LIA Cast 18 - Time! Time! 2

 

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It's a return to some talk on time management this week as we discuss Jerzy's recent experience using David Seah's Emergent Task Planner. We share some observations on learning how to estimate time needed for projects, how to rapidly reconfigure one's day, and tricks to not talk yourself out of sitting behind the desk.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Social Networking

Upcoming Workshops for January 2012

 

LIA Cast 18 - Time! Time! 2

Vote on Our Next Workshops!

We've got some great ideas for upcoming workshops, but we want to make sure we're developing classes people will want to take. So let's hear from you! What topics are most interesting to you? Which subjects would you like to dig into more deeply?

It's as simple as filling out this quick poll. And thanks for sharing your thoughts!

FTAM! Sale!

Sign up for our FTAM! Designing Sound Elements in Adobe Illustrator workshop by Friday, January 6, and you'll get some really neat extra stuff!

Gold registrations will receive a bonus 2-hour video: Creating a Cast of Characters (valued $60), where Jerzy Drozd walks you through a story improv exercise where you'll use the characters you've met in real life as inspiration to develop a rich cast of characters with plausible emotional throughlines.

PLUS

A coupon for $100 off our Creative Topics Variety Pack of videos, adding up to nearly 11 hours of instructional material ranging from explorations of visual rhythm to automating your workflow to basic HTML 5 coding for your comic's website.

PLUS

A one-on-one session with Jerzy Drozd where you can get some input on your comics work!

Silver registrations will receive the bonus video and the coupon for $100 off the Creative Topics Variety Pack.

Bronze registrations will receive the bonus video.

So regardless of what level you're comfortable signing on for, you're guaranteed extra materials for signing up before Friday, January 6!

Already signed up for the class? No problem. As a thanks for signing up early, you'll get the bonus material assigned to the level to which you've registered.

Think this is a neat idea, but can't afford to sign up at all? Then tell a friend by posting a link to this post on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, or on your blog. And thank you so much for that!

LIA Cast 17 - Mad About Design

 

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In this audio-only episode, Rob and Jerzy take a preliminary dive into the topic of the importance of good design in visual communication. The primary focus of this talk revolves around how to communicate the importance of design to your team or client, but Rob also breaks down three key motivators that can inform a design for better or worse.

  • Design Principles
  • Hueristics
  • Opinion

Links mentioned in this episode:

Social Networking

Upcoming Workshops for January 2012

 

LIA Cast 17 - Mad About Design

Polytechnicast - Making Comics in Adobe Illustrator w/guest Javen Ackerman

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(#comics, #adobe illustrator, #art process, #making comics)

In this audio+video episode of the Polytechnicast I’m joined by special guest Javen Ackerman, creator of the comics The Winchcombe and Q Burger! In recent years, Javen has made Adobe Illustrator the main tool he uses to produce comics. We chat about his process and in the video you'll see him demonstrate his techniques and get a glimpse of how he takes full advantage of Adobe Illustrator to work quickly and efficiently.

Polytechnicast_-_Making_Comics_in_Adobe_Illustrator_Start_to_Finish_with_Javen_Ackerman.mp3 Listen on Posterous

Links Mentioned

Follow Rob on Twitter or his blog at Interactive-Storyteller.com