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We reached out to Los Angeles based actor and artist, Brady Smith to find out what makes him mighty. 

What is your earliest artistic/creative memory?

When I was old enough to grasp a crayon I would sit on my father’s desk and draw. However, a very vivid childhood memory was drawing all the Super Heroes during Saturday morning cartoons while laying on the living room floor.  I’d then invent my own villains and make books and books out of typing paper to continue where the cartoon left off.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received as an artist?

I took a class in college called “Expressionistic drawing”. My professor asked what medium we worked in most and then told us we could make art using everything but what medium we just told him.  It really opened my eyes to other ways to experiment and create art. I still use the tools today in my painting from that class.

What makes you mighty?

Being a husband and father. My wife and 3 year old daughter mean everything to me. They inspire me to try and be the mightiest man, husband and father I can be.

Brady currently has 4 current Artist Collective Mighty Wallets designs, ‘And They’re Off’, ‘El Gigantos!’, ‘Over the Bridge’, and ‘Evolution of the Swine Flu’, that have just over a week to get backed. We really love Brady’s designs and you should too - see more of his art over at bradysmith.com.

Davies Babies is behind the successful Artist Collective Mighty Wallet Black Sheep. According to his Facebook page ”Davie loves all his babies equally and treats them all with the same tenderness and care they deserve.” Find out what inspires him below.

What is your earliest artistic/creative memory?

My earliest artistic/creative memory was snooping around my parents bedroom and stumbling upon some of my Fathers portrait illustrations and being amazed how much they looked like photographs. Being heavily influenced by my Father, from that day forward I knew I wanted to be an artist when I grew up.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received as an artist?

The best advice I’ve ever received as an artist was to make my art a habit and do it everyday. Devote 15 minutes a day to whatever your art may be and you will be amazed at how fast you will improve/grow as an artist.

What makes you mighty?

My passion and love for art and my artwork is what makes me mighty! If you love what you do others will love it too.

You can check out more of his designs on his Society6 page and pre-order his Black Sheep Mighty Wallet in the Artist Collective. 

We reached out to illustrator, doodler and designer Wotto (whose 2 designs, Paint Everything Red and Skulls4Life, just have about 2 weeks to get backed) to see what makes him create his magic.

What is your earliest artistic/creative memory?

I remember distinctly watching my babysitter draw and thinking, wow I hope one day I can draw as good as her. I remember making that my goal and I practiced like crazy until I could draw characters as well as her. She wasn’t a very good babysitter but in a weird way she did inspire me to draw well and get to a point where I could make a living from my art.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received as an artist?

When I left University and thought I’d get every Tom, Dick and Harry knocking on my door for art I found out fast that I was about to get a lot of knock backs and kicks in the teeth. Not easy to take as a fresh faced grad but I remember someone telling me “Don’t give up, don’t ever stop”. Best advice I ever got.

What makes you mighty?

I am mighty because I stick to a firm set of principles. I don’t bend to people who want things for cheap, I don’t sell out and I stay true to my art. I also think I am mighty because I can cover a surface in doodles incredibly fast, haha.

Get Behind Wotto and back his Artist Collective Mighty Wallet design ,  Paint Everything Red and Skulls4Life, today!

Meet Phil Machi, the cartoonist behind the comic strips “Livestock” and “Retail Sunshine” and the recently successful Artist Collective Mighty Wallets, “Pocket Full of Sunshine” and “Retail is ……SCARY!”. After working in retail for 8 years, Phil has declared that 2013 is his year and has devoted his energy into his production company. Find out what inspires Phil below.

What is your earliest artistic/creative memory?

My earliest artistic/creative memory would probably be from second grade.  We had just finished a special learning segment on dinosaurs (which sent me into a lifelong obsession with the creatures) and to finish, the teacher had us all make our own handmade books.  I wrote and illustrated a story about two dinosaurs that became friends and went on an adventure together. To this day I still have the book!

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received as an artist?

The best advice I’ve ever received as an artist is to not judge your thoughts.  Thoughts are intangible and in the art-making process it is much more conducive to put lines on paper first.  If you look at the line and it’s a mistake, you can change it…but if the paper is blank you have nothing to base your decisions on.

What makes you mighty?

I believe what makes me mighty is my ability to be persistent.  When I have an idea that I’m truly passionate about, I go after it with everything I’ve got until I either achieve my goal or I at least give it my best.  Whatever happens, I have no regrets at the end of the day and many times I actually reach my goals!

Check out Livestock Production’s Artist Collective Mighty Wallets, “Pocket Full of Sunshine” and “Retail is ……SCARY!”, now available in the DYNOMIGHTY Shop

We continue to introduce the Artists behind DYNOMIGHTY’s Artist Collective with Nashville, TN based artist, Kelly McKernan.

What is your earliest artistic/creative memory?

I think some of my earliest creative-on-my-own memories involve creating huge messes with art materials and getting scolded since I was always ruining the carpet. That, and drawing princesses, kittens, and princess kittens.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received as an artist?

I always enjoyed that saying, “you have to know the rules in order to break them” and kept that as a silent motto while I was in school. I loved academia, but I couldn’t wait to break out and start building my own style, but I knew that I couldn’t commit to doing that until I understood the basics.

What makes you mighty?

I won’t give up!  I’ve been out of college for 4 years now, and several times I had attempted to make art my only income. Several times I managed to do that for a few months at a time, but I would eventually return to other jobs to supplement my art career. However, I have been able to maintain making a living as an artist for one full year now and it’s pretty much the most fantastic thing ever. I’m so happy that I get to do what I love for a living.

Back Kelly McKernan’s “Relinquish” Artist Collective Mighty Wallet today!