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Summer is almost over in the Northern Hemisphere, and as we begin to close out the season Jerzy and Rob have a discussion on what they’re reading, watching, and playing. In the second half of the show they explore some of the tensions in finding time to draw for pleasure and some of the tools they’ve been using.
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Portfolios, business card sites, web presences that convey the kinds of things you do are a deep well of questions and options. On a recent Extra Lean podcast (a special show for the awesome Patrons of Lean Into Art) Jerzy and Rob talked about updating our portfolios when Rob was in the middle of updating his. Now that Rob finished updating his portfolio, we’re ready to continue the conversation. Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion about the tools Rob used, the fresh goals he had in mind, and getting Jerzy’s feedback on the results.
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Whether you have obligations and responsibilities that compete for time you’d allocated for making art, or if you’re a professional artist who struggles for time and energy to put into personal projects, chances are you’ve faced the friction between having so many things you’d like to make and time available. Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on deciding which personal projects they take on when they have limited resources.
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In this episode of the Lean Into Art podcast, Jerzy and Rob discuss what we’re doing to enjoy the Summer and still keep things on track with our projects.
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Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on what they’ve been Reading, Watching, and Playing, followed by some talk on how they’re thinking about keeping projects moving throughout the summer.
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Our art endeavors are sometimes executed within narrow bandwidth constraints. Fitting in warm up and cool down exercises can be challenging–but what benefits can we look forward to by including them? If “selling your sawdust” is an important aspect of making art, why include warm up and cool down exercises that don’t leave you with anything worth sharing? Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on some exercises that mentally prepare us for engaging with the work more thoughtfully.
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In episode 215 we explored the flexibility and affordatnces of the mini-comics format. In particular we highlighted how the hand-made, short-run, or custom nature of some mini-comics provides a reading experience that digital formats might have a harder time achieving. But is that premise correct? In distributing our mini-comics in digital format rob the work of some of its appeal? How might we think differently about “translating” the work from one format to another? Join Jerzy and Rob for another discussion on mini-comics, this time focusing on its life cycle as a digital object.
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Jerzy’s in Minneapolis visiting Rob, so the two sit down to draw together and hash out a few visual storytelling topics, one of which will be how designing things urgently can lead to unexpected happy results.
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As the new year approaches it’s a time many of us look at how the past year went and what we intend and hope for the year to come. How does planning your yearly goals change when you’ve done some kind of yearly goal planning for a while? Join Jerzy and Rob as we discuss how we’re approaching goal planning this time around!
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As a last deep breath before reflecting on 2017 and diving headlong into 2018, Rob and Jerzy check in on what they’re reading/watching/playing.
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