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How Falmouth University's online MAs are helping creatives find their true voice

Creative Boom

Falmouth has applied this mindset to developing online MAs in a wide range of areas including Graphic Design, Illustration, User Experience, Digital Marketing, Photography and Fine Art. As Max advises: "It's definitely not an easy two years, but it's completely worth it. The MA is a safe place to just try things.

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Patrick Nelson's breathtaking collages bring a graphic design sensibility to the world of art

Creative Boom

Because I use paper like one would use a paintbrush, using smaller pieces to create a definitive, larger image.". After a year of producing and selling fine art on the regular, it was clear to me I had to make the switch and found a larger work-live studio in Sausalito, California.".

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'I like communicating complex ideas in simple ways': Illustrator Liam Eisenberg on honing his style, staying original and finding inspiration

Creative Boom

Despite not being an art major, this motivated me to put hours into each assignment until I worked my way up to being the best student in the class." When the time came to submit a portfolio and get accepted into an art program, Liam faced a dilemma. Should he focus on fine art, graphic design, photography or illustration? "I

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Sarah Madden on slowing down and finding escape through an exciting leap into freelancing

Creative Boom

Yes, I'm from Sheffield, where my mum still lives, and I came here to study Fine Art at Leeds University. That's definitely true. If that's a definition of success – the ability to be constantly improving – then that's enough for me. Successful people are human like me. It's a relief. You're based in Leeds?

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

Design Milk

I branched out to show them that beading can be contemporary art, can be fine art. . “I do it to inspire people, especially peers in my culture, to be better than what they think we’re supposed to be like. In New Orleans, in the culture, you’re not considered an artist.

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Craig Berry on working for Nomad & how changing cities has helped push his creative skills & confidence

Creative Boom

Although many of us continued working from home for quite some time, there were definitely some people back in the studio. Yeah, it's a distinctive accent, definitely. Up until then, I studied Fine Art. I used to love doing art – lots of painting, mainly in Abstract-Expressionism, throwing paint around.

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Sara Dobson and Rijul Narwal on how a UAL scholarship changed their lives

Creative Boom

Meet the students Sara Dobson is a British multidisciplinary artist currently studying MA Fine Art: Digital at Central Saint Martins, a course she began in 2022 and will complete in 2024. I'd originally thought, 'What kind of art college will take me?' I'm doing an MA in Fine Art Digital, which is a remote course.

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