TIMOTHY VON RUEDEN
doubt that he’d made the right
decision. But these doubts “lit a
fire under my bum that propelled me
to work harder, faster and smarter.”
Timothy set his own deadlines,
made sure he drew every day, but also
took time off when it felt right. He
enjoyed the freedom of being a
freelancer (he checks emails just once
a week – “I despise emails”), but, if
anything, he found himself putting in
more hours than he did at CG Cookie,
and, more importantly, he felt an
increase in creativity.
The tough times at the house also
led to big changes. He decided to
switch his focus from digital to
traditional art, which felt like a better
fit for expressing himself. A lot of
Timothy’s work has a personal story
behind it. Recent social media posts
include an image depicting his
distressing research into the workings
of the dairy industry (Timothy is a
ASCENSION
“Based on a giant tree that
died in my backyard and
having to watch it slowly erode
so that its soul may ascend.”