excited to hear that University of the Arts London (UAL) have three scholarship schemes to support postgraduate students with their studies. Meet the students Sara Dobson is a British multidisciplinary artist currently studying MA Fine Art: Digital at Central Saint Martins, a course she began in 2022 and will complete in 2024.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 25, 2023

Described as the "master conjurer of the instantly familiar," she straddles the line between pop culture and fine art in her work. And she certainly knows what she's doing as a teacher, having spent two decades lecturing at the School of Visual Arts, along with positions at the Cooper Union, Yale University and the Tyler School of Art.

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