Medina Valiyeva
Medina Valiyeva (also known as Vex) is an experimental creative. She has worked on product design, animation, 3d design, and manga illustration but she mainly specialises in nail design. She started her illustration path in early 2020 and enrolled in Ravensbourne University London three years later.
During her second year of study, she worked alongside fellow creatives on projects like product design and game development. By October of 2025, Valiyeva started branching out into different areas of art and began working on her nail art career. Alongside her nail work, she started building her 3D design portfolio. Throughout her third year Valiyeva began taking on commissions in smaller quantities to help gain recognition in the nail industry.
Beanlisa Liu – This illustration was for a magazine called “The Pit”. The project was for one of the two categories- beans or sandwiches.
A series of nail designs made for the last semester of university. Created with gel and 3D printing.
Queer Women – This is a personal project highlighting the queer joy. Focusing on sapphic/lesbian communities and relationships from different eras of the past.