Dealing with stress and anxiety on a daily basis is a common ground for many people living in the modern world, including Kayden Hines. She’s using them as a driving force in her art and creating illustrations that allow her to deal with stress in a humorous way.
Hines’ journey to becoming a successful illustrator with over 120,000 Instagram followers wasn’t an easy one. She was a member of Apple’s Video Partnerships team before she decided to leave her corporate job behind and pursue a dream of creating her own content.
This proved to be a step in the right direction, and she now mostly creates humorous illustrations that focus on connecting people and revealing universal truths, including the impact that technology and hustle culture have on our lives.
Hines is very open about her struggles with anxiety, and many of her illustrations explore this theme and help her cope during her darkest days.
“I think all of us – women, in particular – are under a huge amount of pressure to do and be everything to everyone. My art is my reaction to these pressures and expectations. It allows me to express my frustrations and anxieties out loud, and also laugh at them,” Hines told Huffington Post.
