Emily is a humble illustrator currently wandering Brooklyn. She
was featured in CMYK Magazine as an up and coming illustrator once,
and she thinks that was pretty cool. But these days she has been
hiding in small venues and drawing the musicians playing there, in
attempt to grow roots in the artists community. She posts the
drawings on Instagram under the name Narkolator, which is a
meaningless made-up word that she should probably change soon.
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In this episode, Emily discusses:
-How she got started drawing musicians during their live
performances.
-How putting the drawings on Instagram led to many unexpected
connections.
-How other bars liked her images on Instagram, which led to more
venues for her to check out.
-Her advice for people who might like to keep their drawings to
themselves instead of sharing them on Instagram or trying to sell
them on Etsy.
-How her drawings of musicians is sustainable for her, and she
doesn't need to have a gimmicky thing like drawing Queequeg for 31
straight days.
-The fact that the things that you post on Instagram don't have
to be fully armed with hashtags.  They can just be things that
you want to selectively share.
-How people quickly notice when you are creating art for other
people instead of a self-serving agenda.
-How drawing at the Jalopy is like a form of weekly therapy for
her.
-The "trades" that she has gotten for her art, even if the trade
is as simple as a communication with her favorite artists.
-How easy it is to tell when someone is starting something in an
attempt to make money.
-The value in "planting seeds."
-What art and creativity brings to her life.
-The importance of being a person of value to other people.
Emily's Final Push will help you to realize that
your artwork is a lens.
Quotes:
"You just have to find that one specific thing that's very
sustainable."
"It's very sustainable for me to do this thing.  It's just
had a lot of impact on my life, but it's something that I would do
naturally."
"There have been times where I draw something and then I post it
on Instagram but maybe it's not for everybody in the world to
find."
"It's almost like therapy to me.  I don't have to think
about anything in the world right now.  I don't have to think
about my job where I actually punch in.  I can just sit here
and just draw what I see."
"My more successful drawings have been because everything has
been coming from just the truth that happened in that
instance."
"The payoff for me is that I can say 'Hello' to my favorite
musicians every week."
"When I decided to start living for other people, that's where
my artistic voice started coming from."
"I realized I'm going to make art anyway.  It's just a
natural tendency.  But if I work on my relationships, maybe
it's not so artistic, but art seems to come from it anyway.
Connect with Emily:
Website / Facebook / Instagram / Tumblr