LIA Cast 06 - Pacing Anecdotes

This episode is dedicated to all of you brave cartoonists who are participating in this year's 24 Hour Comics Day. We (Rob and Jerzy) have prepared a discussion that will fill nearly 1/12th of the time you'll be spending on your story, and it so happens that the topic is entirely devoted to building a story!

We start out talking about social streams as a layer of content that supplements one's artistic endeavor. Is using a persona online disingenuous? Can a creator employ multiple personas for multiple audiences and still be genuine?

We then spiral off into talking about strategies for building a story, including:

  • Thinking of it as an anecdote
  • Outlining it into a series of points to be made, connected by the questions Why and How
  • Allowing one's self to be surprised by what can come out of relaxing and letting it happen on the page

 

We close with some talk on pacing and rhythm, using music as an analogy for visual storytelling.

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LIA Cast 05 - Polls

We start out this episode with some talk on the recent announcement about Google Plus Hangouts and the implications it has for cartoonists and educators.

 

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Then we dive into a talk about surveys, polls, and self-reflection. How are they useful from a content creation/conversation facilitation standpoint? Can we map the thinking strategies behind polls and surveys to better center ourselves as creative people? Does a better understanding of how people choose make us more intentional storytellers?

Rob and Jerzy walk around this topic and do their best to leave with a better understanding.

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LIA Cast 04 - Starting is Hard!

 

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This time Rob and Jerzy wander around the topic of starting a project. Capturing ideas, developing them, and staying open to the surprises that can lead to more complex story engines.

 

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LIA Cast 03 - My Daily Burden

This time we talk about that critical moment in our lives when we discovered that we genuinely loved to learn, which spirals out into some talk on our favorite and least favorite educational experiences.

We than spend some time talking about the value of community art challenges, and ruminate a bit on what kinds of challenges we might launch within the Lean Into Art community.

We close with a little news on what's happening on the Lean Into Art website as we gear up for 30 Classes in 30 Days. Have you signed up yet? It's going to be fun.

Links mentioned in this episode:

- Lawrence Lessig talks
- Atari 400/800
- Gameification
- Carsten Bradley and his Google+ art challenges
- Comics Are Great! Episode 23
- Matt Madden
- The Comics Sestina
- Krishna Sadasivam
- Brandon Dayton
- Jonathan Rector
- Scribbles with Jonathan
- Kate Shields Stenzinger
- Nepotism

 

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LIA Cast 02 - Feelings Count, Too

This time on the Lean Into Art cast Rob and Jerzy discuss creating from an emotional or non-analytical place. Regardless of how analytical we think we are, we all operate from that primal part of the brain sometimes. We then highlight some of the features of Lean Into Art's first event, 30 Classes in 30 Days, which will launch in November of 2011.

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