Vibrant, Colorful Art by Aurélia Durand

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Aurélia Durand is a talented artist who creates gorgeous, vibrant illustrations, both for commercial purposes and as a way to express creativity. She recently did art for Facebook and Apple Music, among other projects.

“My inspiration comes from movies, music videos, music, illustrations, architecture, product design and more. My experiences in life are also my inspiration, and my relationships with others are what I am the most inspired by,” she told 21Ninety in an interview. She also talked about the goal of her art, telling that it should show “the modern afro-descendants as confident and proud.”

Check out her work below.

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Yes I love pink ! 🌸 Is that too bad?

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#earthday2019 🌍 The earth is what we all have in common and every act we do has an impact on our planet so let's protect it and care more about what to do to make it last! 🐝🐠🕷🐍🐒🌵🌿🌷 PRINT AVAILABLE on my webshop (link in bio) . . . . . . . . . #aureliadurand #illustratrice  #illustrationartist #womenwhodraw #moreillustrations #illustrationart #womenwithpencils #illustrationwork #illustrationgram #digitalillustrator #theillustrationroom #womenillustrators #vectorgraphics #visualgraphic #editorialart #vectorillustration #flatdesign #adobeillustrator #illustrationdesign #animalart #editorialillustration #editorialdesign #editorialillustrator #vectorartist #editorialillustrations #illustrationanimal #colorfulanimals #motherearth #jungleillustration

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Things I often hear from people: What's like to be a full-time illustrator? Wow, you have lots of followers, how did you do? How do you make a living? Do you have a side job? The magic of the internet is that when you have a talent people will share it, and you get to be discovered. It is a channel which is very crowded nowadays, but it is possible. There is no secret or secret magic potion to be an artist; even if you have 100.000 followers, it does not mean it will happen. Numbers don't matter; it is all about the content and the engagement. Instagram is a tool for those who have something worth to share; it engages communities around topics, and it creates real close connections .Thanks to Instagram and all other online platform people discover lots of creatives and get a closer look at what's like to be an artist, and that's awesome. From my point of view, I see my Instagram profile as a gallery where I show my new skills and what I can do so brands can decide what style they like for an upcoming project. Most of the illustrations on my Instagram are my personal work, and I enjoy sharing it with people, it creates awareness of my style and drives traffic on my page. I am not contacting any of the brands I am working with, I spend a lot of time creating original content for social media, and it is how people see my work. I make a living thanks to brands who ask me to create illustrations for their online platforms, magazine, events, music, book for children and more. Most of the brands I work with are based in Paris, London, New York and California. I work on various projects and use my illustrations style for those assignments. I don't live from selling posters, it is a passive income which is great, but it doesn't pay all my bills. And I am not interested in creating a brand name; I just want to be a graphic artist who do various projects for different brands. If you have more questions please do I will try to answer you in the comments. Thank you.

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Men having a break. I am going to do a series of men’s portrait, I feel I have not represented enough men in my visuals not because I am against representing them but because I felt it was more natural to illustrate women’s stories as I can relate more. I think that in the context we are now (me too movement or recently the abortion’s laws) we tend to reject men and accuse them for their machismo behaviors. I feel instead of doing it we should take care more of them and let them be more sensible and vulnerable. So I am going to include them more in my visuals to engage a new dialogue and to introduce more inclusivity. I am very much inspired by Edward Hooper I have to admit… I am a huge fan. I hope you had a good weekend.

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French touch 💛💚🧡

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Get in the game 2019! ⚽️🏆 Next Friday starts the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Paris! I have been commissioned to make three animated videos of three women playing football by Facebook. It will be used as a promotion of the event by Facebook. Cool no? . 📣please for repost tag my name @4ur3lia All in one 💥 ©Copyright, all rights reserved Don’t duplicate, modify & use without permission . #womensoccer #fifawwc #illustree #womenwhodraw #womenwhodrawwomen #illustrationage #illustrationhowl #illustrationdesign #ballpitmag #weloveillustration #dailydesignpick #vaniladesign #visforvector #pirategraphic #animation2d #2danimation #characteranimation #animationart #motionmate #digitalanimation #traditionalanimation #animatedgif #animateddrawing #animated #animatedvideo #animatedcharacter

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Going to New York City ! 🇺🇸✈️🗽✨ @califiafarms ´s team and I have been collaborating the last past months on their third issue of their 100% female contributed zine, pour over. I will be flying over New York City next week to attend the launch party and so if you live in NYC you can meet me at the event on the 20th of June from 7-10pm. I will be making some live sketches. Excited to be there. Swipe to get further information! #pourover #aureliadurand #artwork #artsy #coverartist #artcover #editorialart #editorialimages #editorialdesign #floralillustration #womenofillustration #illustrationnow #womenempowered #californianlandscape #weareillustration #womenwhodraw #illustratorlife #weloveillustration #dailydesignpick #affinitydesigner #illustree #vaniladesign #coloredsketch #editorialdesign #flatillustration #popsugarplayground #califiafarms

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