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Aliya L.

Procreate

• Artist Statement

  The two girls in the drawing are characters I made back during quarantine when in was still in middle school on my computer. I recently redesigned them and have started drawing them a lot again. I like drawing them together in dynamic poses and was also working on how to render metal, so I gave them jewels and grills. I also just have a affinity for drawing black and Latino characters and culture as that is what I am and I naturally like to have a part of myself reflected in my art.

• Creative Statement

  To me, creativity is the manifestation of someone’s imagination, physically or not. Creativity is as unique to everyone as creativity is closely connected to someone’s lived experiences.