Maybe, instead of trying to compare choices to make big decisions we need to focus on the tiny decisions we make, everyday.
Category: Starting
Understanding comics: learning through doing
There are some things you can only learn by doing. Comics is one of those things. Meet Pip and Pop, may way of exploring the world through turtles.
If only, what if
We can’t always control what happens to us in life, but we can control the story we tell ourselves about the good and the bad that it brought us.
Uninspiring Inspiration
Can ‘reading the best to be the best’ be great advice, all the time? Or, can inspiration sometimes be… uninspiring?
Learning through mimicry
It’s surprising what your fingers will do, automatically, when you’ve spent some time copying the writers you admire, word-for-word.
Credentials aren’t that important for most things
An uncertified surgeon is illegal but it’s probably true that no one has ever died by looking at artwork produced by an uncredentialed artist.
The problem with pure
Are acrylics or digital any less ‘pure’ than oils? Those in the art world favour tradition over new technology, but everything was new technology once.
Lucky breaks are everywhere
Our intuition tells us that good luck is harder to find than bad luck, but what if luck was just about the way you looked at something?
How much should I spend on a pencil, paper, and eraser?
Maybe “Buy the best art materials you can afford” isn’t the best advice after all.
Ideas are easy, progress is hard
Ideas are everywhere, but artists are not. Is it really just fear of failure that prevents people from converting their ideas into art?