LIA Cast 92 - Your Art-Improvement Holiday Wish List

Leveling up, goal setting, finding inspiration, and more!


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Let's pretend someone could receive improvements in your work as a holiday gift. If so, what would you wish for?

This time we explore some of the things we hope to improve upon in our work over the coming year and how we plan to turn those hopes into practice.

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LIA Cast 91 - What Happens When We Commit to Making Things?

Making ebooks, 30 Characters Challenge, the latest Quests, and more!

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Why did we call this show "Lean Into Art?" What the heck do we mean by "leaning?" In this episode we take a few minutes to characterize what we call "Leaners," and then discuss some of the comics, art challenges, and experiments some of our favorite Leaners have been up to.

We also discuss the entries in the latest LIA Quest: This Character is Lying!

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LIA Cast 90 - How to Land Your Perfect Gig with Ryan Estrada

Freelancing, creative independence, Ryan Estrada, and more!

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We've talked about sustaining our creativity on Lean Into Art Cast 89, but what about leveraging our creativity to sustain us? How do you avoid the creative work you don't want to do and find the jobs that bring you creative (and monetary) satisfaction?

We're joined once again by Ryan Estrada, author of the blog post How to Get Hired. Together we'll talk about how characterizing the work you want to do and presenting yourself well might bring you closer to landing the gigs you are excited about.

And don't forget-the deadline for LIA Quest 10 - This Character Is Lying is December 4!

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LIA Cast 89 - Sustaining Your Creativity with Stephen McCranie

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Ever made it partway through a creative project and everything just sputters out?

Kazu Kibuishi recently described the creative process:

  1. This is going to be awesome
  2. This is hard
  3. This is terrible
  4. I'm terrible
  5. Hey, not bad
  6. That was awesome

(via Kazu's Twitter)

If that's the cycle we can expect, how do we keep ourselves going during steps 2 through 4? We're joined by guest Stephen McCranie of the Doodle Alley comics essay series. Together we discuss strategies for keeping one's self motivated and centered in what is often an emotionally tumultuous endeavor.

We also announce the latest Quest! Check out This Character is Lying, a series of mini-challenges that will up your game in editing, writing dialog, and expressive moments in your stories.

And don't forget to share your results with the #liaquest10 tag!

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LIA Cast 88 - Writing in the Cloud

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We’ve talked in the past about keeping “kits” to capture our ideas anywhere we are. But how do we organize and manage them? With so many cloud storage options available, how do we choose which ones to use, and how to use them?

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