Lean Into Art Poll: When Do You Get Your Best Work Done?

As we've said before, polls can be a great way to get a conversation going! With this one we're curious to hear if there's a specific time when creative types can complete the work with which they're most satisfied. Are you the kind of person who can start with the sunrise? Does your creative "zone" exist only in the hours slated for infomercials? Let us know! Sign up for a workshop to get forum access, and you can join in on the next part of the conversation: When Do You Get Your Best Work Done, And Why?.

Polytechnicast - Building on a Hunch

In this episode I reflect on how I started out making an experiment in HTML, CSS, JS, and jQuery just out of curiosity. I was wondering if it would feel fun to have a gallery style User Interface for browsing the art posted at 30 Characters. Also: How much time and effort it would take? With a little time and curiosity I set out both to see if it was feasible or if it’d be a giant project in itself. After a bit of exploration, coding, and playing I found out the answer and discovered that it would be a rather handy bit of code for a couple other projects on my list.

Links Mentioned

• My Portfolio. Image slides in a gallery w/thumbnails (HTML,CSS,JS,jQuery)
• Earlier Draft 1 and Earlier Draft 2 - Deciding if if was feasible
• Kevin Cross’s Illustration Portfolio
• Lean Into Art and 30 Classes in 30 Days
• 30 Characters Challenge
• SuperSize jQuery plugin
• Thumbs jQuery plugin
• ZRssFeed jQuery plugin

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Thunder Punch Daily 140 - Crunch Time Sets Me Free

Today I share some thoughts on how being up against a wall on a deadline forced me to shed all of the tension and anxiety that I build up through the desire to get a "thumbs up" from my audience. Sometimes I, at least, need to remind myself that it's about the work first.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Merlin Mann's Back To Work podcast
• Rob Stenzinger
• Kasey Van Hise
• The Enjoying Fat Uniconrs feed for SPX
• 30 Classes in 30 Days - Early Bird registration ends soon!

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.

Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing

Voiceover by Tara Platt

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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!)

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Lean Into Art Poll: Analog Vs. Digital

Polls. So many polls. Why mess with those pesky things? At Lean Into Art we think they're a fun way to kick off conversations! Everyone's welcome to play along! In our first poll, we're wondering how many artists prefer analog tools to digital or vice versa.

Members of the forum (students and teachers of Lean Into Art workshops) can join in on the next part of the conversation: Why do you prefer Analog, Ditigal, or a little of both?.