We were so lucky, and more importantly inspired, to talk to award-winning artist, designer, and creative director Jason Naylor who fearlessly made a drastic change in his career. Originally working in the Creative Department of MAC Cosmetics, six years later, Jason set out to start spreading his own message into the world through both digital and traditional media. With work ranging from typography and illustration, to products and large scale murals, the immediately recognizable commonality in all of his work is his electric color palette and his positivity.
“I have always been an artist, drawing, coloring, painting even as a kid. My Mom is an artist and very creative and I always loved art classes in school. I went to college for art and design and started my career as a graphic designer, but after a few years of sitting at a computer, I was dying to get out and create from a more free place. I quit my job and began freelancing. Meanwhile, I had discovered how much I loved seeing my work at large scale from designing graphics for events, and I started looking for mural work. I was fortunate to land a gig painting a 50 ft mural for Microsoft during SXSW and since then have seized every mural opportunity I could get my hands on, and at a certain point, I landed an outdoor brick wall and had to paint it with spray paint. Since then I’ve focused on doing as much on the street (outdoor) as possible.”
“Putting your work out there is a pretty common thing for artists to do, and each person has a different way of doing it and also their own ideal place to put it out there, but whether its posting it on IG or painting it on the street, sharing art is essentially sharing yourself. So yeah, its quite vulnerable to do it, but to be honest, I find it to be really empowering to make myself vulnerable to the public. I love leaving messages on the street for people to see and read, and knowing that my messages definitely will resonate with at least SOMEONE, is powerful. And every artist loves the response of the public, (whether they admit it or not), and I really love knowing my work is appreciated. It’s so motivating for me and drives me to make more.”
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“I think the confidence is tied to the vulnerability. You make yourself vulnerable, putting yourself out there, and get a response, a like, a repost, a tagged photo, a thank you, a “I love your work”… and these things all give validation. Which you can then turn into confidence and pour that into your next piece. It’s a cycle. As for putting optimism and confidence into my own work, for me its a formula of message and color. I rely on bright colors to reinforce messages and themes of love, kindness, and positivity and I like to make my designs loud and splashy to grab attention. I want to make sure people see my message and when they do, I want them to have a moment of joy.”
“My biggest risk was quitting my day job to pursue art full time. It was scary AF… but somehow it worked and I’ve been doing this about 10 years now. In the beginning everything felt like it was resting on the shoulders of the thing before it… like the bottom could drop out at any moment. But now I have a rhythm that works and I love it. It was definitely worth the risk.”
What’s next? “I am working on a book that will come out at the end of 2020, which is new for me because its not just art, but a lot of writing as well. It’s a totally new creative outlet for me and it’s been a challenge, but I am excited for the final product and to get it out there for the world :)”
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Reflective Color with Tom Fruin Sculpting from the Ground Up: with Malene B Finding the Extraordinary in the Everyday with Esther Shavon Larisa MartinoGM (good morning) is a term commonly used in the NFT community. It’s something I’ve really come to love, as it appears at the beginning of peoples tweets and posts very regularly (regardless of the time of day) and represents an ongoing state of positivity and unity amongst artists and collectors in the space. It connects people around the world in every time zone with a universal phrase and sentiment.
I love how internet slang / acronyms are so prevalent in our speech, especially in captions and writing, not only because of the brevity, but because they create community. People using similar terms and phrases feel like they belong and its powerful these little things can connect us…
Happy International Women’s Day!! Sending love, respect and admiration to all the women in my life! ❤️🔥 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/30em6Ov
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✨sometimes we hold on to things for fear of change when we really should just let gooooo…. 🦋 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/g2MiZTp
OMG OMG OMG after long last, SOCKS!!! I am so over the moon to announce my collaboration with @palssocks, and I could not be more proud of these crazy socks!
Pals is all about expressing yourself with your feet and each sock has its own design. My designs all coordinate with each other, but each one represents a personality type… Shy, Outgoing, Silly, Serious, Party animal and Planner. And the beauty of it all is that people come in all shapes and sizes, and we all have our own special personality traits and characteristics, and TOGETHER we complement one another to make a harmonious culture of beautiful humans. My socks do just that - complement one another to make harmony!
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The socks are on pre-order RN and you can get the whole set as a bundle - the link is in my bio! They come in ALL sizes - so you can get them for your kids AND yourself. I mean lets face it, these are really for the kid in you anyway, and as I always say, Don’t wear your heart on your sleeve, wear it on your FEET!
Please watch out tomorrow for more about the socks, I’ll make a video talking about them AND SHOW THEM OFF on my own feet!
It was so great working with the team from MotherShip, I had such a fabulous weekend with everyone, met lots of new people, friends, and artists and feel so blessed.
Jason Naylor Street Artist
This mural is based on the print I did with MotherShip. We did a giveaway while I was painting and had about 30 people come out and visit me while I was painting. Thank you all for coming to see me! Special shout out to my new friend Riley who came all the way from Maryland (with her amazing Dad) to watch me paint! MUCH LOVE RILEY!
Today at 6 PM at MOTHERSHIP TOY GALLERY (314 E Girard Ave) showing off my hand painted toys and a new print! The toys will be on sale on MARTIANTOYS.com !
ALSO I am painting a mural all day at 2434 E Gordon St. Please come see meeeee! First 10 people who arrive at 3PM will get a FREE signed print (edition of 30)
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We do not support violence. We are for peace. Love is the answer. My heart goes out to those who are scared and unsafe today. 💞 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/VeBkKDv
It all begins here. Respect yourself. Respect your family. Respect your community. Respect those who see the world differently. Respect their differences. Respect the process. Respect the big picture. RESPECT. ✊ — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/KsrGWVB
Its Random Acts of Kindness Day!!! A beautiful day to be a alive and to do random things for others today! An act of Kindness has a ripple effect that can change your day and the world around you… think about that today as you live your life! KINDNESS MATTERS ✨ — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/hsQBVAd
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Finished murals for for @insideverizon at the Phoenix Open! These walls are part of a campaign titled, “A call for Kindness, ” which is designed to help raise awareness of the importance of KINDNESS.
You know how hyped I was to do this wall, and of course a huge thanks and shout out to the team at @insideverizon! You guys are the best! It was so wonderful to work with you, and spend time together on this mission.
I feel so thankful to be able to do projects like this that align with my own mission and ethos and it’s amazing how well these projects go when we all share common goals.
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I hope you all had a great Valentines Day! Thank you to everyone who came and supported on the live demo! Was so great to see so many people (your usernames LOL) and thanks for all the love and support!
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