Today we’d like to introduce you to Kaitlyn Morrison
Hi Kaitlyn, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I have always made art for as long as I can remember, and it’s something I’ve always been passionate about in the sense of making art for me. There is so much art that exists for other people, and that art tends to be comfortable, and I have always been the curious person asking how or why or, “So this makes you feel like that… interesting,” and it’s really important to me to explore myself and the world through that lens. I started really designing clothes in high school but moved away from it to other art mediums, and today I have come to a mix of both. I create art and then incorporate it into clothing. I also love designing tattoos for people. I think my ability to take people’s words and make them something visual is a hard thing to do for many people, and I love being able to have someone’s vision become visible.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
The road has not been smooth, but I never expected it to be smooth. I suppose the goal would be to become a full-time artist, but in this world that’s not really achievable, and that’s ok with me. Like I said, I don’t expect it to be easy, and I don’t need it to be easy because I’m doing this for me, and if someone likes what I do and wants to support me along the way, then that’s awesome. (this does not need to be included, but a big struggle atm is I really would like to trademark my brand, but I can’t afford it at the moment)
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’m a multi media artist that focuses on the things that make people uncomfortable, according to the internet, and that’s what I say to make it easy to understand, but I really just make art for me to help me understand myself. I have some disabilities, and I think my art helps me work through understanding things. I’m also known as the tattoo designer, and yeah, I make clothes and other products. I hope one day to maybe work on some monsters for a movie or a horror game, but for now I’m the internet horror artist that has many side art hustles. I’m really proud of things like this interview, as it helps me have visible progress of my art in the world other than Instagram, and I’m proud of my recent paintings and how good they have done in the algorithm. The fact that people like the things I create to just get them out of my head is really cool. A lot of the creatures I create actually come from dreams, as cringe as that may sound. I don’t have some crazy world in my head; they just end up being there, and I just want them to be realized even though I might not comprehend them sometimes. I’m proud of me still making art and not allowing myself to get discouraged and just staying in the mindset of creating for me and not for the world.
Can you talk to us about how you think about risk?
I think my art in general is a risk. It’s horror and crude and tends to have a smaller audience, and choosing to be an artist is a HUGE risk in itself. I did not choose something that I knew people would like, and that’s because it’s what I like. and the idea of making people uncomfortable makes my audience even smaller. The other single most tragic risk I have taken was going to college. and it was a risk that has currently landed me in crippling debt and without a job that is in the art field. It was a risk that has only led to consequences that I will be suffering from for the next 10 years, and I guess it is what it is, but that was the largest risk I have taken, and it gave me a useless BFA in illustration because businesses only care about followers now, and the degree means nothing anymore, and it’s sad. Other than that I will continue to be myself 100% of the time which is the second biggest risk in this world and im happy taking that risk every day.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.tpc-artistry.art/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tpc_artistry/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlyn-morrison-6a6033203
- Other: https://tpcartistry.etsy.com
