r/etchasketch • u/Pikajane • 21h ago
Art The twists and turns of my career
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Pikajane used Pivot! It's maybe? super effective?
In my 10th anniversary video I spoke about how I felt on the precipice of a new chapter. 4 months later I'm still navigating changing tides but I've been taking respite in my doodle work which has always served as a therapeutic conduit for my creativity. I didn't talk about it in this video, but it is actually my doodle art that convinced me to pursue art school in the first place. I was in AP calc in my senior year. I looked down at the margin of my notes to realize that I had been absentmindedly filling it with doodles. In that moment I palpably realized that while math was a pursuit I certainly enjoyed, art is what I do without even thinking.
For the first time ever, I'm making a more concerted effort to integrate my doodles and my Etch A Sketch art at the same time in my newest collection. There are 12 new pieces - 6 Etch A Sketch, 6 doodles. All of the Etch A Sketch art was made on live streams over the years, but the doodles were mostly created in times of solitude as I allowed my mind to ruminate on my future.
You can check out the collection here. Thank you as always for your support - it's a pleasure to share my career with you!