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Oliver Perry's charming illustrations recreate the magic of vintage New Yorker cartoons

Creative Boom

Inspired by illustrative styles and storytelling from across print and film, Oliver's style was further polished at the School of Visual Arts, NYC, where he earned a BRA in Illustration with High Honours. His work has even appeared on Link NYC kiosks dotted around the city. Aside from drawing, Oliver is also a practising magician.

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Artists demonstrate how to grab attention at the world's biggest design event

Creative Boom

Originally a furniture fair, it's grown over the years into a massive week-long celebration of creativity and innovation in furniture, lighting, fashion, textiles and all kinds of product design. Yes, it's quite a complex topic to evoke in a work of visual art.

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

Creative Boom

It offers courses in art, design, fashion, computing, communication and performing arts across six renowned colleges (Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts) and the Creative Computing Institute.

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Illustrator Aura Lewis on making feminist statements, Mrs America, and her vintage-yet-modern style

Creative Boom

An MFA graduate from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, her lush, almost textural illustrations have appeared on murals, in the pages of books she's written, and in the titles of hit TV dramas. Drawing her inspiration from women's history, fashion, and social activism, Aura's art style is both new and familiar.

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Chiara Xie's tech-focused illustrations redefine what a fulfilling life looks like

Creative Boom

Chiara has always had a passion for art, even though her academic background initially led her to study finance with a minor in Visual Arts at Boston University. While taking art history courses, I realised that my true interest lay in creating the artwork itself," she tells Creative Boom.

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Spectacular Sisters: The Feminist-Inspired Illustrations by Aura Lewis

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Aura Lewis earned her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is inspired by women’s history, fashion, social activism and culture from all over the world, as well as vintage ephemera and retro color palettes and patterns. More: Instagram.

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Zhiyu You depicts the struggles facing women in a diabolical series of Hell Scene paintings

Creative Boom

These are just some of the grotesque sights in Zhiyu's Hell Scene illustrations, which reinterpret the eighteen layers of Hell and the struggles facing women in a diabolically surreal fashion. After graduating, I decided to stay in New York because there are many illustration-related activities in the city every year," she reveals.

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