Drew Borders is an Atlanta-born and -based visual artist, focused on mural paintings and works in digital illustration and animations. Borders likes bold, bright colors with recurring yellows, pinks and blues.
“I just want people to feel the same energy that I’m feeling when I create it,” Borders said.
She often features Black and brown women in stylistic portraiture, considering representation an important aspect of her artistic practice.
“I think I’ve always been inspired by a desire for representation,” she said. “I know how bad of an impact it can have on your self-esteem when you don’t see people who look like you or your family members in the media, so I wanted to change that.”
A big fan of anime and manga, Borders uses the motifs of exaggerated and idealized features with enthusiasm in her own work.
