For the longest time I never really had an interest in graphic design or even art. Originally I wanted a career in science. More specifically I wanted to be someone who studied biology, paleontology, zoology, basically anything that involved life sciences in some way. But as time went by, it became very obvious that I just wasn't suited for a scientific career. For a time this left me a bit dissapointed and disillusioned with my life. I didn't know what I wanted to be. However after a while of 'soul searching' I realized that I had the potential to be an artist. From there I wanted to do everything I could to be better, but it seemed once again that I wasn't fit for that either. That is until I realized there is another path. At some point in my life I was guided to the idea of being a graphic designer, someone who could not only make art, but could do so for any kind of client for any kind of price. From there I've been pushing and pushing myself to be better at graphic design as I could. And while my true passion may line more in Fine Arts, it doesn't mean that I can't still find a way to put myself out there and make a name for myself. Who knows? Maybe some day the designs that I make may become more iconic than I could possibly imagine.
Honestly at this point it would be easier to list the amount of things that don't inspire me. As someone who was so interested in science, and as someone who is very interested in art today, I like to keep my mind open to all of the variety that art and science can offer me as something to wonder and explore. When it comes to sciencce I guess the biggest inspiration for me were sci-fi movies. Movies like Jurassic Park, Godzilla, Alien, and so on wanted me to dig deeper into the science of mutations, prehistory, astronomy, biology, and from there I wanted to know and understand more about the world around me, and to this day I still strive to learn as much as I can about the natural world and everything it has to offer. As far as my first sprouting inspirations for art that would most likely be all of the cartoons and animated movies I watched as a kid, and continue to see as an adult, in fact there's so many that it's really hard for me to pick a favorite. But if there is one specific person that I want to emulate in my life it would be the man, the myth, the cartoon legend himself Genndy Tartakovsky! From the moment I watched his shows I knew I was watching something special. His style of animation like in Samurai Jack, The Star Wars shorts, and even recently in Prima are nothing short of amazing! If I could be even as half as good at animation as he and his team are then I'td be awesome.
As someone who enjoys arts of all forms I want to keep my mind open to all kinds of art forms. Although I'd be lying if I said I was an expert at anything, my main thing that I consider myself skilled at is definitely drawing and sketching. Even though I more recently rediscovered my passion for art it seems like I still have a lot to learn, but I can say with confidence that I'm really good at drawing and sketching. It all really comes down to practice and just letting go. I've learned after a while that the only way to get good at drawing was to make mistakes after mistakes after mistakes, and sometimes even if you can get good at it it's not always going to look exactly like you want it. That's honestly the main lesson people learn about any kind of form of art.
When it comes to art and design there's a lot of pet peeves that I have both in terms of the art community and just in general things that don't appeal to me as an artist. One big thing is AI "art". I generally cannot get behind the concept itself. I've heard dozens to hundreds of possible excuses as to why people think it's good, or useful, or why it should be considered real art, and not a single one of em have ever convinced me otherwise. It genuinely insults and infuriates me how anyone can consider themselves an artist if they need a freaking computer to just click and randomly generate an image off of the internet. The second thing that's a major pet peeve of mine is for sure art history. Imagine combining the mind numbing boredom that comes with studying regular high school history with the absolute enraging snarky attitude of people who actually take modern art seriously. That's basically art history in a nutshell. Another thing I really don't like is just the general disdain of certain forms of art just because its too graphic, sexual, or because it conflicts with someone's own personal beliefs. Honestly if I even if you gave me day to explain why that bothers me, it still wouldn't be enough for me to summarize on a single page, but just know that at the end of the day there's going to be art that will disturb you, there's going to be artists that are disturbing people, and of course there's always going to be consumers of art that don't know any better. There is no way of preventing or fixing that other than to just accept it, try your best to understand it, and most importantly never, and I mean NEVER let anyone, including yourself, use art as an excuse to hurt anyone else. I could go on but I feel like I've said enough and I don't want to turn this into a rant blog, so feel free to contact me on social media for more questions :).