When I moved to Australia I thought it was about time I found an “actual” career so I decided to do an online course in Graphic Design because I thought it was the only way I could be creative. After trying lots of jobs and college courses nothing else really stuck. One day whilst I was on Skillshare watching Graphic Design classes, I stumbled across a video of a girl who was making money drawing for surface pattern design.

This struck an excitement in me as it was something I never new was possible. So I started to bring back my love for drawing and shared my illustrations on Instagram where I slowly built my drawing skills and an art community. This then led me to make my YouTube channel because I’ve always loved creating videos too. I also started an Etsy shop, a Patreon account, I was drawing commissions for people, children’s books, filming classes for skillshare and more. Thing is, I was trying to it all at once and didn’t have a clear focus so I soon burnt myself out. I didn’t have business experience and felt like I wasn’t good enough…so I decided to take a step back. I shut down my commissions, I would never self-promote myself and soon enough I needed to get a full time job again and I went back to drawing just for a hobby. Since being in my job a few months now I want to re-build myself up. No matter the struggles and failed times I’ve been through, I will not give up on my art dreams. I have learnt from these things, realised what I enjoy and what I don’t and will always try again…and most importantly, I won’t give up!

I enjoy sharing my art journey and inspiring others along the way so I hope you love following along. It’s amazing when I get messages from people saying that I’ve inspired them or helped them in some way!

Thank you for the continued support! ❤

(If you wanna learn more about my art journey from the beginning, watch the video below)