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'Never be afraid to make mistakes': Minkwan Kim on designing visuals for YouTube Music

Creative Boom

And while the new tech made music cheaper and more convenient, many of us Gen X-ers assumed that our love affair with album art would not be replicated by the Millennials, let alone Gen X. 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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Holly Stapleton mixes gouache with digital art to create works bathed in golden hour light

Creative Boom

Completely self-taught, Holly didn't undertake any formal training or higher education in illustrator or visual arts. Looking through the portfolio she's built thus far – which includes work for The New York Times and The Washington Post – there's a recurring theme of faceless characters; their features are mysteriously unknown.

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Cultural festivals for the soul: 2024 events that celebrate art, design, and creativity

Creative Boom

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, 2020. Singapore Art Week – Singapore, 19-28 January If you've never experienced the small but perfectly formed Asian city-state of Singapore, here's the perfect opportunity. It's a chance to discover up-and-coming talent and engage with some of art history's most important figures.

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Five Artists to Meet at The Other Art Fair’s Upcoming Brooklyn Edition

Colossal

Here are five artists exhibiting at this upcoming edition: Mongolian-American artist and cultural producer Eriko Tsogo navigates the diverse realms of visual art, esotericism, performance, social practice, and media as she delves into themes of identity, heritage, placemaking, longing, belonging, and the quest for a sense of home.

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Black Students Matter – An Interview with the Creator of BlackAtSVA

Illustration Age

On June 28th, 2020 a new Instagram account called @blackatsva published its first post with a simple message: “This is a safe space for current and former black students at SVA to share their stories. It’s important to note that the School of Visual Arts isn’t alone in this. You are heard. Your stories matter. You matter.”

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Xiangni Song follows her instincts to create paintings of the abstract images in her mind

Creative Boom

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.

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Sale Design Thinking for Visual Communication (Basics Design) Ambrose, Gavin (Author) English (Publication Language) 184 Pages – 08/22/2019 (Publication Date) – Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Publisher) −$4.72 $30.23 He examines why some products confuse users while others feel intuitively easy to operate.