I was born in Massachusetts in 1997. Growing up, I was always interested in creatures, and would draw them all the time. From 3rd grade to graduating high school, simple pencils and paper were my tools of choice. At the start of college, I continued with this idea of becoming an illustrator, but the fact that we seemed to only ever use charcoal to draw people and objects made it difficult to see a long-term investment in it. I was lucky enough that within that same year, I stumbled across a game with a Yarny protagonist, and developed a love for yarn. I am now a sculptor, creating a world's worth of yarn figures of many colors and forms.
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My Artist Philosophy
"Do what you feel is best for you and your work. While commissions may be the great exception, and even that can be negotiable, it is the artist who has the final say in how they proceed with their own projects. There is nothing wrong with constructive feedback and suggestions, and it would be wise to at least hear them out and take them into consideration, but for independent artists, these are still only suggestions based on someone else's opinions. As artists, we must remember why we became creators in the first place: to satisfy our own desires of self-expression. As the audience, we must remember that they are their own agents and are not obligated to what we have to say. Art has always been subjective, and we live in an age where art is more fluid than ever before, where just about any type of creativity might one day be in the next big showcase. Whatever we make is likely to appeal to someone, somewhere in this big world of ours, so the first viewer we must aim to please is ourselves."