LIACast 54 - Conventioning from a UI/UX Perspective

How does thinking about tabling at conventions in UI/UX terms change the way we think about our table setup/interactions?

In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast, we kick things off with a wrapup of Jerzy's experience at SPX and the Ignatz Awards. We then explore the experience of tabling from user centric perspective and how that approach can inform laying out your table, presenting your books, and ultimately getting them into your reader's hands.

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References

AIDA (marketing) "AIDA (marketing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia")
A/B Testing
Xerox Park "PARC (company) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia")
Steven Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think!
100 things every designer must know about people by Susan Weinschenk
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman

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LIA Cast 53 - Self-Learning Skillset: Research

Why do we need to understand how to research? In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast we work through the uses, reasons, and strategies of applied research for creative projects.

We get into tools we use for our writing, drawing, and interactive project research. We go way beyond: "Can’t we just Google it?"!

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People

Arts and Media

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Pinterest
Evernote (a.k.a. brain-in-the-sky)
IFTTT (automate web-based apps)
Evernote Web Clipper
FreeMind (free mind mapping tool)
MindNode (Mac OSX mind mapping tool)
iThoughtsHD (iPad mind mapping tool)
Mac Journal
Day One (journal app)
Omnigraffle (diagramming, mapping, and design tool)
Visio (diagramming, mapping, and design tool)
Scribe (outlining tool)
OmniOutliner (outlining tool)
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

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LIA Cast 52 - What We Think When We Ink

Inking! It's an outmoded method of comics creation, right? Thanks to recent technological advancements, we can make print-ready comics out of any medium we wish. But doesn't that mean that using ink lines on our work becomes an even more artistic endeavor?

This week we talk a bit about the special affordances found when using ink in our illustration work. We explore how one can stumble upon technique, creating an "inking taxonomy," and how inking expresses inner realities while mimicking outer reality.

We close with some tool demonstrations and a few Stupid Helpy Tips!

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LIA Cast 51 - Art Automation, Pt 2

20 episodes after our first talk on Art Automation, we return for another round of talking about why we shouldn't subject ourselves to repetitive tasks in our visual storytelling endeavors, and share a bunch of resources and tools we use to speed things up in the studio.

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LIA Cast 50 - A Wacom-Enabled Tablet

So there's an Android tablet out there with a Wacom digitizer and a customized version of Photoshop installed. We spend a little time with this tablet, reporting the pros and cons, and speculating on why this device hasn't been talked about as an art creation tool. You may want to watch the video for this one first.

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