Logan Scott shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Good morning Logan, it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? What are you chasing, and what would happen if you stopped?
In my current stage in life, I believe the thing I am chasing most right now is a breakthrough in the industry. I have spent the past few years growing as a person and as an artist. I have taken in so much knowledge from my experiences and mentors that I am ready to apply so I could become a professional illustrator. Everything in my life has seemingly been building to this point and I feel that I am so close to finally reaching the precipice of this breakthrough. I truly think that if I stopped, I would be dissatisfied with myself. Creating art and finding my place in the world as an artist is my biggest drive in this world.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Logan Scott, I am a freelance illustrator, art director, and multidisciplinary artist based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Aesthetically, I consider myself a student of pop culture. In my work, I pull inspiration from and pay homage to all of my favorite aspects of pop culture such as film, fashion, comics, alternative subcultures, and popular iconography. My goal is to always set a scene with high drama and refined glamour.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. Who taught you the most about work?
I would have to say my mother definitely taught me most about work. Growing up with her as a single mother, the sacrifices she made to give me the best life she could drive me the most. She never discouraged me from doing what I loved even if the success isn’t linear or straightforward. She truly instilled in me that the best work I could do is what makes me feel fulfilled and happy. Even beyond that, I am grateful to have her as an example of what good work ethic is like and I believe my ambitiousness comes from her.
What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
The most defining wound of my adult life so far is when I lost a close friend to suicide in early 2024. It was an experience that truly rewired my entire system and it is a wound that is not completely healed. Grief is already an extremely difficult emotion to be afflicted by, but it is so heightened when the circumstances are so tragic. I felt such a strong cycle of overwhelming sadness, aggression, depersonalization, and overstimulation. This cycle made my everyday life as an artist, a student, and a friend, so much more exhausting. I was grateful for my great support system of my grief counselor at the time, my friends, and my family. I think having connections with the people closest to me kept me grounded and helped me regulate the sensitive state I was left in. A major part of the healing journey for me was to just live more for myself and experience more things that make me happy.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Is the public version of you the real you?
I believe to an extent the public version of me reflects the real me. I have always been one to live authentically and always express truest self whether through actions, words, or attitudes. Since a young age, I have always been a ‘take me as I am’ kind of person because I never really felt understood around my peers growing up. I found, and still find, being inauthentic to be too exhausting so I just never did it. That being said, I do think my public persona is a bit more palatable, in the sense that I try to present more professional and enthusiastic. I don’t act this way to be deceptive, I just try to not let my natural, more reserved, private self deter people away.
Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. Are you doing what you were born to do—or what you were told to do?
I sincerely believe I am doing what I am born to do. I have been creating art since I could remember and as I grew older, I knew that this is what I wanted to do professionally for the rest of my life. Creating art is one of the few things in my life that has been constant. I remember throughout middle school and high school being encouraged to try considering other fields to work in and being told that art would get me nowhere. Those experiences made me come to the realization that if someone tried to take art away from me, I would not be living the life I deserve.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://loganscottillustration.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/logan.scott.illustration/
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