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Tulani Janae found her love for dance and performing arts at the early age of 8. She joined Future Shock DC and began to flourish and develop her love for street styles. Throughout her time with the Culture Shock DC family, Tulani developed the skills to effectively teach aspiring dancers and choreograph dance pieces. For the past eight years, she has been teaching at various workshops and studios in the DMV area as well as curating her own creative projects. Some of these include: Shell Shock DC, Elements Urban Arts Collective, KickRocks Dance Crew, B. Funk Dance Co., and more.

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My drawings and sketchbooks use watercolor and graphite to investigate images in series. I find inspiration in my surroundings and have been working from the same studio window since 1985. My journals have tracked my dreams and creative process steadily since 1977. Limited edition intaglio prints have also been important to my development.

• Read more about ItsHunniB

I’m ItsHunniB, an illustrator that creates work around Black beauty, natural hair love, body positive and more.   

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I am a multi-passionate creative entrepreneur, cheerleader and champion for humans wanting to make the world a better place:) I am a digital marketer, podcast host and voice actor (hence the name "Audio Candi"), with aspirations to have a feature role in a major animated studio film. I also create Ai-generated art and patterns and am on a mission to help more African-Americans learn to embrace, leverage and dominate the Ai space.