A Journalist’s Journey Into AI-Assisted Poetry: Nick Abramo
Nick Abramo is a veteran journalist with over forty years of experience in the field, who recently turned his curiosity toward a new creative outlet: poetry. His foray into AI-assisted writing began as a lighthearted experiment (asking ChatGPT to generate a sports article) but quickly evolved into a deeper exploration of how technology and creativity can intersect. What started as a test of AI’s capabilities soon became a unique hybrid process: Nick provides the ideas, themes, and direction, while AI drafts the initial form — which he then heavily edits, shaping it into something distinctly his own.
Joe Chiappetta on Silly Daddy Comics, NFTs, and Over 25 Years of Digital Art
An award-winning cartoonist and digital art pioneer, Joe Chiappetta has been creating art since long before “digital” was a common word in the studio. Originally from Chicago and now based in California, he is best known for Silly Daddy Comics and ArtVndngMchn, with a career spanning the Independent Comics Publishing Movement of the 1980s to today’s Rare Digital Art and Cryptoart scenes. His work blends humor, family, and faith, often reflecting a lighthearted yet deeply personal perspective.
Digital Art Before the Internet: Victor Acevedo on 40 Years of Digital Experimentation
Victor Acevedo is one of the early pioneers of desktop digital art, creating fine art images and videos with computers since 1985 — long before digital art became mainstream. His journey began even earlier, in 1983, when he started experimenting with computer graphics under the influence of legendary artists Frank Dietrich and Tony Longson. Rooted in geometric abstraction yet often intertwined with figuration, his hybrid imagery carries a metaphysical sensibility that bridges technology, philosophy, and form.
Cory Sea on Beauty, Healing, and Weaving Jazz into Digital Art
Cory Sea is a digital artist and jazz guitarist whose creative journey began in childhood, inspired by his father who was a painter and art professor. With a BA in Art from the University of Michigan and an MFA from the University of New Mexico, Cory’s path has always been guided by a desire to bring beauty into the world. His shift into digital art began in 2008, when he was invited to create visual content for a relaxation DVD for hospital patients in Australia. That experience marked the beginning of his deep engagement with digital media. We asked Cory about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
From eDNA to Quantum Consciousness: Solimán López
Solimán López is a new media conceptual artist and researcher whose practice bridges science, Web3, and digital art. His work explores artificial intelligence, biotechnology, DNA, electronics, interactive media, and 3D. His installations, research-based projects, and digital entities have been exhibited internationally. We asked Solimán about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
10 Digital Artists: Interactive Art and Design
In the world of interactive art and design, engagement is not just encouraged — it’s essential. The use of technologies like AI, VR, and real-time interactivity is allowing artists to create dynamic experiences that react to the viewer’s actions, decisions, and presence. From virtual reality worlds to interactive public installations, these 10 digital artists are creating groundbreaking works that invite us to engage, explore, and think in new ways.
