We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Aylin Yin a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Aylin, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
I get my resilience from my trauma and failures. Life guarantees you experiences, both good and bad. I made sure I took the good with me and turned the bad into lessons that gave me experience. Failures were lessons that taught me how to try again to succeed. Success is sometimes a trial and error. You cannot succeed without failing and resilience.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
I started this journey back in 2017 when I joined a makeup school. I learned about the beauty world and started doing professional makeup for news cast members, beauty pageants, and transitioned to special events like weddings and quinceañeras.
Soon thereafter, I was craving for more. My best friend is a phenomenal photographer and she introduced me to my first camera. She taught me lessons and soon I started doing avant- grade looks and body painting while photographing my own work. Now I have completed projects and continue to express my art through makeup and photography. I have done art shows in the past and had my work displayed in art galleries. At this time, I’m working on a long-term art book project. More to come soon.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Confidence, Resilience, and Passion.
There will be people who have been in the industry longer than you and have better quality of work and experience. It is easy to compare yourself and your work to theirs, which usually tends to discourage you.
Find your voice in your work. Reach out and ask for help. I would not be in this position without the help of my art community. Be confident in yourself and put in the hours to improve. Be resilient so that you continue to pick yourself up after a flop. And allow your passion to continue to ignite that fire within as to why you started art in the first place.
Okay, so before we go, is there anyone you’d like to shoutout for the role they’ve played in helping you develop the essential skills or overcome challenges along the way?
There have been a couple of amazing artists that have positively impacted my success. They have taught me skills, given me knowledge, shared personal tricks of the business, supported and promoted my work, and have become long friendships. Shoutout to:
Elisa Valdes with Goddus Rising
Jessica Simmons with WildAZArt
Crystal Maldonado with CrysmPhotogralhy
Elara Kiss
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @aylin_yin
