A New York-based art director has a difficult time finding a job that fits both her financial and creative needs, so she learns to think creatively with her ‘anything goes’ design hustle.
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Greetings and welcome to side also school. My name is critical about than
we have an artist today, who makes several thousand dollars a month generally goes through
transition with her side us off to refocus it.
Make sure it serves her needs
it's gonna reminded me of a conversation I had recently with the two house of Happy
in Hollywood, happier and
What is another pie cast on the armored project that debuted recently
really ensure that conversation
our questions, including one. I don't think I've ever been asked before, which was about
if your side hustle ends up kind of swallowing your life and remind me
the whole point of a site I is to support your life is to be positive, for you is to perhaps
is more opportunities or more possibility for you or just be something you enjoy,
Nevertheless, it should be something you look forward to say more about that
the end of the story and that story is coming right up,
Daniel. You was born to be creative from young. It
She was always drawing to arts and crafts and not a birthday or Chris.
Went by when art supplies born at the top of her wish list, but, unlike
artists, Daniel wasn't drawn to just one type of art. Instead, she hadn't it.
People to practice every type of art she could possibly expose yourself to shoot, want to be
Jack of all trades, she wanted to make
them off from photography to graphic design,
painting to mirror art Daniel lives. For that
challenge of turning the grain of an idea into a tangible artistic products, but finding a full time
that allows you to practice. Are these skills can be tat? Daniel has a good job in our daily life she's in
director for Bloomingdale's and Macy's, and therefore able to work in fashioning graphic design, wishes,
Influence, the impressions of thousands of people who interact with their work every day, but she still at
of desire to create beyond the scope of our day job or at least recurrent day job, and she does
If she couldn't find a way to do it, she would make that way up
for herself since
What college in two thousand eight she's always run which cause
casual side, hustle working with clients where she could was originally com,
Debbie designs and she felt
he painted herself into a bit of a corner with a name. She didn't love.
And she also wasn't overflowing with client work and soda
not made a decision. She decided
he's gonna give a hundred percent of our off hours time to her
let us all and she can
completely to this. This is
something that not everyone can do or not
to do what she says.
Was her passion and she wanted
everything she possibly could to make it a success. Part of that.
Was giving herself a re brand and naming the business lefties right. Mind apply on the fact that she's left handed and also
Activity comes from the right side of the brain and, with this rebranded
at about turning that casual side, hustle into something
it's more sustainable Danny.
When it to set her own rules, lived the life she wanted through the art that she loved
It is now able to earn between two thousand and six thousand dollars a month for the pleasure of doing so. I beg Pardon
age was learning how to charge for her services and had a price herself where she felt comfortable but was also competitive.
Your first big sale per lefties right. Mind came through a local New York. Pizzeria called pizza harm,
commissioner to design their entire restaurant with chalk art. This
came from being at New York mats play off came she found she was dead
next to the honour of long Island largest restaurant group who, just so
when need an artist tat design is new restaurant and that pits upon project was the real tipping point for the rebranded site. Hustle since then, she's gone on it
call projects, including logo, design, brand identities and even weddings she's deftly methods
of giving a hundred percent over free time to the side hustle. But it's too
the relishes she says there's a buzz that comes from a client bringing it
that she's never seen before and Son
making it work and turning it into another branch oversight, hustle bricks,
Well, she recently added mirror art to her list of jobs when a potential clients in her a note and ask if she was able
create a mirror menu. She
you can do that designs on the computer, but had no idea she could
Say paint on a mirror surface,
I have some of our art supplies walked up to her bathroom, mirror and started painting before going back.
Your computer and replying yup, I can do that and
the tap or any artist or designer whose looking to branch out Daniel
when she's looking for a new creative challenge, shelters,
a mock brief for her dream, client and then actually create the work she says you can never have too much experience in creative industries
looking to the Future Daniels goal is to eventually leave that full time job at Bloomingdale's in Macy's and turn left his right hand, iter, full time, income. Of course you want
the continue exploring the creative challenges that come our way, and even though she also believes passion doesn't pay the bills. It seems like you.
Not too many projects away from that actually happening for her
congratulations, Daniele. I love that Spirit
giving honour percent trying out of me
different mediums as you, and that is of course, counter intuitive too
a lot of advice about decide.
What your medium is and just do that. One thing so when I first met them
the story. I thought good for her more people need to try this way and go back to a rest.
About the question of what, if your site?
so kind of swallows up your life. I think
why so important to be clear on what kind of intentional life you want
And what is the role of work in your life? People have signed
was for lots of different reasons and goals. I try to
the range of them throughout the show and hope they get you thinking about. What's best for you, some people
they'll be attracted to the idea of giving a hundred percent of their free time to a new project, and other people are like why
like wow. That's overwhelming at impossible for me, and not only that,
unattractive to me. Both perspectives totally valid,
and depending on where you are in life, you might have one perspective at one time than the other perspective. Another time, the point as it
Orton to understand your intentions, as always
inspiration is good but inspiration with action so much better. Today,
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Transcript generated on 2020-08-06.