In episode 195 we talked with Brandon Dayton and Matthew Armstrong about their new art challenge, Sketchbook Summer. During the month of July artists were invited to try to fill a sketchbook in a month. In these last days of
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LIA Cast 203 – Old Gear, Open Source, New Purpose
What do we do with our old technology we’ve used in our art process? Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion about extending the life of a workstation or getting used gear yet having it perform well or at least
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LIA Cast 202 – Reading Watching Playing
It’s time once again for a discussion on what we’re reading/watching/playing to help charge our creative batteries. Also: Jerzy and Rob check in with one another to see what big ideas they’re engaging with in their work.More videos on the
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LIA Cast 201 – The Influence of Constraint
And old saw we haven’t used on the Lean Into Art Cast in some time is “limitations breed creativity.” What we typically mean by this is that limiting one’s choices in a creative endeavor removes ambiguity and often provides a
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LIA Cast 200 – Project Retrospective by Example
The Lean Into Art Cast hits a milestone! This time Jerzy and Rob use the opportunity to explore the many pieces, players, and values that go into making a big thing and how each of those pieces evolve over time.More
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LIA Cast 199 – Everyday Carry
Do you have a creative kit that you never leave home without? If so, what kinds of tools go in that container? How does examining the stuff you plan on making, transportation, location, and ergonomics figure in? What kind of
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LIA Cast 198 – Using the Hero’s Journey via Interpreting and Improvising
Rob and Jerzy are back from seeing some superhero movies and have story structure on the mind. Join us for a discussion on some resources we’ve been reading concerning story structure and the hero’s journey, followed by an improvisational exercise
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LIA Cast 197 – When Do You Know if You’re Established?
Making stuff is challenging and expensive work. There are monetary, time, and emotional costs to pursuing creative endeavors. Knowing this, we can accept it as natural that we might feel some frustration when we see others in our field achieve
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Boulder and Fleet Live Stream – July 7, 2017
Inking the cover to A Friendly Game (http://ift.tt/2tq1lGb), using a Pentel fude brush, Pentel pocket brush, Pentel color brush, and a Uniball Signo correction pen.More videos on the Comics Are Great! channel
LIA Cast 196 – Unpacking a Big Learning Experience
Learning, relating to the process of learning, feeding that into making new things… that’s familiar territory for all of us Leaners. Being fortunate to have attended EYEO a few times, four total now, Rob has some thoughts and experiences to
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