We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Bridget Olson. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Bridget below.

Bridget, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

Back in elementary school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability. I was constantly taken out of the classroom to do extra work, summer school, and testing. I learned very early on that I was not going to excel as a mathematician or become an engineer, so at a very early age, I began to pour all of my free time into art and animations in MSpaint. On top of struggling in school, I had a lot of peers and adults looking down on my career path, which only fueled my drive to get a job in the arts. I’m quite thankful for these struggles and I wouldn’t have changed anything. Because of these early challenges, I’m able to work alongside great artists and designers at Serenity Forge.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I’m a 25-year-old artist who graduated from Virginia Tech in Creative Technologies. I’m currently working for an indie game studio called Serenity Forge, which has created elegant games such as HomeStead Arcana, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, and Half Past Fate. We’ve also published games such as Doki Doki Literature Club, Cyanide & Happiness – Freakpocalypse (Episode 1), and Death’s Gambit: Afterlife. I’ve had the pleasure of being on the publishing and developing side of things; currently, I’m a 3D animator and occasional 2D artist! In my free time, I’m still creating paintings and animations for myself and posting them on my Instagram and Twitter for fun. I believe it’s still important to continue learning and creating work for yourself while also finding things outside of art, like going to the gym or hanging out with friends.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

For me, one of the most rewarding things as an artist is being able to give those who can’t do it — or to other artists. Whether it’s a pet portrait, a small scribble of a funny-looking creature, or a design for a bus wrap, I’m more than happy to try and give back art to the people around me. I find it very rewarding to see their reactions!

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

Line-of-action.com is a great resource for drawing the human figure in a classroom-like setup. Also, books such as Save The Cat, Classic human anatomy by Valerie L Wislowat, and The Animators Survival Kit by Richard Williams are great resources as well.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://bridget436.wixsite.com/portfolio
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roseshark/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridget-olson-21baa6199/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/LavaOcto