Between Algorithm and Memory: Pioneering Digital Artist Martine Jacobs on Early Internet to AI
Martine Jacobs is a Dutch artist whose work moves between the digital and the handmade, blending AI generation with delicate pastel interventions. Her recent series, Four Hybrid Works – Between Algorithm and Memory, explores what happens when beauty, once central to art, begins to fade into memory. Each piece starts with artificial intelligence and ends with her touch — a quiet act of resistance that brings warmth and humanity back into the machine-made.
“A Fantastical Space to Escape Reality”: Yuanhao Tang on the Power of Illustration
Yuanhao Tang is an illustrator known for his bold line work, flat colors, and distinctive storytelling flair. Working primarily in the book and editorial illustration markets, his art combines a sharp graphic sensibility with thoughtful, conceptual depth. Rooted in a lifelong love of comic books; beginning with a well-worn Batman issue from his childhood, Yuanhao’s art practice started with years of traditional drawing and painting before evolving into the digital realm.
A Pause Between Worlds: The Metaphoric Art of Yueming Li
Yueming Li is a visual artist whose work explores how images can tell stories and reveal the inner world through metaphor and symbolism. Drawing from everyday life, she creates visual narratives that invite viewers to pause, feel, and reflect. Having lived across different countries, Yueming sees art as a universal language — one that transcends words and connects emotions across cultures. Her works often feel meditative, guiding viewers into quiet, contemplative spaces where familiar moments take on a timeless, poetic quality.
Design as Choreography: Junrong (Arving) Wu on Sound, Rhythm, and Emotion
Junrong (Arving) Wu is an award-winning multidisciplinary visual designer based in New York City. His practice spans motion graphics, branding, and art direction, merging conceptual storytelling with sleek visual precision. A Gold Winner at the London Design Awards and recipient of the DNA Paris Design Award, Junrong currently works with DE-YAN NYC, where he contributes to high-profile branding and experiential media projects. His work often bridges the physical and digital, transforming memory, perception, and cultural identity into immersive visual experiences.
Producing on the Faultlines: From Live Performance to XR
Wayne Ashley is a producer and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience shaping the XR ecosystem across virtual reality, mixed reality, video gaming, live performance, installation, and immersive design. As Founder and Executive Producer of FuturePerfect Studio, he has worked at the cutting edge of culture and technology, developing projects that bring together art and innovation.
Nothing Is Ever Ordinary: Xinyu Yu on Still Life
Xinyu Yu is an award-winning artist and designer whose practice bridges the lyricism of Eastern traditions with the innovation of contemporary Western art. Born and raised in China, she trained rigorously in ink, watercolor, and oil painting before expanding her perspective through studies at Pratt Institute in Interior Design and at the University of Pennsylvania in Sustainable Design. Now based in Phoenix, Arizona, she draws inspiration from the region’s diverse landscapes and cultures, blending her cross-cultural background into a body of work that is both grounded in history and open to transformation.
“A Nostalgic Filter to Comment on the Present”: Pixel Art with Jude Buffum
Jude Buffum is a Philadelphia-based pixel artist and illustrator whose work reimagines 8-bit aesthetics for the present day. With over two decades of experience, he has collaborated with major brands like Disney, Marvel, Sony, Hasbro, ESPN, WWE, Taco Bell, and Target. A graduate of Temple University’s Graphic Arts and Design program, Jude began his career in book design before founding his own studio in 2007, where he has since become known for vibrant, retro-styled illustrations and conceptual storytelling through pixels.
BorrowedTime and the Poetics of Code: Cubist Heart Laboratories
Cubist Heart Laboratories is a global collective of scientists, artists, and shamans “found wherever electrons move,” founded by Creative Director John See Landry. Based in Boston, Landry is a visual artist with a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design, whose work explores the intersections of art, technology, and time. With projects like BorrowedTime — a daily clock built with React that remixes found internet imagery — the collective creates experimental works that blur the boundaries between design, computation, and poetic expression.
Cansu Waldron on Digital Arts Blog, Curatorial Vision, and the Future of Art
Cansu Waldron is a writer and curator exploring the intersection of art and technology. Originally from Istanbul, Türkiye, and now based in New York, she earned her MA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts as a Wasserman Scholar. Through curatorial work, writing, and public speaking, she has shaped conversations around digital art and creative technologies. In 2023, she founded Digital Arts Blog, a platform dedicated to supporting digital artists, promoting inclusivity, and fostering public understanding of digital practices.
