…Because that’s what helped me.
In 2013, I was going through the roughest time of my life. I was let go, my parents were divorcing, and my girlfriend dumped me all in the same month. Living out of my childhood bedroom and struggling to find freelance work, I needed an outlet to express and motivate myself.
I started to letter motivational and encouraging phrases and I slowly started to feel awesome. Then it hit me: I just had to ‘be awesome’! That’s when I started to post my work as @dudebeawesome, to get it out into the world.
Now, 7 years later since I started, my art has taken different directions, but I’ve found my groove in illustrative lettering.