Artist Interview: Esther Rou Jiao
Esther Rou Jiao is a New York-based artist specializing in 3D, motion, and graphic design, whose practice has recently expanded into the world of AI art. Her work reflects a dedication to crafting visually engaging designs that resonate with audiences. We asked Esther about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Vince Fraser
Vince Fraser is a digital artist and illustrator with over 20 years of experience in the creative industry. Known for blending a variety of skills, including film and motion, he believes in confronting current social, political, and cultural realities with an imaginative yet critical lens, using his art as a tool for change. We asked Vince about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Francesco Seren Rosso
Francesco Seren Rosso is a self-taught artist from Italy whose work blends digital glitches with the beauty of nature. His art often features landscapes where the natural and technological collide, revealing the unexpected beauty in imperfection and decay. Francesco experiments with glitch aesthetics, intentionally degrading digital files to uncover meaning in loss, and incorporates collage techniques to layer textures and materials into striking compositions. We asked Francesco about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Michael J. Masucci
Michael J. Masucci has been at the forefront of digital art for over 40 years, blending creativity with advocacy to help digital art gain recognition in contemporary spaces. A founding member of EZTV and the CyberSpace Gallery, one of the world’s first galleries dedicated to digital art, Masucci has been a pioneer in integrating art and technology. His work celebrates the coexistence of past and present, often mixing vintage tools with cutting-edge techniques to honor where digital art began while exploring where it can go. We asked Michael about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Joe Giunta
Joe Giunta is a seasoned graphic artist, illustrator, and educator with a career spanning decades. Joe explores ways to infuse the energy and spontaneity of traditional art into the digital medium. His love for cartoons has been a constant throughout his career, inspired by the gag cartoons and comic strips he admired growing up. Over time, his style evolved into a unique blend influenced by his heroes from Mad Magazine, The New Yorker, and the Saturday Evening Post — with humor that continues to develop and delight audiences. We asked Joe about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Stephen Paré
Stephen Paré is an artist and writer originally from Ithaca, New York, who has lived across the United States. Now based in Houston, Texas, Stephen feels at home wherever his creativity takes him. Inspired by the art, stories, and music he’s loved, as well as the deep cultures and nuances of language, Stephen’s work aims for what James Joyce once called an “omnium gatherum” — a full representation of life, both profound and ironic. We asked Stephen about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Simon McCall
Simon McCall is a British contemporary new media artist who blends traditional impasto painting with modern digital design to create stunning abstract landscapes. His work is inspired by the breathtaking beauty of the English Lake District and the Cumbrian coast, capturing the colors, textures, and light of these rugged scenes. We asked Simon about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: SLip
SLip is a Lyon-based digital collage artist known for his playful yet thought-provoking approach. Despite often tackling serious subject matter, he skillfully balances the weight of these themes with a pastel color palette, softening the impact of the sometimes dark societal issues he explores. We asked SLip about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Roadside Lake World
Hakan Can Kinik, also known as Roadside Lake, is a graphic designer and illustrator who is the founder and curator of Roadside Lake World, a digital art gallery that highlights the work of over 102 artists through curated solo and group exhibitions. With a strong presence in the NFT space, Roadside Lake has helped build an inclusive and innovative art community, one NFT at a time. We asked Roadside Lake about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Ömer Camcı
Ömer Camcı is a digital artist from Türkiye with a background in graphic design. His NFT collection, Anxiety of Abstract Space, explores the intricate layers of human emotions, particularly anxiety, through abstract black & white designs. We asked Ömer about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Alexandros Tsolakis
Alexandros Tsolakis is a Greek visual artist with a background in architecture and computation, currently based in London. His ongoing series, Drawings in Code, explores abstract forms created by intricate arrangements of points, constructed with code and ink. His works evoke abstract landscapes, celestial bodies, and musical forces, blending mathematical precision with elements of chaos to create a symphony of particles and rays of light. We asked Alexandros about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artist Interview: Lela Amparo
Lela Amparo is a multidisciplinary visual artist who uses machine learning to blend photography from her travels into otherworldly scenes. Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona and currently residing in Gothenburg, Sweden, the artist bridges the gap between her two worlds by taking familiar landscapes and different cultures and adding a touch of surreal. We asked Lela about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Digital Art Explained: Timecode
Timecode is an interactive artwork that invites visitors to explore the subjectivity of time through a unique and engaging experience. Created by the collaborative duo Pressure + Time, Nate Mars and Mike Patrick, Timecode transforms the concept of time into a tactile and visual journey.
Artist Interview: Cleo Peng
Cleo Peng is a New York-based artist from China. Fascinated by explorations of new perspectives on life and our interactions with nature, Cleo's art has become essential to her own self-discovery. The artist moved to NYC in 2019 and began her journey as a digital illustrator during the pandemic after graduating from Parsons. Through her pieces, she invites viewers to connect with their own emotions and the natural world around them. We asked Cleo about her art, creative process, and inspirations.