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Esther Tang's gloriously textural illustrations help her connect to the world emotionally

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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. Understandably, travelling around the world has been a significant source of inspiration for Esther's artistic creations.

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Jaenam Yoo's synthetic, dream-like drawings focus on the beauty in the mundane

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Los Angeles-based artist Jaenam Yoo blends the natural and the artificial to create otherworldly illustrations of inflated flowers and plump, floral humanoids. Among all the people who influenced me, my uncle was the one who particularly impacted me the most, as he introduced me to the creative and artistic world," Jaenam tells Creative Boom.

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Reality serves as a bridge to the surreal for illustrator Wenjing Yang

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While objects melt together and creatures emerge from alternate dimensions, the artist perfectly handles everything from plush textures to transparent surfaces. To say Wenjing's art is unique would be something of an understatement. Still, I'm not limited to them and adjust my palette to suit each project's requirements."

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Illustrator Aura Lewis on making feminist statements, Mrs America, and her vintage-yet-modern style

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Renowned for her feminist-themed illustrations, Aura's work takes traditionally 'girly' visual elements and turns them into empowering statements. Drawing her inspiration from women's history, fashion, and social activism, Aura's art style is both new and familiar. So I went back to school and got a master of arts in illustration.

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Changyu Zou creates stunning illustrations inspired by the beauty and romance of poetry

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Most of Changyu's inspiration comes from the written word instead of other artists; poetry, particularly, gets her creative juices flowing. 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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Flora Bai on art as self-healing, developing her style, and exploring parallel worlds via shoes

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Yet despite how unsettling some of her art may sound, creativity has always been a therapeutic pursuit for Flora. Originally from Wuhan, Flora moved to New York four years ago to chase her artistic ambitions. Ever since I was a child, I've always dreamed of becoming an artist," she tells Creative Boom. "I

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Artists demonstrate how to grab attention at the world's biggest design event

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Yes, it's quite a complex topic to evoke in a work of visual art. Hideki's team also crafted sculptures that surround the car, which are physically identical but use internal lighting with different textures to represent the idea of personalisation. But Hideki came up with an inventive and elegant response to the challenge.

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