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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. This doesn't mean her background in illustration was time wasted, though.

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Soumyaraj Vishwakarma's calming illustrations remind us to enjoy a slower pace of life

Creative Boom

Through those, I realised that I could pursue art as a profession. That's when I decided to go to an art college.". And that's exactly what she did in 2016, studying Visual Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and graduating in 2020, during the height of the pandemic.

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Kakanin Squad: Chararacter Concept Artworks and Illustrations by John Patrick Gañas

Design You Trust

He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising Arts from the University of the East – Caloocan, graduating magna cum laude. John Patrick Gañas is a concept artist and illustrator from Caloocan, Philippines, known for his vibrant and culturally inspired works.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

Design Milk

” Bras-Coupé, Demond Melancon, 2016. Bras-Coupé, Demond Melancon, 2016. I branched out to show them that beading can be contemporary art, can be fine art. Some of the other pieces were so big that I took the aprons off and put them in frames, some of them are hanging in my studio.

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From Slim Aarons to Horst P. Horst: 10 Iconic Fashion Photos to Celebrate Summer (Sponsored)

Feature Shoot

Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images, available on Fine Art America. Today, you can purchase prints and posters of this picture and dozens more by Aarons through Fine Art America , the art marketplace offering affordable, museum-quality prints to everyone from established collectors to newbie enthusiasts.

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Artist Sketched Fellow Passengers On The Ferry In Amsterdam In A Tiny Sketchbook

Design You Trust

Her multimedia art project, Faces on the Ferry, marked her return to the world of fine arts and captured the attention of Het Parool, Flow Magazine, and The Guardian. She also writes and illustrates her own books, most recently Texas Tracts. She co-founded creative collective Therewise Enterprises with her husband, J.C.

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Illustrator Albina Kolesnichenko Promotes Social Change and Ukraine’s Independence Through Her Work

Design You Trust

At National University, she majored in sculpture and fine arts. Since 2016, illustration has been a professional endeavor and a lifelong passion. She was raised in the historic city of Chernihiv, and she considers Ukraine to be her motherland. Albina started her artistic career in the Ukraine.