About me
Heeeellllloooo I’m Laila
A Creative that likes to be a bit silly sometimes…
Me, after getting my annual egg-pattern nails (OBSESSED)
The Skinny about me is…
I’m 27
I love olives
I have a Bachelors in Art & Design and now work in marketing
I did my best to become an artist (yay) - I failed (boo).
Now, I want to help other’s that were in my position, filling in the gaps and making resources accessible
Am I qualified to do this? Absolutely not.
But do I need a qualification to help other’s the way I needed to be helped? I don’t think so
Oh, also I’m pretty sure I have ADHD and am Dyslexic (I can’t even spell ‘opportunities’ in my creative opportunities list EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.)
Oppertunities? Opeertunites? Tunities? Opps?
(I don’t know what I’d do without Auto-correct…)
The Long about me is…
In school (whether in Bermuda, America or the UK) I would be in whatever art class was provided. No questions asked.
Me… at the age of 12 with a yellow panda I painted
Me and my work at an Open Studio at uni
So, it was no shock or surprise when I decided to study Art & Design at the University of Leeds. During my studies, you could catch me rushing to make deadlines, pulling art out of my ass to fit assignments and doing a few bits of student volunteering in between.
But, to be honest. I had no confidence in my art – like, at all. Loads (and I mean LOADS) of imposter syndrome.
“I’m not talented enough to make art”
“I have no idea how I even got accepted into this course”.
“Most artists are broke and failures; it’s not a viable career path”.
Those beliefs, frankly, caused me to make “art” that I wasn’t proud of, and I gaslighted myself out of any hopes of becoming an artist.
Me and some bullshit art I made at uni
Me at my uni graduation
Then came the panorama. Pandemonium. Patinime. The PANDEMIC. I had secured a job after graduating university (right as the pandemic hit), and while I was working there… I began to reassess my former limiting beliefs. I simply decided to go for it. I was going to become an artist.
I got a new job, working only part-time, and then the rest of my time was spent SOLELY on my art and building up my Instagram page. It was hard. It was lonely. I had NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING. EVER. It was during this time that I created a mini-series called “Growing Pain(t)s”, where I documented my experiences of being in my 20s while making art.
(Hence where the name of everything comes from. You can watch my very first video at the bottom of the ).
Things were going “okay”. Until it became unsustainable. I could no longer afford to live where I was living. I had to move back home and get a full-time job. And, as such, my art and dreams slowly died away.
Until I decided to do something about it.
Now, in 2025, I’m back (with a vengeance) and fighting for artists who, like me, are trying to make it work while working a 9-5 (arguably the biggest time thief of them all haha). I share strategies, tools, and resources that make the art career journey easier for time-strapped artists. If you can relate to this, I want to help you. I believe artists should have the right to pursue your creative dreams despite lack of time, money or resources.
