Redbank Plains high-school student Mushtaq Mohammadi making waves on TikTok with Mushyartt
An Ipswich teenager who was told he was not good enough to study art at school has drawn more than 1.3 million fans to his personal art account on social media. Here’s why his work is catching people’s attention.
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A talented Redbank Plains high school student is making waves on social media with his video clips depicting his art and the making of his creations.
The grade 12 student – who applied to take art at school but missed out – has not let the setback discourage him from pursuing his dream of turning art into a career and his strong online following is cheering him on.
Mushtaq Mohammadi, 17, known as Mushyartt on TikTok has drawn more than 1.3 million likes and has gained nearly 150,000 followers.
He uses the platform to share short videos of his drawings, mostly portraits he creates on his iPad.
Mushtaq first started using the social media platform in December 2020 just for fun but his content started to gain traction after one of his videos went viral.
“I started using it ages ago but I didn’t really post art, I just used it for fun and then I started taking it seriously a few months later,” he said.
“I wanted to show my art to people.”
Mushtaq posted a video clip time lapse sketching a famous hip hop artist set against a backing track of his own original music.
“One of my videos blew up and had like 10,000 views and that hadn’t happened before so I got excited,” he said.
“It blew up ages after I posted it.
“People were commenting ‘I love your art’, ‘I love you’ and ‘you inspire me’ … That’s what inspires me.”
He said the sudden influx of likes, comments and new followers encouraged him to keep posting his content.
“I realised this had potential so I started posting more videos and taking it more seriously,” he said.
“It’s bad to say because you shouldn’t be depending on other people’s likes, comments and views on your work.
“You shouldn’t let those things determine how skilful you are as an artist … But it does get you excited.”
Since dabbling in drawing as a child, Mushtaq has loved creating art.
He applied to take art as a subject at school but said he was not chosen.
“I did choose art but I didn’t get picked,” he said.
Mushtaq is using the momentum to build a career for himself.
“I want to do it daily, once school is finished,” he said.
“I want my work to be around on clothing, in galleries.”
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