“Universal Perspective” is a digital ArtDesign I created using the Figma platform, from my original oil pastel on watercolor paper titled “Universal Day and Night” .

© Jay Mora-Shihadeh. All Rights Reserved.

“Universal Perspective” is a digital ArtDesign I created using the Figma platform, from my original oil pastel on watercolor paper titled “Universal Day and Night” .

© Jay Mora-Shihadeh. All Rights Reserved.

I am a big fan of sci-fi, or cryptozoological creatures, such as Big Foot, Lochness Monster, Jersey Devil, to name a few well-known ones. This unique abstract collage, “Creature” is inspired by my fascination with these strange Crypto Creature’s.
I created him using my one-of-a-kind process, in the Figma platform, primarily manipulating their photo filters and screens.
I started with this original Chalk Pastel and Black Ink Drawing I made and then imported him into the Figma platform to create the collage.

It is now available in this cool wall tapestry, as well as other wall decor items and art prints.
Check him out here in my Art Shop.
Art Credit- ©Jay Mora-Shihadeh


I painted a series of blue sky paintings, acrylic on canvas. This is 1 of the six I painted.
I then manipulated the photo using figma’s tools to create a one of a kind digital collage.

You can purchase a print of this new piece, framed or in your choice of unique wall hangings, in my art shop.

For this new piece, I’ve used Figma’s tools for images and shapes to create new refreshed artwork of one of my Pastels. This is a circa 1965 Triumph, one of my old time favorite British cars.
I love to challenge myself, using a limited set of tools pushing them around a bit, experimenting as I do at times with a limited paint palette or a simple pencil to see what I come up with. This piece is the first of 2 Triumphs I have created.

Another design I created from my original oil pastel “Universal Day and Night” . I used the Figma platform integrating the clean lines of the star shape and played around with color and filters.


I’ve been making several iterations of this collage in the Figma platform, using my original oil pastel “Universal Day and NIght”

I love juxtaposing my original artwork with the clean lines and filter tools in Figma. It creates awesome variations and depth with great layering results. I am a colorist and abstract artist at heart, and have always painted fast and furious so this technique is perfect for me. I would love to hear your feedback on this piece.


I am still plugging away at these designs. I am determined to improve my UI knowledge and skills. The above design challenge is my day 22. The challenge was to design something “search” related. Other than that it is pretty open-ended.
Figma has been a great tool to learn these design skills with. I love that it is free and open source. Falls in line with my philosophy of ethics and community.
I have begun courses on Coursera in UI design. So far, I am learning good stuff. I now understand how to work on “a project” well, I am in the middle of creating my first project. But, that’s leaps ahead of a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea what a project entailed in the UI world.
So there you go, you know what you know! Right?

On my Journey to learn and transition into UI design from Fine Arts, I’ve taken on the #Dailyui 100 day design challenge.
This is my Day 007 design.
I am simultaneously learning Figma to create these designs. Above is a screen shot of a SETTINGS page, I created in the Figma platform, of a fictional Dog Walking/Companion website.
Here it is in its IphoneX container.
What do you think?
Drop comments and feedback below.
Thanks everyone!

I am excited to participate in the #dailyui design challenge. This design is my Day 2 of the challenge. The task was to create a credit card checkout form. I’ve chosen to create a checkout form for an Olympus camera, from an online photography re-sell site. I am also learning Figma, a great intuitive, somewhat new, collaborative and Web-based platform, which I’ve used to design this checkout form.
Recently I’ve decided to pursue and transition into learning UI/UX Design (User interface/User experience Design) from a traditional fine art background. I find the field a perfect blending of my Fine Arts, Art Therapy/Psychology and Social Justice/Democracy backgrounds and passions.
I’ve chosen to self-educate with online courses, tutorials and networking/meetups in the industry. So far, after 1 month in, I feel super excited with everything I am learning, and I’ve already attended my first Design Meetup. UI/UX Design feels like the perfect next step in my career!
Please hit me with your critiques/feedback on my design as it really helps with progress!