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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LIA Cast 66 - Reflecting on Last Year, Planning for Next Year

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As 2012 comes to a close, we take the opportunity to talk about a subject that is on a lot of people's minds during this time of year. As some of us make resolutions for the future while reflecting on accomplishments and failures of the past year, we think it might be a good idea to be intentional about this kind of reflection and planning. But what kind of thinking is most useful when planning and reflecting? What resources are out there for us to use as a starting point?

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LIA Cast 65 - Holiday Wish List

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Having just finished a season of creative challenges, and as we approach the season of resolutions and reflections, this is an opportunity to gear up on new tools and materials to assist us in our endeavors.

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LIA Cast 64 - Visualizing Your Pacing

We're back to live streaming video for the LIA Cast, and to celebrate we have a talk around the topic of visual pacing. How do we create rhythms on the page? How does shape, size, line, color, and negative space contribute to the pace at which the reader or viewer interprets the image?

Returning to our 10,000 Ft Up/On The Ground format, we explore the following concepts:

  • Negative Space = Positive Time
  • Line, Color, and Size = Relative Time
  • Image Density = Quantum Mechanics

Followed by a bevy of works to study in exploring this subject for yourself!

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LIA Cast 63 - The Artist's Artist

The only people reading webcomics are other webcomics creators.

– Lots of people

Though we sometimes feel this way, we know it's not entirely true. But the concern persists that in creating extra content for our project like how-to videos, process posts, and other behind-the-scenes materials, we're only creating material of interest to other creators. And while being dubbed "The Artist's Artist" comes with some clout, it's not always the best way to make the money.

But we don't stop there with this week's discussion. Together we try to dig at the goals of extra content in general and use that to come up with alternate approaches to making the extra stuff for the "superfans."

Thanks to Ashley for the email that inspired this episode!

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