We all grow up having hopes and dreams for what we want to accomplish in our life. Over time, we develop the talent and skills to make our dreams a reality. My guest today began drawing at a young age, and seeks to use her ability and her experiences to give back to the world and make it a little better for everyone. So join me in welcoming to the podcast, Libby Lee, known also by her online username, @Flavordays.

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Getting Started

• Grew up in San Fernando Valley
• Moved to Bay Area (Santa Clara) for school 4 years ago
• Like the quiet, worked a night at Levis Stadium

Being a Millennial in the Bay Area

• Very hard, working 70 hours a week to pay rent
• Had several jobs at one point
• Most friends still living with parents
• Differences moving up here, rent cheaper here than in LA Area
• Hard to leave the Bay Area

Becoming an Artist

• Mother worked at Hanna-Barbera doing color styles
• Had access to a lot of media, inspired by Japanese anime
• Self-taught, learned off the internet
• com, online art instructors
• Bobby Chu big inspiration

Art as a Meditative State

• Spurts of inspiration at times when younger
• Drawing too much at times, hurt arm
• Learn to get up and take breaks, rest

Digital Drawing

• Started digital drawing at age 16, more freedom
• Traditional art, you have the tools you have
• Digital art gives you much more to work with
• Taking up other mediums of art, experimentation

Japanese/ Anime Art

• Became interested around 9 years old, was staying up late, watching TV
• Came across anime shows late at night, was transfixed

Talk About the Art

• Style- changes over time
• Playing with colors
• Love drawing people/ characters
• Semi-realism
• Nature and environments

Distribution

• Use Tumblr and Twitter primarily
• Other mediums
• Get contacted over social media to buy art
• Patreon

Learning How to Draw

• Draw from life- observe your surroundings and draw it

Messages in Art

• Try to touch on topics with personal impact
• Planning a children book about losing a parent
• Positive content
• Noticing emotions and trends in people
• Body language vs. facial expressions
• “Draw the eyes”

Logan Paul Thread

• Wrote a Twitter thread that went viral
• Aokigahara Forest
• Hit close to home, lost both parents, one to suicide
• Society hiding death from people, Death Awareness
• Video impact, fallout
• Laughter in the face of death, seeing a dead body
• Forest is not the same as a monument to victims of other tragedies
• Everyone knows what is in that forest, he still brought a camera
• Youtube response/ public response- More info (http://bit.ly/2DCtaC9)
• Majority of Logan Paul’s audience are children, first encounter with death
• Internet impact on society and kids
• Youtube’s responsibility/ Youtube Kids app
• Parents paying closer attention to what kids do on the internet

Flavordays- A nostalgic feel

Wrap up/ Contact Into