I think what I love about illustration is that there are so many ways to challenge myself.
“‘Illustrator’ is just the easiest catch-all for many jobs—which again, I’m rather restless so it’s worked out great that I never get bored!”
By leaving her job as a lawyer and taking a leap of faith to become a full-time illustrator, Sirin Thada says, “I was finally honoring a part of me that had been there all along.”
“In college, I think there was this idea floating around that a real illustrator worked all night—and if they weren’t, they were half ass-ing it. [Now,] I like to give my brain some time to absorb and to rest in equal measure.”
Filling that blank space is a mix of excitement and agony.
“Don’t focus on what’s popular; focus on what’s there for you to try.”
“I’ve wrapped my business model around my kiddo and his schedule and changing needs. That has been a decision I’ve never regretted.”
“Conveying emotions, narratives, stories. This, I believe, is at the core of all art.”
“Art is able to go straight to a person’s very core—a place other channels simply cannot reach.”
“I wanted the book to celebrate what it means to live your life fully and startlingly awake.”