How YoruBeats Found Art in Cybersecurity, AI, and the Streets of Fukuoka
YoruBeats spent nearly a decade working in the HVAC construction industry before moving to Japan to start a new chapter with his wife. Living in Fukuoka sparked a creative shift, as he began photographing urban corners and blending them with LoFi-inspired AI art, reflective captions, and music. What started as casual experiments evolved into a full creative pursuit, combining real-life imagery with dreamlike aesthetics. We asked YoruBeats about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artivator in Venice: A Conversation with Enrico Dedin
Enrico Dedin is a media artist and art director whose work spans video, digital media, and experimental storytelling. Based in the Metropolitan City of Venice and known for his poetic visual language and thoughtful exploration of contemporary life, Enrico combines his background in visual experimentation with a sharp curatorial eye. We asked Enrico about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Where Whimsy Meets the Gothic: Meet Yubin Lee
Yubin Lee is a designer and illustrator based in New York City, specializing in digital marketing design, visual branding, and illustration. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts with a degree in Illustration, she brings a distinct narrative flair to her design work, blending gothic and fantastical influences with a playful, whimsical twist. Her visual language draws heavily from her early memories of Gothic architecture while living in Europe, combined with inspirations from artists like Erté, Daniel Egneus, and Eiko Ishioka. We asked Yubin about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Architecture and Imagination: The AI-Imagined Worlds of Samuvel Benhursha
Samuvel Benhursha is an architectural designer, AI artist, and curator of Sambenhur Designs, a digital gallery where architecture meets imagination. With a background in architecture and a passion for sustainability, Samuvel brings a unique perspective to the intersection of technology, heritage, and design. At its core is a deep belief that design should serve both the senses and the soul. We asked Samuvel about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
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.
10 Digital Artists: Celebrating the Spirit of the Caribbean
The Caribbean is known for its rich mix of cultures, languages, and histories — and that same energy shines through in its digital art scene. From bold illustrations and experimental animation to interactive experiences, these artists are using digital tools in powerful ways to create meaning. Their work often blends tradition with technology, and local stories with global conversations. Here are 10 digital artists whose art captures the creativity and diversity of the Caribbean.
Modern Myths: Yicheng Zhu Paints the Soul of Chinese Folklore
Yicheng Zhu is a concept artist and visual storyteller whose work bridges cultural heritage and imaginative design. After several years creating concept art for video games and animation, she’s now expanding into more personal, experimental forms of art. While her professional work is grounded in solving visual problems for creative teams, Yicheng’s recent explorations dive into abstract techniques that allow for deeper emotional expression. We asked Yicheng about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
No Instructions Needed: Exploring Digital Play with Laureano Solis
Laureano Solis is a graphic developer specializing in real-time 3D interaction and immersive digital experiences. Based in Valencia, Spain, with roots in Argentina, he blends design and programming to create innovative artistic and commercial projects using cutting-edge technology. With a strong focus on interactivity, Laureano designs and develops 3D environments for browsers, allowing users to explore immersive, real-time digital spaces across multiple platforms. His expertise opens up new possibilities for artistic, commercial, and educational applications. We asked Laureano about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Glitches, Serendipity & Synths: A Conversation with Nico Antwerp
Nico Antwerp is a London-based video artist with a passion for mixing digital tools in playful and unexpected ways. With a background in music and sound design, he gradually found his way into motion design and video art — shifting from thinking in milliseconds to frames. We asked Nico about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Where Whales Fall and Myths Rise: Alena Saveleva
Alena Saveleva is an artist and filmmaker whose work centers on visual and non-linear storytelling that explores non-human myths and essences. Her practice challenges anthropocentric narratives, seeking instead to re-enchant nature and decentralize the human gaze. Themes of cycle, death, and rebirth run through her work, offering viewers a space to reflect on transformation and the quiet continuity of life beyond human timelines. We asked Alena about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
What I Wish I Knew: Irene Neyman on Freelance Life and Staying Seen
Irene Neyman is a self-taught illustrator and graphic designer based in Calgary, Canada. Her creative practice spans commercial illustration, packaging and character design, motion graphics, and editorial work. With a distinctive style that balances bright colors, simple shapes, and experimental textures, Irene brings clarity and charm to every project she takes on. We asked Irene about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Art as Resistance to Hypervelocity and Perfection: Subliexe
