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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!
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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.
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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 whys and hows for how we go about asking or giving a pep talk.
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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 upon by kids! Video courtesy of the Ann Arbor District Library: http://ift.tt/2nhWBBz
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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 side projects work and some strategies for when it’s tough going.
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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 you know these things? How do research techniques, spreadsheeting, and team building figure in creative endeavors, and how do you balance between these somewhat administrative tasks and the creative part? Can these administrative tasks actually inform the creative part? Jerzy and Rob are joined by Ryan Estrada (http://ryanestrada.com) for a discussion on the prep and research that goes into making big and complex projects.
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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 doing the job we hired them for? Join Jerzy and Rob for an exploration on wayfinding tools to help you evaluate a project when a lot of ambiguities pop up.
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