LIACast 71 - Making Your Characters Ring True

In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast, Jerzy and Rob delve into exploring the conceptual and visual design attributes of great characters. Jerzy's recent quest provides a great catalyst for our conversation in how much it helps us explore the importance of villains in storytelling.

We Reflected on LIA Quest 3: Evil or Just a Jerk

And, We Introduce a New Quest: Smell of Funny

Deadline to have your quest materials mentioned on the next LIA Cast: March 13!

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LIACast 70 - Mastering Your Schedule with Dave Seah

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LIA Cast 69 - Perseverance and Perseverance

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There’s a romance to “muscling through” and shipping. Never give up! Ganbare!

“Only a weakling gives up when the going gets tough!” - Peter Parker

But what if you’re shipping the wrong thing? How do you know whether it’s a question of your own abilities, or if it’s a situation where you can’t see the forest for the trees?

But changing projects means giving up on the old one, right? Isn’t that admitting defeat? Way to give up, Baron Wimpy von Quitsalot.

It's a packed episode as we walk around this topic, take on a curveball, and talk about this episode's Quests!

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And don't forget to check out this episode's Quest: Evil, or Just a Jerk? Deadline to get your entry discussed on the next show is February 13, 2013!

This episode's entries for Quest 2: Harvester of Borrow!

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LIA Cast 68 - Doing it Wrong with Ryan Estrada

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This one is packed to the gills with topics and discussions that visual storytellers of all stripes will enjoy. Ryan Estrada returns to the show to talk about his Do it Wrong manifesto, reflections on tabling at Korean comic cons, and the exciting model he's exploring through his Whole Story project where you can pay what you want for a massive bundle of digital comics.

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And don't forget to check out this episode's Quest: Harvester of Borrow! Deadline to get your entry discussed on the next show is January 30, 2013!

This episode's entries for Quest 1: Mecha Sound!

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LIA Cast 67 - Limbering Up for the New Year

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Now that we've reflections and plans for 2013, there's nothing for it but to dive in and complete those goals, right? Easy! But time and again we find ourselves falling short of our goals, for a variety of reasons:

  • We sit down to do the work and don’t know where to begin
  • We have the desire, but not the ideas
  • Nothing we throw down on the page seems very good-the work is happening laboriously, not joyfully
  • We don’t have any “inspiration”

So this week we dive into some thoughts on the value of "limbering up." How does the way we feel about the work change when we take a few moments to incorporate a warm-up exercise? How can we spin ourselves up to the workday and keep that energy going throughout a project? How might they simultaneously remove friction from Mind, Body, Spirit, Skill, and Awareness?

We also launch a new feature with this episode: The Lean Into Art Quests! Scroll down for more information about some new interactive challenges we're all going to take on together.

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This episode's Quest: Mecha Sound!

Consider a sound effect for any or all of the following:

  • A rusty old tractor starting up
  • An air conditioner in use
  • Someone making an espresso

There are 3 ways to participate in the quest:

  • Heroic Challenge: Create the sound effect on paper or digitally. Black and white or color.
  • Items of Excellence: You may also find examples by others that demonstrate good mechanical sound designs.
  • Link Power-Ups: Provide a link to an article or tutorial that will help others in their quest.

You can share your questing materials on Twitter or Google+ with the #liaquest1 and #liaquest tags. Finish your quest by January 16, 2013 to have it discussed on the next episode!

We'll even start you off with the first Link Power-Up: Check out LIA Cast 14 for our episode on designing sound effects!

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