We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Logan Fitch. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Logan below.
Logan, appreciate you joining us today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?
From a young age, there was never an exact moment of knowing. As long as I could remember, there was no doubt that I was meant to go into the arts. I looked at and absorbed the world around me and would observe it all in an artistic way. Art became the way I expressed myself. This newfound form of expression let me find my own confidence. I knew I had a unique voice that needed to be heard so to me, there was no other option than to be an illustrator.
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 an illustrator originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who is currently based in Savannah. Georgia. Art has always been my passion and since I knew it was I was made to do, I has been my goal to make my dream a reality. I am currently a student at the Savannah College of Art & Design, completing my bachelors degree in illustration with a concentration in publication design. Artistically, I find myself to be a master of all; if I can dream it, I can make it a reality. I work both in traditional and digital media. As for my work, the general thesis of my art is a love letter to the world I experience around me, especially through pop culture. Pop culture has been the most important aspect to my work and my life. I find it to be an incredibly fascinating aspect to explore anthropologically and artistically. You can always find overt references and more hidden Easter eggs in my work that span multiple eras and forms of media. My influences come from comic books, fashion, celebrity culture, music, film, classic literature, mythology, advertising, etc.; basically, if I find it interesting, it’ll become apart of my mythology as an artist. In my work, I provide a high standard of art with levels of storytelling and a clear labor or love. My art is who I am so every client is getting a piece of me in my work. What sets me apart is my distinct voice, existing in the middle ground between a multitude of pockets of art and culture. What I am most proud of is my determination and dedication to my craft. I am proud of how self-assured I am in my dreams and how I can make them real. Potential clients should know that if they work with me, I will make their dreams come to life to. They won’t just get a good looking piece of artwork, they’re getting an experience, a memory, and a moment they will hold onto for as long as they can.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
My mission and goal that fuels me as a creative is to empower. Whether I’m empowering myself or empowering my viewer, my art is all about self-ownership, joy, and finding the beauty in oneself and the world around them. Art is how I found my voice when I was younger and as I got older, my art is what made me realize my agency and the power I hold as an individual. The art that I absorbed as a child was mostly comics. My favorite characters were always strong, empowered heroines who used their platform to empower others, defeat evil, and use their power to find their agency. They made me feel powerful in my own. Growing up, I often felt self-conscious about my flamboyance and femininity. But seeing these strong feminine characters, I could see that the traditionally feminine traits that are perceived to be weaker in society are what made me strong. My emotional intelligence, my creativity, my imagination, and my uniqueness were what made me just like my favorite heroines. I still suffer from moments of self-doubt and insecurity but powerful feminine characters assure me that I am whole and correct as a person. What makes me who I am isn’t a disadvantage. So if I can make people feel as strong as I felt once I let art empower me, I know I will have succeeded.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
For me, the most rewarding aspect of being an artist is finding creative fulfillment. If I was not an artist, I wouldn’t be living, I would just be existing. Art provides for me what no other physical thing can provide. The feeling of excitement when I get an idea for a new piece is what I imagine euphoria and enlightenment to be. Then the entire process, no matter how difficult or taxing it is on me, I feel like I am fulfilling my purpose. And the greatest part is finishing a new piece and getting to revel in what I brought into the world. The cathartic release I experience after finishing a piece leaves me with all of the tension I keep inside gone. Something that is new for me that I have experienced while completing my degree is sharing my work with like minded creative individuals and having them understand my work. It makes my heart full when people take the time to look for references and hidden meanings. All my life I have felt that I was misunderstood by people, making me not relate to my peers in school. But finding people who get want to understand me and my work fills me with so much joy and it is how I know this career is for me.