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ART
My Story
I started drawing as a New Year’s resolution in 2017. My main goal was to be able to draw a reasonably well proportioned face. In the past I had some interest in art, but it was never more than doodling and trying to draw my favorite cartoon characters. The thing that I was, and still am, most interested in was capturing faces. So I was in my first and only year of college at North Dakota State University, and I decided to take a Foundations of Drawing class my 2nd semester. Crazy thing is that I actually got wait listed and made it into the class at the last minute! I can’t imagine what my life would’ve looked like if I didn’t take that class.
I was clearly the only non-art major in the class, but everyone was so supportive and kind to me. The professor’s main lesson that I took to heart was to just put in the time and make drawing an everyday habit. 15 minutes a day will eventually lead to your hand starting to do what your head is telling it to do.
I grew a lot that semester and fell in love with drawing. At this point, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life so I dropped out of school and decided I just wanted to live for a while.
At the end of December of 2017 I decided to move to Honolulu and enjoy my 20’s. After spending some time there, I actually had a miscommunication at my job. I was suddenly getting 10 hours a week in one of the most expensive cities in the US. I started posting my work more on Instagram and eventually got to the point of “If you pay for my dinner I’ll draw you a turtle.” Luckily, I had a few amazing people reach out and I got my first few commissions!
$15 drawings turned into $25, which turned into $40, which turned into my first $100 drawing. The Fall of 2019 I decided to move back home to Fargo, ND to be closer to family and to eventually go back to school. I was still posting my drawings online and at this point I had made close to $2,000 worth of art and I was ecstatic. A few of my coworkers told me to start posting my videos on TikTok and I decided why not?
January 15th of 2020 I made my first post. In February I heard of this style where you could draw with nothing but words and I thought that sounded fascinating. I decided to give it a whirl. I finished my first few portraits by the end of the month and by March I had 1,000 followers which exploded to 100,000 in August.
My side hustle that was just for extra cash turned into something much more. I was suddenly making more than what I was making at Starbucks and I was flabbergasted. Fast forward a bit through the years and I have now had the pleasure to work with some of the largest brands in the world. From Netflix, to Call of Duty, to the NFL, to Madison Square Garden, every opportunity had been such a blessing and I am so glad I am still having fun. I took my art full time in November of 2022 and things just keep growing.
I am so excited that I’ve found something I truly enjoy and get to earn a living off of. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you for supporting my work. It’s not lost on me that every like, comment, or order has a real person behind it, rocking with what I’m doing. I appreciate you, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day.
Cheers,
Jayce
MUSIC/OVERALL BIO
Hi! I’m Jayce!
I just wanted to let you know a bit of my story! I am from Fargo North Dakota and spent all of my childhood there as well. I have 2 really cool siblings that I really really love. My sister Elayna is like the ~business/marketing wiz~ kid and my little brother Tommy is probably already smarter than me in a lot of ways. Its really entertaining how different yet similar we all are, but our biggest similarity is our vocabulary (which I take full credit for). Then there are my parents Danja and Darren (also cool cats). My Mom is a hair stylist who I give credit for my mad flow, and my Dad is basically the kingpin marketing big shot of the Fargo Jet Center, to whom I credit my musical abilities.
As a kid, I really liked music. My dad is a drummer (like a really good drummer) so I was always surrounded by music and watching other musicians practicing or playing at church. When I started to get older I started to pick up on things and my dad would help explain rhythms and different little techniques. At one point I decided that I wanted to take piano and basically our agreement was that I had to play until I was 16 at least before I could quit. Luckily when I was 15 piano started to click and be fun. I started playing with different groups at church, and I played drums/percussion in high school band and jazz band. I finally had a big musical click into understanding around my senior year when I realized I just had to stop caring what people thought and to just play. And it was a pretty noticeable difference, especially in my drumming.
Since then I learned how to play a decent amount of instruments pretty well! I am comfortable writing on piano, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, banjo, ukulele, accordion, the occasional harmonica, a dash of cello or mandolin, and basically anything percussive or with strings I am confident that I’ll be able to figure out. Not in like a cocky way, but after a certain amount of learning instruments start to blend and you can find a lot more similarities than differences. I’d say my current style is a bit more free flowing instrumentals. I used to be a lot more technical/funky in my writing but I’ve found that the more I write, the more I like just the way sound is and I don’t want too much getting in the way. My main goal is to try and transfer a feeling. I hope that the first time you listen to my music that you can close your eyes and have an open mind. I’d love to hear what it makes you feel!
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