Ep 036 | Chasing Our Dream Through Drawing

Jan 25, 2018

We all grow up having hopes and dreams for what we want to accomplish in our life. Over time, we develop the talent and skills to make our dreams a reality. My guest today began drawing at a young age, and seeks to use her ability and her experiences to give back to the world and make it a little better for everyone.  So join me in welcoming to the podcast, Libby Lee, known also by her online username, @Flavordays.

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Getting Started

• Grew up in San Fernando Valley
• Moved to Bay Area (Santa Clara) for school 4 years ago
• Like the quiet, worked a night at Levis Stadium

Being a Millennial in the Bay Area

• Very hard, working 70 hours a week to pay rent
• Had several jobs at one point
• Most friends still living with parents
• Differences moving up here, rent cheaper here than in LA Area
• Hard to leave the Bay Area

Becoming an Artist

• Mother worked at Hanna-Barbera doing color styles
• Had access to a lot of media, inspired by Japanese anime
• Self-taught, learned off the internet
• com, online art instructors
• Bobby Chu big inspiration

Art as a Meditative State

• Spurts of inspiration at times when younger
• Drawing too much at times, hurt arm
• Learn to get up and take breaks, rest

Digital Drawing

• Started digital drawing at age 16, more freedom
• Traditional art, you have the tools you have
• Digital art gives you much more to work with
• Taking up other mediums of art, experimentation

Japanese/ Anime Art

• Became interested around 9 years old, was staying up late, watching TV
• Came across anime shows late at night, was transfixed

Talk About the Art

• Style- changes over time
• Playing with colors
• Love drawing people/ characters
• Semi-realism
• Nature and environments

Distribution

• Use Tumblr and Twitter primarily
• Other mediums
• Get contacted over social media to buy art
• Patreon

Learning How to Draw

• Draw from life- observe your surroundings and draw it

Messages in Art

• Try to touch on topics with personal impact
• Planning a children book about losing a parent
• Positive content
• Noticing emotions and trends in people
• Body language vs. facial expressions
• “Draw the eyes”

Logan Paul Thread

• Wrote a Twitter thread that went viral
• Aokigahara Forest
• Hit close to home, lost both parents, one to suicide
• Society hiding death from people, Death Awareness
• Video impact, fallout
• Laughter in the face of death, seeing a dead body
• Forest is not the same as a monument to victims of other tragedies
• Everyone knows what is in that forest, he still brought a camera
• Youtube response/ public response- More info (http://bit.ly/2DCtaC9)
• Majority of Logan Paul’s audience are children, first encounter with death
• Internet impact on society and kids
• Youtube’s responsibility/ Youtube Kids app
• Parents paying closer attention to what kids do on the internet

Flavordays- A nostalgic feel

Wrap up/ Contact Into