Illustrators seem to focus so much on portfolios, but is it better on just focussing on the work you want to make?
Author: Matt Shanks
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.
Time is the only thing we can’t make more of
Is it better to spend time or money?
On being everything to someone
We can either be something to everyone, or everything to someone. I choose the second.