Surreal, Punk, Big-Eyed: Shannon Bulrice on AI as a Tool, Not a Threat
Shannon Bulrice is a multidisciplinary artist who blends punk aesthetics, emotional storytelling, and emerging technologies. Her work is known for surreal, character-driven imagery that explores identity, softness, and defiance, using both traditional tools and AI-enhanced design. Shannon creates worlds where rebellion and tenderness coexist, inviting viewers into spaces that feel both strange and deeply human.
Painting Life’s Mysteries: Nacho Frades on Art, Writing, and NFTs
Nacho Frades is a digital painter whose luminous, minimalist works blend the spirit of classical painting with contemporary technology. He began drawing as a child, inspired by El Greco and endless museum visits, and went on to study with realist master Antonio López, who instilled in him the discipline to follow his own path. After years working in animated films, Frades shifted fully to digital painting in 2005, developing a body of work that feels both introspective and futuristic. His art has been exhibited internationally, from museums to billboards in Times Square, and is held in collections around the world.
A Surreal Theater: The Baroque Intensity of Ada Crow
Ada Crow is a multidisciplinary artist and art historian from Asturias, Spain. With a background that bridges traditional art history and contemporary practice, her work reinterprets iconic imagery through photography, oil painting, drawing, AI, and stop motion. Influenced by Surrealism, Flemish painting, and the Baroque, she seeks a balance between visual beauty and conceptual depth, always circling back to the question of what it means to be human.
Drawing the Personal, Finding the Universal: Wenqing Gu
Wenqing Gu is a Las Vegas–based freelance illustrator and visual storyteller whose digital artwork spans children’s books, 2D animation, and editorial projects. Drawing inspiration from both her Chinese heritage and American experiences, she brings warmth, humor, and a touch of wonder to her illustrations, inviting audiences of all ages into imaginative worlds.
From Literature to Design: Jun Lin on Research-Driven Creativity
Jun Lin is a Los Angeles–based graphic designer and illustrator with a background in Literature. Her work spans branding, print, digital, packaging, and illustration, brought together by a methodical, research-driven, and empathetic design sensibility.
In Mexico, Inspiration Comes from Anywhere: Guillermo Flores's Digital Collages
Guillermo Flores is Mexican designer and illustrator based in Guadalajara, specialized in advertising illustration, retouching, post production and digital collage. He created unique images for advertising campaigns, as well as collaborating in the publishing world, developing illustrations for magazine covers, editorial articles and books.
Designing Systems that Feel: UI/UX & Graphic Design by Yanming Chen
Yanming Chen is a graphic and UX/UI designer from Chengdu, China, with a Master’s degree in Communication Design from Pratt Institute in New York. Her practice bridges print, branding, and digital design, evolving from early projects in posters and typography to a strong focus on UI/UX and communication systems.
A Gift to the Ocean: The Art of Lhean Storm
Lhean Storm is a Filipino visual artist based in Manila whose work is deeply influenced by underground music culture. Lhean’s art often carries a trippy, psychedelic energy while remaining rooted in nature and the realities of life. Her imagery serves as a mirror for viewers, drawing them into vivid, dreamlike worlds that invite personal reflection and discovery.
A Visual Mixtape: The Collages of Ed Wolk
Ed Wolk is a Canadian artist who has been creating digital collages for over 25 years. With a professional background in radio production, Ed has long been drawn to the art of assembling fragments — whether through sound or image. His interest in collage began in Vancouver, when a large-scale work by the artist Famous Empty Sky inspired him to experiment with paper scraps. What started as a personal exploration eventually evolved into a digital practice that he continues to develop and share on his website today.
Screen to Skin: Digital Illustration and Tattooing with Haiwei Tai
Haiwei Tai is a tattoo artist and digital illustrator whose work bridges the traditions of American traditional tattooing with contemporary digital media. While his foundation lies in bold lines, iconic imagery, and narrative-driven compositions, Haiwei has embraced digital tools as an essential part of his creative voice. The iPad, for him, is more than a sketching device — it’s a space to refine ideas, experiment with composition and color, and expand tattoo aesthetics into new forms.
When Failure Becomes Freedom: Meet Artist Jin Liu
Jin Liu is an award-winning visual artist and illustrator from China. Drawn to image-making from an early age by the illustrated books of her childhood, she developed a strong visual sense that later guided her studies in Fine Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Her work spans a variety of media and approaches, always marked by rich color palettes, symbolic compositions, and emotional depth. Influenced by Maxfield Parrish, Jin brings both expressive feeling and formal clarity to every piece she creates.