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An illustration of a brown horse galloping with a rider. Instead of hooves, the horse wears four purple and pink Skechers trainers.

Nuts internet art and editorial illustration from Steph Davidson

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Date
1 August 2014

There was a time when we at It’s Nice That were inundated with internet art – we were having so much submitted to us on a daily basis that it was pouring out of our ears in waxy gifs. It’s pleasing to be faced with it again, a year or two after the craze has kind of died out, when it’s created by someone who actually has a passion and an eye for this stuff and isn’t just jumping on a weird bandwagon.

New York-based Steph’s work is a bunch of jpeg collages, scroll-heavy sites and precise illustration made with confident line and filled in on Photoshop with appealing pastel shades. She’s not just one of those people that sits indoors photoshopping spaghetti bolognese on to reindeer’s heads (well, she does do that a little bit) – Steph actually churns out work for publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and the like. For people like that to want to commission this kind of work is truly refreshing, and bodes well for the future.

A sculpture made of colourful, translucent gelatin sweets and jellies. The pieces are stacked into a dense, tiered mound featuring rings, cubes and a set of dentures at the front.
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Steph Davidson: Collage

A sculpture of a cluster of colourful, glossy frogs piled together. The piece is set against a matching backdrop of an illustration featuring frogs and pink lotus flowers in a pond.
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Steph Davidson: Collage

A massive, multi-storey inflatable castle in a riot of bright colours. The structure is packed with slides, tunnels and turrets, topped with a small silver figure.
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Steph Davidson: Collage

A maximalist digital collage featuring a chaotic mix of images, including a large dog, a blue cartoon cat with a pink bow, and a white rabbit. The composition is layered with flowers, gemstones, a piano keyboard, and various people and characters.
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Steph Davidson: Collage

A collage of various breadsticks and dipping sauces arranged in a tall, central pile. The food is set against a white background patterned with black, brush-stroke shapes.
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Steph Davidson: Collage

A large, mound-shaped pile of autumn leaves is filled with dozens of people. They are lounging, sitting and chatting throughout the pile against a plain white background.
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Steph Davidson: Collage

A psychedelic 3D render of multiple trainers overlapping in a dense, colourful collage. The shoes are rendered in neon pinks, yellows and blues, blending into a swirling, abstract background.
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Steph Davidson: Content Aware Fill Ugly Shoes

An illustration of a crowded cafe filled with various superheroes, including the Hulk, Batman, and Superman. Black circular text bubbles float around the characters, providing commentary on the history of superhero cinema. A bold title in the bottom left reads “The Superhero Casting Call”.
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Steph Davidson: Superhero movie illustration for Bloomberg Businessweek’s Year Ahead issue

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About the Author

Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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