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

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Travel poster challenge This challenge involves creating posters of various destinations in your own signature style. These might include landscapes, cityscapes, or thematic travel ideas. How about a travel poster advertising Pan'em, Gilead, Rivendell or Hogwarts? Plus, you don't even have to restrict yourself to the real world!

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A Light in the Woods: a fairytale experience from musician Radical Face

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"Radical Face wanted to create a project about the woods and use his three favourite mediums: music, writing, and visual art. As you travel through this landscape, you can uncover lore, music, and characters while learning about our hero, Vagus, and his story," says Britton.

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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. I turn to art history for visual inspiration as well.

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

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Whether at home or abroad, it'll allow you to travel somewhere new, immerse yourself in new ideas and fresh creativity, and recharge your imagination in the process. 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.

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Mellow Meadow's art sends you on a spiritual journey through natural and mystical beings

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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. In her recent solo exhibition, Water Stitches , she travels through time to explore her spirituality to its fullest, re-envisioning ancient wall paintings via her own mural-like, surrealist style.

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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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