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

Kaitlin , looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

I’ve always been drawn to art in many forms since I was a kid. Art classes, and the people that taught them, in my childhood/young adulthood were crucial when it came to the necessary pushes in the right direction.

The process is slow and steady. While you can’t necessary rush the progression of skill, because it’s just practice, practice, practice…I would have told me younger self to worry less about perfectionism and to embrace the process You can’t worry about looking silly or feeling uncool, lol, you just have to get comfortable in your own skin and skill and not care about what other people are doing.

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 studied fine art painting in school, even though I had a pretty illustrative style, and was attracted to that type of work. Fine Arts was great because it got me to push the envelope of scale and try different mediums, which I think has really benefitted me in the long run when it comes to learning different applications of my work (i.e. small scale, large scale, digital, sculpture, murals, etc.).

When it comes to bumps in the road and solving problems on the fly, I feel like I really excel….as long as there aren’t “too many cooks in the kitchen”. I like technical challenges, and the feeling of being very prepared for an upcoming project. While I have to remind myself to go with the flow, I think I’m pretty good and getting better at adapting on the fly.

Preparation goes a long way. I think the projects work best when the client has done their research into the artist, looking for specific examples and aspects of my work that are good starting points for the project. I think this makes for such a smooth process that won’t burn out either side, and will result in something everyone is super excited about.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

Completing a project that I’m super proud of, and worked really hard on, is the best feeling in the world. That, and the flexibility to live my life in the way I want to. We work our asses off in a really unconventional, irregular schedule, but it’s 1000% worth it.

Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

Haven’t really touched them, and definitely don’t understand it. I can’t decide if that’s a good, bad, or whatever thing, lol.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.kaitlinziesmer.com
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