Subliexe is a digital artist whose work delves into abstraction, glitch, and memory in the age of image hypervelocity. His name (a fusion of “sublime” and “execution”) reflects both his conceptual focus and his hands-on approach to digital experimentation. Using tools like Processing, AI, GIMP, and data moshing software, Subliexe explores the chaotic speed at which images flood our lives today — and what that speed does to our sense of memory, time, and identity. We asked Subliexe about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Beneath the Sun, Beside the Sea: Liza Landberg Paints Love and Feminine Connection
Liza Landberg is a self-taught artist based in Köln, Germany, known for her expressive and emotionally rich printmaking and digital art. Her work blends figurative and abstract elements, using color as a powerful vehicle to convey mood — sometimes vibrant and bold, other times soft and restrained. Drawing inspiration from her travels across South and Central America and her time with Native American communities in North America, Liza’s art captures fleeting impressions of joy, spirituality, and everyday life. We asked Liza about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Silence, Surveillance, and Immersive Video Art: Sofia Malemina
Sofia Malemina is a London-based multimedia artist whose work spans video, sound, and immersive installation. A 2023 Fine Art graduate of Central Saint Martins, Sofia combines digital technologies with traditional techniques to explore themes like identity, perception, and the blurry line between physical and virtual space. Her influences range from the philosophical musings of Jean Baudrillard to the experimental silence of John Cage, and her practice is rooted in conceptual inquiry that feels both personal and deeply reflective. We asked Sofia about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
10 Digital Artists: Storytellers in Comics and Cartoons
In this spotlight, we’re excited to introduce ten cartoonists whose work shows just how broad and powerful this art form can be. From dreamy myth-inspired illustrations to gritty, character-driven comics, these artists redefine what cartoon storytelling can look like today. Their styles are diverse; bright and bold, soft and eerie, playful and raw, but they all share a deep love for storytelling and a strong visual voice. Here are 10 digital artists you’ll want to follow if you love comics and cartoons.
Where Technology Meets the Poetic: Ziyi Zhang
Ziyi Zhang is an art director and multimedia artist whose work bridges the poetic and the political, the emotional and the technological. Since beginning her professional journey in 2021, she has approached the creative industry with curiosity, openness, and a strong collaborative spirit. Grounded in both art and technology, Zhang’s practice blends dreamlike, romantic aesthetics with thoughtful reflections on humanity, social issues, and global concerns. We asked Ziyi about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Collages Inspired by a Lifetime of Travel: Apostolos Vafeas
Apostolos Vafeas was born on the picturesque island of Kythnos, Greece. A passionate traveler, he spent over 35 years working in the tourism industry before retiring and turning his attention to collage art — an interest he had cherished alongside his career for many years. His travels around the world have deeply influenced his artistic practice, with each piece reflecting glimpses of the places, cultures, and moments that have stayed with him. We asked Apostolos about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
The Beauty in Error: Devis Bergantin’s Semi-Automatic Art and Digital Distortion
Devis Bergantin is a visual artist, writer, and atelierist based in northern Italy. His artistic practice centers on experimental drawing and glitch art—often blending the two to explore spontaneity, unpredictability, and the beauty found in error. In addition to his creative work, Devis is also an expert in vegetable and wellness gardening, cultivating both land and imagination through interdisciplinary collaborations with independent projects and spaces across Italy and abroad. We asked Devis about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Purposeful Typography: Nancy (Xinxuan) Gao
Nancy (Xinxuan) Gao is a multidisciplinary designer with a focus on visual identity and typography. A graduate of ArtCenter College of Design, she discovered her love for branding and font design early on and has been exploring both traditional and digital approaches to design ever since. Whether working with paper or writing code, Nancy enjoys exploring how design can communicate and connect. We asked Nancy about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Turning Shadow Work into Surreal Collage Art: Unknown Deity
Unknown Deity is a collage artist based in Charm City, Maryland, whose work centers around the process of transmutation — transforming emotion and experience into evocative visual language. Through layered, surreal compositions, Unknown Deity explores the depths of the human condition, offering viewers gentle reminders that we’re never truly alone. We asked Unknown Deity about her art, creative process, and inspirations.