It's not about the sugar: art and self-discovery | Krystle Hickman | TEDxUCLA

Why do we lose our creativity? How do we get it back? Krystle Hickman shows us how she found fulfillment by revisiting her childhood passions. The antidote to adulthood can be found in a simple bag of sugar, and the results are undeniably sweet. Krystle Hickman rediscovered drawing.

The first drawing Krystle did was a simple pen sketch of Freddie from the television show Skins. After finishing that sketch, over a three-week period, she drew every cast member from the first four seasons of Skins. Krystle edited the drawings into a video and sent the video to the creator of the show. He responded the same day and later asked her to draw portraits for the American version of the television show. With that little bit of early success Krystle made the decision to make art her life. Her artwork is constantly evolving and expanding into new mediums.

Krystle specializes in creating hyper-realistic artwork as well as video, website and Photoshop content. Artistic and creative content has been commissioned by marketing companies, families, political figures, as well as professionals in the music and movie industry. In the past Krystle has worked with MTV, The Jacksons, Jamiu Abiola, Kevin Hart, West Elm and many others. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx