Foster-Dimino: I always drew,
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.