LIA Cast 08 - Participatory Culture

We spend a good amount of time trying to get under the hood of why how we creative types are sometimes so eager to talk ourselves out of taking on challenges or pushing forward with projects. Is it waiting for the subject's authorities' approval? What's the danger in admiring other creators and the work they do?

As usual, we don't land on a definitive answer in our discussion, but we have an interesting walk around the topic.

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And don't forget to check out the Random Unlock going on as the lead in to 30 Classes in 30 Days!

LIA Cast 08 - Participatory Culture

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LIA Cast 07 - Time! Time!

It's time to talk about time! Estimating time needed for projects, tool tips to help manage one's creative schedule, and evaluating which project to take on next based on the time you have and the time you need are all on the docket in another marathon-length episode of the Lean Into Art Cast!

Links mentioned in this episode:

David Seah's Emergent Task Planner
Sunni Brown's Doodlers Unite! TED Talk
37 Signals' Basecamp
Nozbe
Wunderlist
Toodledo
Marked
nvALT
Fabulous Secrets episodes Four and Five
Rob's Art Geek Zoo Polytechnicast

LIA Cast 07 - Time! Time!

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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.

Links mentioned in this episode:

LIA Cast 06 - Pacing Anecdotes

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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.

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.

Links mentioned in this episode:

How We Decide
Predictably Irrational
The Oatmeal's How to get 5 Million People to Read Your Website
30 Classes in 30 Days early bird registration ends Friday, September 23!

LIA Cast 05 - Polls

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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.

Links mentinoed in this episode:

On Writing, by Stephen King
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
The Front: Rebirth
Art Geek Zoo
Rob will be at Intervention September 16-18
Jerzy will be at SPX September 10-11 and will chronicle the experience on Enjoying Fat Unicorns
The Back to Work podcast on the 5 by 5 network
30 Classes in 30 Days (early bird registration ends soon!)

LIA Cast 04 - Starting is Hard!

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