Life & Work with Elijah Trujillo

Today we’d like to introduce you to Elijah Trujillo

Elijah, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I always say I’m an artist first, I make art. As a visual artist my love for creating takes many forms of what I do. However my main focus is putting my creativity in my clothing brand Conserved Extrovert. I design and make all of my own clothes at the moment. Many of my designs being hand drawn. Not limiting myself within one media am a student of many and love to apply them all in the ways I like.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I have put myself in bad positions in regards to the financial stress one goes through when living as a full time creative. But w experience and being open to whatever my talents could be used for I’ve always managed to make it work, my love for what I do outweighs anything burden that may come. And I trust my process, there has been many pay off and incentives. Most not even being money.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a self-taught artist who applies my love for art to creating fashion garments. I am known for a unique style of making clothes that involves many media’s such as screen printing, hand dying, and basically whatever I envision. I design and make all of my own pieces. Under my brand I do custom commissions within the fashion realm.

Before we let you go, we’ve got to ask if you have any advice for those who are just starting out?
I got a couple. Do what you love, and love what you do, keep your day job, and to dive in to things with an open mind.

Contact Info:

• Email: Btrujillo127@gmail.com
• Website: Conservedextrovert.com
• Instagram: @conservedextrovert