My name is Brandon.

Also known as BEEZ or BEEZ designs.

I'm a multi-disciplinary artist specializing in mixed media and graphic design.

Growing up in Ohio.

I was very much introvert.

You know, I'm still introvert now, but I'm forced to be an extrovert when I have to.

I broke out on my shell when I hit middle school, and that's when I started, like really trying to figure out, like, who I am.

You know, what am I?

What am I here to do?

I knew I was meant to do something great.

I just never knew what it was.

My teacher, she really, like, sat me down and was like, you need to get your stuff together because I don't think you understand how talented you are.

Cause I was just in her class.

Just kind of messing around.

Like, not really caring, but, like, still, like submitting some really good work.

So she's like, listen, if you just like, buckle down and actually pursue this, you can make a career out of it.

The whole reason why I've honestly gotten to this point in my career, because without coming here, I don't know where I would have been, honestly.

So the environment was very key for me for coming out here because the scenery, like, was just so visually striking.

At first I was like, oh man, like, my school's here.

Like, like I remember, like being in awe at, like how beautiful Pittsburgh looks.

That's what brought me out here.

And essentially over time, just staying active in the community has helped my career stay essentially like steady and continue to build.

Some commissions I've done in the past for some celebrities include Aaron Donald, DeMar Hamlin, Jelly Roll.

Lil Xan and most recent ones were N3on.

IShowSpeed and Bobby Shmurda.

One of my favorites is actually this Joker one in here.

The story behind that is like, not what you would, but you know, some people might think like, oh, you're a marvel fan or you really like the Joker and like that.

Yeah, I do.

I love Marvel and I thought the movie was great, but that's not why I painted it.

This was actually a piece, completed before Art Basel, but before that I'd gotten jumped in South Side to Art Basel, and I was actually, like in the hospital and really messed me up.

So I had a decision to make.

It was either channel this energy for good or channel it for bad.

And I think that's what we're ultimately challenged with.

But those two decisions like which way am I going to go?

Left.

Right.

Good, bad.

I had so much anger in me and so much boiling up at that point in time.

I like I felt like I was going to explode and like I didn't want to do anything that was going to be detrimental to my my life or my health or my career.

So put all of that into that piece and that piece ended up getting featured in Miami and was showcased and few other shows after that.

And it just really, for me, showed overcoming that point in my life where it really it could have went anyway.

Some pieces are just meant to look good and like, I just want them to be something that's cool to look at and other pieces that I do want there to be some kind of feeling, but you feel moved by it.

That's great.

If not, then you know there's other art out there.

So I more or less I create for me first and the rest follows.

The other thing is to is like my why?

Like I asked myself, like, why am I making these pieces?

Or why am I doing this or doing that?

And sometimes there is no why just to, you know, create art for art's sake and that's okay.

You know, if sometimes there does not have to be a reason.

Yeah, I would say, you know, if people feel anything toward my art, that's awesome.

If they don't then thats awesome too.

One of the biggest pieces of advice that I wish I would have gotten sooner was just to do it.

Just like, don't think about it.

Do it if you feel it in your heart that you're meant to create or, you know, not even just on an art level, you know, it could be anything.

If you feel it in your heart or to do what you should do it to me.

You know, I'm not quite there yet, but I know it's going to get there because of my determination.

So for all the young artists out there, just stay active, stay at it, stay committed and dedicated because you just never know.

You might be one person away from everything you want.

There's so much more where you just barely, you know, scratch the surface.

But if you want to find out more, you can head to my website.

At DesignedbyBeez.com or my YouTube at Designed byBeez.com or my Instagram at Beez Designs.