We were lucky to catch up with Carlo Chavéz & Omar Brito recently and have shared our conversation below.

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

We never thought of taking a path like this, but during the time we started, both of us were going through a rough patch. It all started as a joke from Omar, about how he was feeling. We noticed there was creativity and innovation in the drawings of sad frogs he began making. So, we pushed the idea of uploading them to social media. Once we saw a moderate/high reach, that’s when we started taking it more seriously, like on an artist level, to share our expressions with all users.

We saw the good in the bad of life, and that’s how the best ideas come about. That’s why we’re so damn passionate, because we believe in empathizing with people. That made us take it more professionally, having a message to share.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

So, we plunged headfirst into the scene, not just aiming for people to have a good time when they see us, but also to deeply connect with the issues we occasionally depict in our drawings. Our mission goes beyond just entertainment, we’re on a journey to explore new realms, like venturing into the world of clothing. Always with the same purpose: to make our audience feel seen and acknowledged.

Whether it’s through our stickers, designs, or the threads we create, we’re on a mission to provide people with elements that resonate with their identity, allowing them to exude coolness while doing so.

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

Something society can do to support us and foster a harmonious ecosystem would, first and foremost, be to try to understand the message we aim to convey through our designs and drawings. Some of our actions might come off as ‘vandalic,’ but as a whole, they aren’t. We like expressing ourselves in places where people can see us. Secondly, freedom of expression; artists like us always seek to communicate our thoughts to the public. Some of us lean towards political inclinations, while others simply express thoughts or ideas that emerge. We want to be heard and understood.

Lastly, in the third place, for the people who follow and support us, it would be to purchase our products and share our works with friends and family. This helps them understand who we are and what we do.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

Don’t get too comfortable. Just because everything seems to be going up doesn’t mean we should let our guard down. We often think we’ll always be at the top, but there are downs as well. If there’s one thing I need to unlearn, it’s getting too confident and always insisting on projects.

This comes from the fact that we were cruising, reached a pretty high point in our career, and thought it was the peak, nothing could bring us down from there. But slowly, we lost inspiration, and although we didn’t fall, we did get stuck. That’s when we had to insist again, and now we’re back on the upswing.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingfrogg?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Image Credits
Photos taken by Miguel Ángel Romero Serrano