Post 2 Guillermo Carrion

I chose 5 Creators who are all prop makers and cosplayers.

 1-Who are the 5+ artists you chose?

• Adam Savage
• Frank Lee (Frankly built)
• Emily the Engineer
• Kiara Builds
• Aaron from Galactic Armory

2-What were 5+ themes the artists addressed about making work?

• Their love for the characters and the universe the characters come from
• The joy of creating and researching the smallest things to improve the things they make
• The joy of trying new things and never sticking to one thing
• Enjoying what they make without making it such a "deep heartfelt emotional" creation. They make it cause they simply love what they want to make or just want to have fun and try new things
• They aren't afraid to learn about different things outside of what they make because in the end, they are aware it's just going to add a new skill they know.

3-What were 5+ challenges the artists faced in making their work?

These creators dont share much from their personal lives aside from how they deal with general hate and comments from the internet and people

• Judgment from the public and media
• Sexism

4-What were 5+ inspirations you drew from the artists?

• They all have a childlike sense of wonder when it comes to what they make. They can all talk to you about some of the nerdiest things in media and why they love what they love. I relate to how they feel and how they talk because I've been in the same shoes they have been in where they just love something so much they go and have an urge to create an item from that universe in media. Going so deep into learning the different things from what makes that character be the way they are and why they may have a certain item and HOW that item got to be the way it is, the smallest minute details we pay attention to. 
• The way we deal with people and judgment, they don't really go and let what other people tell them demotivate them. They follow the rules of "If we post something online there will always be one person who hates what we make and will judge us and our works. So why let their bitter comments go and take away from an accomplishment I made and others like so much. Instead tell those people to Piss off, prove those people wrong out of spite, or simply ignore them if what they are saying is just said to put you down."
• They love to teach others and share information with other people. This is actually my favorite thing about them because they know that getting into any hobby is difficult if you don't have information available for it or people who are welcoming into the community. they like to share their knowledge because they believe that the more information is out there for how to do things the more people will be able to do the things they want and it will help the community grow larger and they will learn things also. There no reason to gatekeep information on how things are made and done. 

5-What were 5+ things you would like to incorporate into your own work after watching these videos?

• nothing

I feel like I've already gotten to the same level that most of them have gotten up to and at this point, I don't want to continue to strive to be like them or follow in their footsteps because then I wouldn't be learning things for my own benefit and id be at their mercy of when I should learn new things. I want to be better than them and learn my own things and try to surpass them and do things they haven't done yet and be better at it than they could be, cause then one day I might be someone they come to for advice and I'd be able to go and share that information with them, the same way they shared information with me

Meeting Emily the Engineer and Build Daniel Build