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George Underwood: the designer who gave Bowie's albums their iconic look

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Now, as he prepares to participate in a charity exhibition honouring Bowie's legacy, we chat to George to look back on how he created these iconic covers and reflect on a lifetime of creativity, friendship, and the evolving intersection of music and visual art. I don't use much reference these days," he says. "I

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Flora Bai on art as self-healing, developing her style, and exploring parallel worlds via shoes

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This creative freedom led to Flora taking her drawings, sculptures and paintings and applying them to American art schools. The renowned School of Visual Arts in New York snapped her up, and Flora was thrilled to learn that it offered her a place to study an MFA in illustration. "It

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Yuchen Lu creates dreamlike illustrations inspired by Greek mythology and Chinese folklore

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"I was lucky to have more access to art than most Chinese children," she tells Creative Boom. After I graduated from the School of Visual Arts, I stayed in New York. When I draw a piece, I create a folder to collect all my reference imagery. But I guess the most important thing is that I really like drawing.

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

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One of the best things about Signal is that it doesn't make these sorts of arbitrary distinctions between art and science – it actively unites them. And to return to where we started, the interconnection of art and science – a link so inherent to all that Signal celebrates that it barely needs to celebrate it at all.

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Murugiah on how to illustrate and brand a music festival

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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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Candela Kerze confronts her demons with meme and video game-inspired illustrations

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As for why she refers to memes and video games in her illustrations, Candela says that it's simply because they are part of her. "I Some of these games have strong visual art styles and deep stories I think people undervalue," she says. I love internet culture, and memes are part of my daily life," she adds.

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10 fun illustration challenges to spark your creativity and energise you in 2024

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It's an initiative of Character Design References (CDR), an independent website dedicated to sequential, illustrative, and concept art from animation, games and comics. This allows you to combine your love for music with visual arts and can be a brilliant way to practice conceptual thinking.