{"id":97389,"date":"2019-05-28T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=97389"},"modified":"2019-05-24T15:03:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T01:03:57","slug":"just-go-for-it-anime-artist-uh-alum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/28\/just-go-for-it-anime-artist-uh-alum\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Just go for it,\u2019 advises anime artist, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> alum"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_77816\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5lBg-htt-U?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Derick Fabian - Â鶹´«Ã½Alumni Profile\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Derick Fabian wasn\u2019t sure he would make money with his art, but he decided to go for it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Although art was his lifelong love, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> artist Fabian bought the conventional wisdom that says, &ldquo;If you major in art, you major in starvation.&rdquo; While attending <a href=\"http:\/\/kauai.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College<\/a> and later the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>, he explored several different subjects in hopes of combining his interest in art with something more sensible.<\/p>\n<p>But time after time, his love for art would resurface.<\/p>\n<p>Several years later, a conversation with a counselor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr><\/a>  helped him finally cave in to his passion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don\u2019t know if the money\u2019s going to be there for me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But at least I\u2019ll be happy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Today, Fabian is making his mark in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s art world as the creative genius behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/7sketches\/\">7Sketches, a character and graphic design company<\/a>. Originally the name of the comic strip Fabian produced for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoanow.org\/kaleo\/\"><em>Ka Leo<\/em>, the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student newspaper<\/a>, 7Sketches has become a mainstay in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s cartoon, anime and comic scene.<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa graduate regularly displays his work at exhibits, sells merchandise to fans at conventions and participates in community events like Pow Wow <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, the <span aria-label=\"Kaka ako\">Kaka&#699;ako<\/span> mural festival.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You need to stop being a chicken,&rdquo; he wishes he could tell his younger self. &ldquo;Just go for it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/alumni-recognition\/\">Read more about <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni accomplishments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/system-art-fabian-d.jpg\" alt=\"Derick Fabian in front of his mural\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-97410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/system-art-fabian-d.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/system-art-fabian-d-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/system-art-fabian-d-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;Story from <a href=\"https:\/\/uhalumni.org\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derick Fabian is making his mark in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s art world as the creative genius behind 7Sketches, a character and graphic design company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[90,679,63,64,71,9,56],"class_list":["post-97389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97389"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97424,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97389\/revisions\/97424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}