PicsArt Monthly PicsArt Monthly Magazine April Issue 2015 | Page 69

Great editing is not always about seamless polish, and there is no better example of this than the edgy collage work of user Jina (@jinaninjjaga). She uses the PicsArt app less like a magic wand and more like a classic combo of scissors and glue. swift tear, but the craftsmanship of a careful edit. This is someone who knows exactly what she wants, and knows how to realize it beautifully, without the mess of sticky hands and shredded magazines. Her collages will mash the eye of a portrait over a torn page of text and throw in fragments of patterns or images of pop icons. The collective impact is a confident chaos, assembled by an artist who is not afraid to rip off pieces of the world around her to reorganize them into her own vision. The fact that this is done digitally makes her art even more appealling, as if the frayed edges of each image are not the accident of a PicsArt Monthly |69