In a world of the increasingly novel, do I have to wear funny hats and costumes to stand out?
Author: Matt Shanks
How does everyone else work so fast?
There’s a difference between performance, and practice. But in our social media driven world, the lines are blurring, and nothing infuriates me quite as much as all those artists out there who are doing ‘quick sketches’ that aren’t sketches at all. This is thumbnail sheet of what I call ‘quick sketches’: And, if you search… Continue reading How does everyone else work so fast?
The work you do is the work you get
Illustrators seem to focus so much on portfolios, but is it better on just focussing on the work you want to make?
The law of diminishing returns
Do we really need to do 99 versions of the same illlustration to get to one we’re happy with? Probably not.
Stepping away
Although it may not feel like it, taking a break and stepping back from the work is always useful in re-thinking it.
Learning through play doesn’t have to stop at childhood
Does the availability and access of art materials prevent our ability to engage with art?
I am not my work
Why is it so easy to get disheartened with making stuff nobody asked for?
Good and bad inefficiency
Adding inefficiency to one’s life may seem counter-intuitive, until you realise there’s good inefficiency.
Art, scarcity, and scale
If art doesn’t scale like a fast-growing startup, what else can we use?
Caterpillars and Butterflies
How does one become an artist? Well, first things first, we need to do what artists do.