no matter what I was doing

or thinking about doing with my life.

You know, sort of wondering about my career,

you know, when I was eight years old, which, like,

what do you know about careers when you're eight?

Real: I remember getting in trouble in school for it.

But my parents are--you know, I was pretty fortunate.

They always encouraged it.

Hom: I grew up drawing a lot of flowers and girly stuff,

like unicorns and princesses.

I took that seriously enough to convince my mom

that I wanted to do it professionally.

Dutton: I remember drawing lots of dinosaurs.

I would take my dad's printer paper

and I would just make books filled with dinosaurs.

Germick: I do remember when I started drawing

I did a comic book with my friend Eric

about a mouse that became a giant mutant.

It was heavily influenced by the Ninja Turtles.

It was just something fun that kids did,

and it's something that I just never stopped doing.

Foster-Dimino: There's sometimes a lot of pressure

in the art world, that you have to feel like

you need to be completely sure

of what you're trying to do.

What I would have told myself, if I could go back in time

and talk to myself, is just that

it's okay to make mistakes and kind of take your time

to figure out how you want to express yourself.

Dutton: We kind of grow up

thinking that it's this very intimidating,

very out-of-reach kind of goal

to put yourself through art school

or to, you know, have to draw every single day.

And those things are not nearly as intimidating

or impossible as a lot of people made it out to be

when I was growing up.

Foster-Dimino: I think, above all,

you should focus on having fun

and enjoying yourself.

That's what art is all about for me, and--

and for all of us, really.