Alyssa Castenada
Alyssa Castaneda is a digital media artist who creates works such as memes and image mashups, as well as non-narrative low fidelity films. She is comfortable using Abode software such as Photoshop and Premiere, the Sony Vegas series, and Procreate. Her line of works can be considered ironic, niche, and questionable. The goal of all her creations is to examine American beliefs and provide socio-economic commentary in a humorous manner. Alyssa proposes the questions, "Is technology really ruining our lives? Why are we so obsessed with Funko Pops? And how is Hello Kitty a symbol for anarchy?"
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Derek Kwok
Derek incorporates a lot of his hobbies and personal interests into his artworks. Alongside pop culture and modern art, Derek enjoys creating minimalist designs and pieces.
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Jason Manzon
Jason Manzon is a digital media artist whose works are engaged in color theory and abstraction. Each piece breathes life through different color combinations, organic forms, and shapes that are constructed through the ideology of color theory and abstraction. Whether representational or not, his works create a colorful and fluid atmosphere that guides the viewer's eyes throughout each piece. Color palettes from nature such as earth tones, warm sunsets, and vibrant orange sand dunes are some of the many inspirations that can be seen in his work. He works in digital media because it allows him to express his ideas on programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effects.
What inspires Jason is the connection between reality and the digital world. Incorporating the user, nature, and energy with the digital world is a recurring theme that can be seen in his works. He loves to create artworks on digital media platforms because he believes that it is a constantly evolving medium and can be used to share and create art in many different ways. Jason is also an illustrator that works in traditional and digital mediums such as graphite, ink, charcoal, and digital. He is currently learning to transfer his skills from the traditional mediums such as graphite drawings on canvas paper to create more digital works that he draws directly on his tablet with Photoshop and Illustrator.
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