Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Daimon Hampton . We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Daimon, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you recount a story of an unexpected problem you’ve faced along the way?
I think the timeline for your career as an artist is so much different than the narrative you usually hear about it. when I was a kid it seem like you had to become like a kind of wunderkin you have to like make a big splash as a teenager and then in your 20s like take over the world or whatever. in reality like it takes quite a long time to develop your talents and there are a ton of logistical things that you have to learn how to navigate through that are specific to you and your situation and how you grew up ,and if you don’t learn how to do that stuff I can stop you from being an artist.
I didn’t not be very comfortable asking people for things and I’m learned recently that you have to put I have to put myself out there and ask people for help. if I want to promote myself if ,I want a review or to be on a podcast or something. something that’ll publicize that I exist. I always assumed that people come to me mainly because people tend to look down on you for wanting attention and paradoxically they expect you to ask for it, it’s honestly a little annoying.
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?
Oh I’m Daimon Hampton I am Colored Curtis a graphic designer and also I guess I guess a writer I’ve been doing this now for like 12 years give or take. I’m a visual storyteller ,in an overarching sense, because I work on comics ,mainly ,but also illustration ,storyboarding , and design. I’ll be real, I have no idea what sets me apart. except for the fact that I am me. I have to bring myself to every piece of work that I do. I try my best to give it 110% and treat every piece like it’s my own on and to be fast about it. I don’t think it really sets apart in a specific sense, except for that it’s me.
I want people to rethink stuff in my work, I play around in what feel like a lot of familiar Territory for my medium; Saturday’s morning cartoon stuff., super heroes, special powers. But I wouldn’t do that if I thought it was vapid drivel, nor just to appeal to the masses. The masses called m ugly when I was 5 and fired me from second city, I have no loyalty to the masses, Ive just found a lot of meaning in those spaces ,for whatever reason, and I want to see if I can show readers what I see.
We’d love to hear your thoughts on NFTs. (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)
You know the comic, a collector spends the most money on? They one they want the baddest? Their first one. I don’t understand collecting a product just cus, with no use or sentimental value. Nfts kinda seem like a scam.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
I think the most rewarding aspect is getting an idea out the way that I saw in my head. I can’t I can’t stop thinking about it and then years later I’ll come back to a piece that I like and I still feel that way about it and it’s still rewarding to see it, and go this was funny or this was cool . I don’t know I don’t really get anything out of sharing art with people online other than like the hope that it will be popular enough for me to make some kind of living off of it so that I can like eat which is not always happening. That why I try make every thing I do something I’m proud of wether it’s personal or client work.
Contact Info:
- Website: Daimondrewthis.art
- Instagram: @daimondrewthis
- Twitter: @daimindrewthis