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?
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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?
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.
On being everything to someone
We can either be something to everyone, or everything to someone. I choose the second.
A choir needs four people
We don’t expect a single singer to be able to cover all four basic vocal ranges, so why do we expect it in most other fields?
The evolution of reaching readers
Is getting published all that great? If your goal is to reach readers, then it’s possible you don’t need a publisher.
Faith in connection
Not everything needs evidence. Sometimes, faith is enough to change the world.
Surprise is something worth paying for
The best magicians don’t reveal their practise and people still pay. Why do artist give away so much for free on social media?
I can’t cook like Nigella Lawson
There’s value in mimicry because even if you try to copy your inspiration, line for line, pixel for pixel, you’ll never create the exact same thing as someone else, and that’s OK.