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I believe that art brings out every talent in the world. Without art, there would be (in the nicest way possible) completely useless, because without art, mostly every single job in the world would cease to exist; for example, a builder, they can’t build without their tools, that were crafted, and crafting is a form of art, and even without that, they don’t have their blueprints ethier, so how can they tell if what their building is truly what they’re envisioning? You see, without art, we wouldn’t have houses, markets, books, or even education. The world would come to a depressing end without art. It baffles me how some people truly are oblivious to how it could badly shape their lives without it.

I started to get into it after my 3rd or 4th birthday. One thing that inspired me to become an artist was seeing multiple different types of media, and how they mix together in a blend of colors and creativity. I always wanted to try and experiment with my art, using colors and shapes, junk or scraps, almost anything I found could be used as a masterpiece in my eyes.

I started my art journey by picking up a pencil, going from basic stickmen to full blown characters. Now although the power of picking up a talent was not easy, the way I’ve learned through trial & error was very fun and challenging for me, and I believe that anyone can pick up any talent they want if they just try their best. My favorite artist(s) are; Junji Ito, Atsushi Ohkubo, Kagami Yoshimizu, Jim Davis, Amandine Consorti, Ben Bocquelet, Akiko Jii, Martin Hsu, And Tim Burton, these are my favorite artists because they inspired, shaped, and motivated me to become the artist that I am today.

My favorite medium(s) is probably mixed media; Newspaper, Glitter, Scraps, Junk,*ect. or wet media; markers, paint, gouache, watercolor,*ect. I don’t usually do dry media because it’s easy to just erase my mistakes. I like to experiment with wet media and mixing paints because it helps me find new ways to do my work without using the same colors and techniques over and over again.

I choose what to draw by either going on a reference website; Pinterest, Tiktok, Instagram, *ect. Or looking outside and seeing the different artworks i.e; Spray-paint(graffiti), Tattoos(can be permanent, can be temporary), or finding paintings in nearby galleries (mostly located in the French Quarter). I find these places very helpful when looking for inspiration or just wanting to sketch a quick doodle of something. When I am faced with a creative decision, I like to think about if I wish to go forward with this path to create something I might enjoy. The way I’ve developed my creativity is by looking at a randomly wide selection of possibilities to make art to create.
I know when an artwork is finished when I see no Mistakes, no White spaces, or anything I wish to Add, or if there’s a possible thing going on with my Personal life that prevents me from doing anything to put into my project. The reasons why I check for these key components in my Art is because I struggle with not seeing different issues with my work, even so much as a hair of a detail on the wrong part of my piece makes me fume up, making me feel displeased and vexed. Always scrambling to fix the problems and not taking in account the possible deadlines or any mistakes I make trying to fix my own mistakes. I manage my time while a deadline is due for a certain day by trying to plan out my time, and taking breaks every so often helps as well, but the only downside of a deadline for me is that sometimes makes me feel like I have to do so many things to change my project, resulting in time being wasted, or me wanting to just  scrap the entire project.

One thing I’m struggling with as an artist right now is completing work without redoing or overthinking. I do wish to change the ways I work, I aspire to grow and develop well in the art community and to expand my career as an artist, and as a person. My two goals as an artist are to work on my ability to control my desire to erase/redo my artwork, and to spend more time with my family despite having to work. My biggest challenge as an artist is when a career path is pressured onto me or is dedicated to me to expand what I wish to do. I  do hope that whatever comes my way as an artist, I’m able to overcome it someday. I make sure I try atleast to do one project that I will do later after I’ve finished my current one, to help expand my creative goals as an artist, and to keep growing. I’m very open-minded about trying new techniques or challenges to expand my creative branches in the art community.

The best advice I would give anyone out there who is freshly starting/trying out an artistic branch in their life path would probably be to not bring yourself down; even if it seems like the worst of the worst is piling up onto you you should always keep your head up, and never, ever, EVER! Give up.

I want to continue my artistic journey going forward as either a tattoo artist, sculptor, or backstage artist(props, effects, costumes, *ect.) If not those options, I wish to go to Nocca to be in Creative Writing, or pursue a career as a Marine Biologist.