Pill

Pill

Buddies 5x7 graphite and colored pencil on paper 2012

Buddies 5x7 graphite and colored pencil on paper 2012

fluffed.2 11x8.5 colored pencil and graphite on paper 2012

fluffed.2 11x8.5 colored pencil and graphite on paper 2012

Drippy

Drippy

Quickie

Quickie

Grip 11x14 gouache and colored pencil on paper 2012

Grip 11x14 gouache and colored pencil on paper 2012

Pill 11x8.5 colored pencil and graphite on paper 2012

Pill 11x8.5 colored pencil and graphite on paper 2012

Think about the marks you want to make on the paper in front of you… the ones that bring you pleasure and satisfaction. You can’t control what other people think or if they’ll give you a job. You can only control your own actions and the work you produce. You have to be a little delusional to pursue a life in the arts, so throw caution to the wind and make pictures that excite you and hopefully the world will agree.

—Jillian Tamaki