What happens when a platform you use to support your creative business changes? Or even if it just changes policy enough to cause challenges with you or your audience? Also we explore a listener question about finding why we publish!More
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LIA Cast 215 – Celebrating Mini-Comics
It’s time for a fresh look at why mini-comics are so great. Join us for a discussion on the advantages mini-comics offer when added to your art practice.More videos on the Comics Are Great! channel
LIA 214 – Pep Talks
Who doesn’t like a pep talk or bit of encouragement at the right place and time? In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast, Jerzy and Rob discuss pep talks by way of a modeling exercise and questioning the
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The 2017 Kids Comics Awards Ceremony – Presented by AADL
Recorded live at the 2017 Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (a2caf.com). Hosts Jarrett Krosoczka, Ben Hatke , Zack Giallongo , and Jerzy Drozd are joined by a host of cartoonists and puppets to present the awards for kids comics voted
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LIA Cast 213 – Ideas for Finding and Hiring Collaborators
It’s a return to process talk as Jerzy and Rob discuss running into a logistical crunch on personal projects and think through ideas for hiring collaborators.More videos on the Comics Are Great! channel
LIA Cast 212 – Sticky Note Writing
It’s a return to process talk as Jerzy and Rob explore drafting and thumbnailing ideas with cheap, easy to get materials like sticky notes!More videos on the Comics Are Great! channel
LIA Cast 211 – Endurance, Emergent Topic Episode
Ever have one of those weeks where you’re pulled in a dozen directions? Jerzy and Rob have, and they’re using it as an opportunity to look at the role of endurance in making things, and seeing what patterns emerge.More videos
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LIA Cast 207 – Sustainable Side Hustle
Side projects!!! What kinds of tensions and constraints do we encounter when we have a side project we try to keep moving yet also have primary commitments? Join Jerzy and Rob for an exploration of tools and reflections on making
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LIA Cast 206 – Prepping for Big Projects, with Ryan Estrada
We all have a sense that big or ongoing projects benefit from a certain amount of preparation. But what kinds of preparation? How do you identify what you need to know, and how to do you find resources to help
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LIA Cast 205 – Testing Assumptions and Hypotheses
How do we know that the tools, workflow, design, and materials are the right ones for the project we’re working on? What happens when the limitations of a tool begin to shape the work? What happens when the tools aren’t
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