Maquin discovered her love for digital art while trying to get a local tourism management degree. She eventually decided to change the direction of her education, and fully focused on art.

It turned out to be a great decision, as Maquin managed to build a successful career while also managing to get a following on social media thanks to her cool digital portraits of famous characters.

“With graphic design, everything is possible and that’s what I love.” – Maquin recently told Fubiz. “I think graphic design is a new form of art. The brush turned into a stylus and graphic table”

Check out some of her works below.

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With experience in digital design for web, mobile and social media, as well as print design of tote bags, business cards and large format prints including artboards, event banners, and advertising posters – Obaga has a lot on her plate.

Her 2D creations are minimal, geometric, and colorful, inspired by folk styles seen in Kenya (and all over Africa) such as Kisii soapstone sculpture, Maasai beadwork, Kikuyu weaving, Swahili lesos, and more.

“My first real color palette was based on Maasai beadwork,” she recalled. “It’s evolved over the years but that was my way of stamping my work as African without being derivative. The abstract, organic shapes in my work are directly influenced by the soapstone sculpture from Kisii, where my parents are from. I love that something that could be called ‘modern minimal’ is a traditional craft of my people.”

“What I love most about being creative is that it’s the thing that can take a situation from hopeless to endless in possibility,” she admits. “If creation is the act of making from nothing, then creativity is the attitude required for it to happen. When you’re aware of it, it’s so empowering!”

Follow her empowering journey on Instagram.

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But although the thought process is messy and loose, the style is anything but. Goldberg’s graphic art is organized and balanced, even if a bit weird. “Great design is about what you DON’T do,” explained Goldberg in an interview with The Design Kids. “With so many tools, choices and techniques available to everyone all the time, it’s easy for designers to over-accessorize and get bogged down in techniques rather than ideas. Techniques aren’t ideas!” he stressed.

Goldberg day job is studio TRÜF’s creative director. Based in Santa Monica, California, studio TRÜF has worked with clients like Adidas, Indiegogo, and DreamWorks. “We’ve been creating brand identities for clients for many years and finally decided to design some stuff for ourselves,” reads TRÜF’s website. “We had no idea that our little design experiment would blow up in the press and social media.”

Indeed, the internet seemed to fall in love with Goldberg’s side project, and his minimal illustrations of animals have become somewhat of a viral sensation. Take a look for yourself.

The post This Series is a Homage to Geometry, Pattern, and White Space appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Maquin discovered her love for digital art while trying to get a local tourism management degree. She eventually decided to change the direction of her education, and fully focused on art.

It turned out to be a great decision, as Maquin managed to build a successful career while also managing to get a following on social media thanks to her cool digital portraits of famous characters.

“With graphic design, everything is possible and that’s what I love.” – Maquin recently told Fubiz. “I think graphic design is a new form of art. The brush turned into a stylus and graphic table”

Check out some of her works below.

The post French Graphic Artist Creates Cool Digital Portraits of Famous Characters appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

With experience in digital design for web, mobile and social media, as well as print design of tote bags, business cards and large format prints including artboards, event banners, and advertising posters – Obaga has a lot on her plate.

Her 2D creations are minimal, geometric, and colorful, inspired by folk styles seen in Kenya (and all over Africa) such as Kisii soapstone sculpture, Maasai beadwork, Kikuyu weaving, Swahili lesos, and more.

“My first real color palette was based on Maasai beadwork,” she recalled. “It’s evolved over the years but that was my way of stamping my work as African without being derivative. The abstract, organic shapes in my work are directly influenced by the soapstone sculpture from Kisii, where my parents are from. I love that something that could be called ‘modern minimal’ is a traditional craft of my people.”

“What I love most about being creative is that it’s the thing that can take a situation from hopeless to endless in possibility,” she admits. “If creation is the act of making from nothing, then creativity is the attitude required for it to happen. When you’re aware of it, it’s so empowering!”

Follow her empowering journey on Instagram.

The post Monica Obaga’s Art is Minimal, Geometric, and Colorful appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

But although the thought process is messy and loose, the style is anything but. Goldberg’s graphic art is organized and balanced, even if a bit weird. “Great design is about what you DON’T do,” explained Goldberg in an interview with The Design Kids. “With so many tools, choices and techniques available to everyone all the time, it’s easy for designers to over-accessorize and get bogged down in techniques rather than ideas. Techniques aren’t ideas!” he stressed.

Goldberg day job is studio TRÜF’s creative director. Based in Santa Monica, California, studio TRÜF has worked with clients like Adidas, Indiegogo, and DreamWorks. “We’ve been creating brand identities for clients for many years and finally decided to design some stuff for ourselves,” reads TRÜF’s website. “We had no idea that our little design experiment would blow up in the press and social media.”

Indeed, the internet seemed to fall in love with Goldberg’s side project, and his minimal illustrations of animals have become somewhat of a viral sensation. Take a look for yourself.

The post This Series is a Homage to Geometry, Pattern, and White Space appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.