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SHADES & COLOR February Founder's Pick: Shay (Graphic Design and Surrealist Visionary)

For the Month of February 2021: SHAY! Graphic Design and Surrealist Visionary Written by: Elyana Riddick || Date: February 8, 2021      I stumbled upon Shay’s page in a following frenzy of small artists when I first started SHADES & COLOR. I happened upon many painters, sketchers, and fashionistas, however it was Shay’s photo-editing that caught my eye heavily. Pictured in her feed were personified plant-humanoids modelling in cities and parks, posed and perfect. In the interview and even still to this day, I cannot fathom the creativity of Shay—maybe it’s because she brings creativity so unique that there is a loss of words in describing her talent. Hopefully, with this writing, I can do her justice. Sorry, Shay, that it took so long to write this!      Shay has been involved with graphic design and photo-editing for the last seven years. Her talent first took the form of PicsArt and pictures on her Android. She would first take pictures of food, going to social media in what woul

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