It sounds easy, but that’s the hard part. But at the end of the day if you’re willing to put in the hard yards (and years of them), then it’s a sure-thing. Paying bills was the main challenge, making a living off of art is NOT EASY and starting from scratch is even harder. But I’ve always wanted to turn my passion into a career, and my passion is art and entertaining people! 3) Did you face any challenges in doing so? If so, what steps did you take to overcome them? Nothing really picked up traction or made any money – I spent my young-adulthood living off of a diet of brown rice and tuna. I went through different phases, making comic strips I wanted to get into newspapers, making animations I could sell merch from, making albums from my music, and games I could get sponsored. “ARTY OUTFIT” – July 2017 Challenge of the Month!Ģ) At what point did you decide to grow your passion into a business? Though I initially did it to facilitate communication and make my videos more engaging, it set me up to be able to take full advantage of YouTube’s evolution into a more personality-centered platform. Something I did at the time which I’m really glad for (in retrospect), is I included my face in every video and talked to the camera. So I immediately got to work and started “Draw with Jazza”, a place where I could focus on art and animation, entertainment and tutorials. After looking around the platform, I also realized there was pretty much NO decent art tutorial or entertainment content that was regularly produced. At the time I made a living out of Animation of Web-Game design, but that rapidly went down the drain when the iPhone came out and Steve Jobs denounced the Flash Player.Īs a result I had to look to pivot my work, and noticed that tutorials on my YouTube channel did consistently well. I just threw everything on there – music videos, tutorials, gaming stuff, video shorts, etc. I started with an older channel called ‘Jazza Studios’ about 8 years ago when YouTube was very new. 1) How did you get your start within the YouTube space? What prompted you to take your work to the platform? Journey with us as the renowned artist/illustrator offers an up close and personal peek into his career as a creator, his tips for staying focused, and insight into how Teespring brought him closer to his fans. He recently launched a brand new store on Teespring, showcasing a variety of designs from logos to catchphrases. Illustrators, artists, and those looking to brush up on their design skills! Get to know Draw with Jazza (Josiah Brooks), a YouTuber offering free art/animation tutorials, lessons, and all around entertainment. We love learning more about our talented Creators, and hope that you do, too! Join us for the first in an ongoing series of Community Q&As!
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