Maria Pagkalou, known as Little miss Grumpy, is an illustrator. She was born in Athens, in 1991 and studied acting, but she was drawn by drawing. She is self-taught and she learns through constant practice and observation.Due to unemployment mainly in the acting field, she decided to create her own business in 2017. She is inspired by every single thing, like series and movies characters, and by everyday life, by producing sketches and drawings. The hopeless path of this profession, makes her realise what she is truly into!
Through her psychological roller-coasters and in fear of “what am I going to do with my life”, she succeeded in finding the strength of creation.
During her speech, she will talk about the hardships of the artistic world and about the fact that fear was her own silver lining. Maria Pagkalou, known as Little miss Grumpy, is an illustrator. She was born in Athens, in 1991 and studied acting, but she was drawn by drawing. She is self-taught and she learns through constant practice and observation.Due to unemployment mainly in the acting field, she decided to create her own business in 2017. She is inspired by every single thing, like series and movies characters, and by everyday life, by producing sketches and drawings. The hopeless path of this profession, makes her realise what she is truly into!
Through her psychological roller-coasters and in fear of “what am I going to do with my life”, she succeeded in finding the strength of creation.
During her speech, she will talk about the hardships of the artistic world and about the fact that fear was her own silver lining. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx