I speak to viral artist Danny Casale and discover the 'secret sauce' to his success. dannycasale dannycasale digitalart art
Danny Casale, better known as Coolman Coffeedan, went viral and never looked back. The artist caught the imagination of social media art lovers, his raw and energetic illustrative style and handmade animation found a voice for people sick and tired of the negativity of the internet.
"I don't entirely know," Casale reflects, when I ask where it all really began."I can't entirely point to one spot, but the journey in honing in on my style was doodling in school and doodling in class, really just sketching all over my notebooks and homework. I did that to stay awake really. I was just really bored in school. These doodles kept my brain active and just kept my hands moving. Doodling kept me from falling asleep.
Embracing the label of a"bad animator" in his bio, he preemptively deflected criticism while also setting himself apart from other creators."I always got ahead of it, where I was never trying to pretend to be a pro, I was never trying to pretend like I was on top of the world," he says, revealing:"I always said, ‘yeah, it's bad animation’.
The best art has always been about ideas and subjectivity. Casale's style, characterised by simplicity and abstraction, ensures anyone who sees it can find meaning and connection. His animations act as emotional mirrors, reflecting back your personal experiences and stories. "You're reading through a sea of horrible stuff or depressing news and meaningless crap, and then all of a sudden there's this bright blue character that pops up and breaks the cycle and tells you how nice you look today and how you shouldn't listen to what that person said back there, and you should stop being so hard on yourself about that thing you always think about," Casale says.
"There's no blueprint but I think people, especially up and coming artists, should feel solace knowing that it's not about your technical ability," Casale advises."You don't have to be the best animator in the world, or the best photographer in the world, or the best poet in the world, or the best oil painter; it's not about that. It's really about everything else, your drive and your personal confidence.
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