How it started...
I can't remember a time when I didn't have a paper and pencil with me. I doodled on all of my schoolwork, and brought my sketchbooks to class. Drawing became an obsession, when I found Warrior Cat's Spoofs on YouTube back in 2010. Through that, I learned about OCs, and fursona's, and never turned back.
I applied for a special arts school going into elementary. I was denied because my art was "too cartoony". I continued to draw my cartoony animals, and found comfort in my characters and worldbuilding as a teen. I watched both my parents run their own small businesses. They taught me the importance of leadership, and how gratifying it is to work for yourself. I experienced the hardships that come along with being a sole proprietor through them. They often would push back against my desire to work for myself, especially as an artist. Against their best judgement, in March 2021, I had enough of working for other people and quit my job to become an Artist full time. |