Has the cost-benefit of marketing on social media platforms reached a tipping point where, well, it’s just not worth it anymore?
Author: Matt Shanks
New materials probably won’t do it
It’s so easy to get sucked in to the possibility of new art supplies without thinking about what they’re for in the first place.
In solitude, In company
How much isolation does an artist need? And, in it’s pursuit, do we lose something important with a lack of novelty in our lives?
Known unknowns
Knowing that there are things you don’t know means we can design a learning curve that is both interesting and well-paced.
Making authentic marks
To find your own identity amongst the cacophony of expectations of others might be the point of it all.
What art needs
The inability to create art isn’t always in the artist’s control. But it’s easy to blame oneself for not doing enough.
Containing infinity
Is my long struggle with digital art because there are just too many options? Do constraints unlock expression rather than contain it?
Sprinting to the finish
What would happen if the tortoise and the hare tried to help each other rather than beat each other?
Do I need to be an extrovert to market myself?
In a world of the increasingly novel, do I have to wear funny hats and costumes to stand out?
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?