Would we use the internet differently if a browser was called a do-er? Would we make different work if we called ourselves an artist instead of a hobbyist?
Category: Marketing
Defined by ‘No’
For two-letters, No is a powerful word.
What are awards for?
Who won the 1976 Olympic Summer Games gold medal for trapshooting? Don’t know? Neither do I. Which makes me wonder, what are awards for, anyway?
Are algorithms driving the art we make?
How do we know why we make the work we make? Is it driven by our need to understand ourselves by the algorithm so we get the validation we so crave?
Getting noticed
How do you get noticed by publishers? How do you break-in to kids’ books? It’s easy, make work, often. Eventually, it’ll be so good it can’t be ignored.
The starving artist: a culture, not a law
Changing the law needs lawyers. Changing a culture doesn’t need lawyers, we just need everybody to agree, and that’s hard.
How to: Broadcast your studio for regional and remote Australia
I’ve recently offered the opportunity for schools in regional and remote Australia to come into my studio on a live workday. The aim is to give some 1:1, intimate illustrator time to those who are often at a geographical disadvantage where it’s too expensive for schools to pay for people like me to visit them.… Continue reading How to: Broadcast your studio for regional and remote Australia
Beyond Normal
Living in the space where the risk lies is the only way we’ll produce work that’s beyond normal, the new normal, a one-of-a-kind.
For prestige
And so if awards are, generally, bogus and out of our control, how do we ever know if our work is any good? Well, that’s probably the wrong question.
The joy of unsubscribers
Everyone will tell you to grow your audience or increase your market share. But good art isn’t for everyone, so maybe picking a side is better?