Illustration and Design
Me
About
The Desire
to Keep Creating Art.
In 2000, my family bought our first personal desktop computer where we set up on a wooden side table in the dining room. The family computer booted for the first time; curiosity began to heighten when I noticed Microsoft Paint. This spark the initial interest to be creative.
During this time, my parents began calling me Muna. A nickname influenced by a Bangladeshi character played by a beloved actor of a movie. At that time, my parents and I did not know the meaning behind the name, but I've initially grown fond as it slowly became a part of my identity. Years later, I gained my personal computer with easier access to the internet. The nickname became a pseudonym on the internet; just a year before posting illustrations on Deviantart.
2016 was a breaking point. The art burnout was getting on to me as I questioned my identity and the perpetual self-doubt in my art skills. For the moment, I thought of reinventing myself. To do so, I need a new name with continuous motivation. Through the search engine, I looked up the definition of Muna. In Arabic, Muna means wish or desire. At that moment of time, despite the burnout, I still want to pursue art. The desire to keep on illustrating even when time gets tougher. With that message in mind, I added draws on after Muna. Short and simple remainder like me.
Like MunaDrawsOn.
Bushra Ahmed is a Bangladeshi-American who studied design throughout their high school and college career while raised in the Bronx, New York. They tackle and continue learning various types of design from designing a photobook for one of their high school plays to designing infographs in college.
In their spare time, they practice creating and illustrating comics based on their interests. Most often the comics are drawn
in a humorous fashion.
