Color obsessed visual artist, Jade Purple Brown, has a name to match her vocation. “My name was actually given to me by a friend who was trying to figure out my middle name,” she explained in an interview with Design Milk. “She jokingly guessed Purple since my first and last name already happen to be colors. I loved the way Jade Purple Brown sounded, so I decided to use it as my artist name. My name is a clear depiction of my work: colorful, strong, and unique.”
Based in New York, Brown uses graphic design, illustration, and art direction to create content for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands. Using bold blocks of color and strong female figures, she creates dynamic artworks that are aimed at encouraging herself and others to be more optimistic and free.
“I love creating designs and illustrations for brands that share a similar vision and purpose,” she adds in the interview. “It’s the best feeling when brands specifically come to me for my personal style and push me to pump out my very best work.” And with more than 30k followers on Instagram, as well as selected clients that include Apple, Facebook, Sephora, and Google – people are clearly taking note.
“I love collecting 70’s interior design books for inspiration,” added Brown, talking about her sources of inspiration. “The over-the-top colorful palettes, quirky motifs, and the overall carefree attitude of the 70s excite me, and those are elements that I like to bring into my work.” She adds that she also loves people-watching in New York City. “The mix of different personalities and styles easily translate to my illustration work, inspiring me to create characters that are bold and unique,” she says.
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