• What initially drew me to art was that I could entertain myself and keep busy in class by drawing and doodling. When I was at home, I played more with Legos and Play-Doh, and eventually, I focused my creativity more on sculpting and three-dimensional projects.

• Being creative was just something I did for fun. I felt like I had a breakthrough in art when I was in seventh grade. My art teacher wanted to teach us actual techniques instead of just having repetitive projects like macaroni portraits or painting our favorite ideas. She showed us that everything in the world was created by artists, designers, musicians, and painters. The seats we sat on, the tables we worked at, and the shelves in the classroom were all imagined and made by someone.

• The end result of any project I start is never what I envisioned in the beginning, and I've always found that very rewarding because it allows me to learn new things and discover new ways of making my ideas come to life.

• I've never understood self-doubt. I’ve always been told that what I am doing is wrong by one person, and then someone else comes along and says the opposite—that what I'm doing is amazing. Anyone struggling with self-doubt should remember that you can't make everybody happy, so have fun making what you want to make.

• I think what influenced me the most in the art world was Etruscan tile work. I remember as a child watching documentaries on PBS about archaeologists discovering ancient ruins with beautiful tile work, pottery, glassware, and sometimes even fabric. They called all of this art, but I saw it as just the world that people lived in. Since then, I've always remembered the tile work created thousands of years ago and how people surrounded themselves with what they found interesting. Today, I want to be surrounded by things as interesting as they were back then, and I enjoy creating them as well. That is why I surround myself with art and different colors on the walls of my house, and I stay away from brown wood-paneled furniture and home decorations.

• If you want to create something—be it a painting, a sculpture, a song, or a dance—you should just do it. Remember, you are not in danger; you're not curing cancer. You will not hurt anyone by making a piece of furniture, singing a song, writing poetry, or creating a painting.

• You will make lots of mistakes when creating something that has never existed before. Learn from that process and never work towards making something perfect.

What great advice.

Did you know?

The First King
In ancient times, before goblins were created through magic, there existed a primal goblin spirit—an elemental presence embodying chaos and adaptability. Known as The First King, this being was not exactly a goblin or creature but a fluid essence of cunning and survival. 

During the earliest rituals to create goblins, shamans unintentionally fragmented this entity, giving rise to the goblin race as it exists today. Even now, each goblin holds a trace amount of that initial power—a piece of The First King. This fragment, called The Spark, is a hidden potential within every goblin’s soul. It is a remnant of the original goblin essence, carrying ancient memories, power, and wisdom from before their tribal society took form. Ordinarily dormant, The Spark may awaken briefly in times of great crisis or during rare magical events.