Perhaps one of my favorite artists of all time is Janice Sung. Her work is mainly digital portraiture, but her artistic style is so distinctive and beautiful. I love how she preserves texture within her work as many digital portrait artists tend make everything seem as smooth and lifelike as Read more…
As I was browsing the web, I came across an excerpt from Christoph Niemann’s book, Sunday Sketching. It is not only a collection of his light-hearted drawings but also a reminder that creative expression is difficult and not always excellent. It reminded me a lot of The Six Steps comic, Read more…
From an artist’s perspective, Pinterest is perhaps one of the most useful yet frustrating social media sites. It has an infinite amount of images and ideas for just about anything–but more often than not, credit is not given where it is due. After scrolling on Pinterest for an unnecessary amount Read more…
For this week’s blog post, I was very much inspired by Sarah’s blog post from a couple weeks back where she shared her own bullet journal. I also happen to be an avid bullet journal-er, but instead of the classic pen-and-paper approach, I bullet journal completely digitally. Using the app Read more…
For this week’s blog post, I wanted to introduce my small business in honor of my new collection! innicco is an online store and blog that I started in my junior year of high school as a means of combining my interests of art and business. You can check it Read more…
Pantone, or what I like to call the color cult, basically curates the universal standard for color in the design world, and every year, they release a Color of the Year. According to Pantone: “For over 20 years, Pantone’s Color of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions Read more…
When we were introduced to the Invisible Cities project, I was immediately reminded of someone, so in this blog post, I will share one of my favorite artists: Charles Clary. I met him last summer at Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts as my Mixed Media instructor, and I quickly Read more…
The Black Lives Matter movement has been a large focus of 2020. Reminiscent of Faith Ringgold, Dawn Williams Boyd tells the story of Black America through her compelling fabric “paintings”. You can view some of her other works through this link: https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/giant-cloth-paintings-by-dawn-williams-boyd-stitched-together-to-tell-the-story-of-black-america/
At first glance, this seems a little weird, which I admit, it is. However, when you take a look at these toilet roll holders, each one is an aesthetic reinvention of a household item that normally very little thought is put into. I think that these designs tell an interesting Read more…
Design is present in every aspect of our lives, and it not only fulfills an innate aesthetic inclination but also conveys what words sometimes cannot, making it a keystone player in all fields. Initiated by the the World Design Organization (WDO), IBM Design, and Design for America (DFA), the COVID-19 Read more…