Dawud Anyabwile, an accomplished artist, was invited to speak to the students at Shelby County High School on his path to success in the arts career. There is something that he said that I believe will always stick with me. He said “Keep your work natural, it does not have to stay with the times to be popular.” (Anyabwile). I think this is very important to keep in mind as an artist, especially when it comes to taking inspiration from someone else’s work, and taking inspiration from someone else’s work. During his speech I gathered some questions to ask, and my main question was “What is the work environment like for an illustrator?”(Anyabwile). He said that this field is very deadline oriented, but you can work on your own schedule and plan around your day because…show more content… Born and raised in Philadelphia, Dawud Anyabwile explored many different kinds of self expression through art growing up, with his siblings. His parents advocated for the arts, which led to his love for the arts. In an interview, Dawud stated he's always known he would have a business related to the arts (Voyageatl). When he was a kid he and his brother would make stop-motion animations, and work on story development (Turner Studios). Dawud Anyabwile graduated from Central High School of Philadelphia and then continued on to Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University for a year, then to Tyler School of Art at Temple University for a year (Black Art Story). During his guest speech at our school, he spoke about his first job as an artist painting T-shirts in an art gallery. He said it was popular because it was unique to the area, and many people loved his work. This job helped develop his idea to start a comic book, which led to his contributions in The Brotherman (Voyageatl). The Brotherman is a comic book he illustrated, while his brother, Guy A. Sims wrote the script. Together they published eleven “Brotherman: Dictator of
