Tiffany Toland-Scott Art

Fantasy and Gothic Artist

<p>I've been interested in art, like a lot of artists, since I could hold a paintbrush.&nbsp; At the age of fifteen I discovered Photoshop, and almost immediately I decided I wanted to be a professional artist.&nbsp; I told my parents I wanted to drop out of high school so I would have more time to work on my art.&nbsp; They were obviously thrilled by this announcement (har!), but they helped me anyway.&nbsp; Shortly after my sixteenth birthday I had earned my GED, started selling my work online, and was looking at art schools and colleges to attend.</p> <p>I had my first art show at the age of seventeen, and it was a sell-out success.&nbsp; I think my parents realized then I wasn't completely out of my mind.&nbsp; I attended art school for a short time, but it wasn't for me.&nbsp; While I was away at school my parents renovated an old hay barn on their property, and that became my first real studio.</p> <p>For a little over a year I used the barn to self-publish prints, calendars, and books of my work.&nbsp; Around that time the economy took a dive, and I had to cut back on the number of art shows I was sending work to due to slow sales.&nbsp; I stopped publishing books as well during that time and started thinking of other ways I could expand my business.</p> <p>In 2009 I started putting those plans into effect, and I self-published a range of postcards, keychains, magnets, bookmarks, and various other gift items.&nbsp; I also started working on an entirely new portfolio and style, and these things combined helped my business to start growing during one of the worst economic downturns in U.S. history.</p> <p>I also met my husband in 2009, and took break in 2010 and the first half of 2011 to have a child.&nbsp; Our son was born early with life-threatening complications, a situation that nearly claimed my life as well.&nbsp; Recovery for both of us was slow, but neither of us has any lasting complications.&nbsp; The massive debt from our health care took a bite out of my business in 2011, but we recovered and now my business is growing rapidly again.</p> <p>I am always re-inventing my work, product lines, and myself in an effort to keep my business new and interesting for my customers.&nbsp; I like to paint subjects I haven't painted before, and I love working with new companies to manufacture products with my art on them!</p> <p>I still self-publish a variety of products, and have created an account here to help fund some of these products.&nbsp; I also license my work out to other companies for third-party merchandise, and I work as a concept artist, book cover artist, and interior illustrator, as well as occasionally taking portrait commissions.&nbsp; I like to work hard all the time, and it's pretty common for me to still be working on Christmas.</p>

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