We recently connected with Cameron Throgmorton and have shared our conversation below.

Cameron, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?

I have always known I wanted to do something creative ever since I was a little kid. I started drawing when I was maybe four and that was where my love for creating art really started. I loved movies, comics, video games and all of that stuff really inspired me to create things. I come from a creative family, my dad is also a designer and my mom did part time photography, so I have always been surrounded by that energy. Their support and seeing my dad work as a creative really allowed me to think of it as a career path from an early age and therefore I was fortunate to have to struggle against my parents like I know a lot of creative people have to.

When I got older I thought that I wanted to pursue illustration as my career, until I took a digital design class in my junior year of high school where I learned Adobe Illustrator. I did really well in that class and so eventually the teacher started having me do posters for school events or logos for clubs or different departments and I was briefly brought on to my school’s yearbook staff to work on layouts. That was when I really developed not only my skills in graphic design, but also my love for it. From then on, I knew I wanted to pursue design as my career. All of that accumulated in me applying to Art Center and that is where I have been since.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I am a graphic designer and visual storyteller currently studying at Art Center College of Design. My work centers around creating design solutions that accentuate passion, creativity, authenticity, and innovation for companies, organizations, and individuals. I believe I have a unique talent for being able to adapt to different styles and situations which allows me to create work that perfectly fits with the vision of both the client and myself. My ability to creatively problem solve is something that has taken a lot of work to craft over the years and I am very proud of. Overall I would consider myself a diverse designer who really enjoys the challenge of design and creating work that brings significant meaning to myself and those I create for.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

For me, the most rewarding part is change I am able to create through my work. Wether its something as simple as people being more interested or connecting to a brand more because of a new visual identity or something as large as creating a space for a marginalized community, I think seeing those impacts of my work is very fulfilling and its why I keep doing it. I think design and art are some of the most powerful forces we have and its our job as creative to use our ability to create in order to bring about the change we want to see in the world.

I also really enjoy the problem solving that comes with each new design project. Really digging in deep and finding creative and innovative solutions is something I love and it’s what really set this creative path apart from others to me. It allows me to push myself and my thinking into new places and that makes me not only a better and stronger designer but also, I believe, a more well rounder person as well.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

I think fostering creativity and artistic expression at an early age is so important. We are so easily moldable as kids and what you learn and see during that time of your life will forever impact you. As someone who had support growing up, I can not express how valuable it was. Knowing that my family believed in me and supported my interests and what I wanted to do gave me the confidence to pursue those dreams throughout my entire life.

In today’s society, we are seeing more and more creative fields pop up and it is becoming more and more possible to make a good living from doing what you love. I think a lot of the lack of support creatives get when they are young stems from a fear of failure and that what they are doing won’t really turn into anything of purpose. However, if you don’t let them at least try you will never really know what they are capable of. Even though I had support from my family, I have still had plenty of people in my youth that doubted me or just didn’t really instill a lot of confidence in me about what I was doing. However, that support I had when I was young allowed for me to build up my own self confidence and gave me the strength to push past those people and pursue what I loved.

I think we can all agree that creativity and art are so important in our society so in order to keep these thing alive and thriving, we need to make sure that we are supporting them and people that manifest them as best we can.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throgmorton_design/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-throgmorton-a88254205/