LIACast 71 - Making Your Characters Ring True

In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast, Jerzy and Rob delve into exploring the conceptual and visual design attributes of great characters. Jerzy's recent quest provides a great catalyst for our conversation in how much it helps us explore the importance of villains in storytelling.

We Reflected on LIA Quest 3: Evil or Just a Jerk

• Lee’s Quest
• Lukas’ Quest
• Rob’s Quest
• Jerzy’s Quest

And, We Introduce a New Quest: Smell of Funny

Deadline to have your quest materials mentioned on the next LIA Cast: March 13!

Links Mentioned in this Episode

• Mac OS X Console
• A Theory of Fun for Game Design
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003
• Tenjho Tenge
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• Daniel H. Pink: To Sell is Human
• Nadalie Goldberg: Writing Down the Bones
• Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling
• Joeseph Campbell: writing characters with perfect love
• Comics Are Great 73 with Kris Straub
• Rashamon
• Sonic Adventure One
• What Dreams May Come
• Brian Raph Character Design
• Project Rooftop
• Krishna's Art Blog
• GURPS
• TPD 06 - Argue for Your Theme
• Lean Into Art Workshops

Take These Great Character Design Workshops

• Krishna Sadasivam's Creating Crazy Characters
• Tyler James's Creating Compelling Characters

Connect with Jerzy and Rob

• Lean Into Art Google+ Page
• Jerzy on Twitter
• Rob on Twitter
• Lean Into Art on Twitter

LIACast 71 - Making Your Characters Ring True

LIACast 70 - Mastering Your Schedule with Dave Seah

Dave Seah is an information designer, stationary designer, and highly reflective prolific blogger. In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast, Jerzy and Rob have a conversation with Dave Seah about anything from blogging to getting started being an independent creator.

How did Dave become so mindful with his process? How did he journey from being a computer programmer to being a designer? We cover lots of ground!

Also: Quest 3 has been EXTENDED!

Links Mentioned in this Episode

• Dave Seah's Blog
• Devloping Operating Principles
• Groundhog Day Resolutions Primer
• The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste -- by Tom Hodgkinson
• Gilmore Girls
• Dave Seah on Twitter
• Saving Private Ryan
• Na No Wri Mo
• Emergent Task Planner
• Definition of a Carpet Bagger
• Apple II Gemstone Warrior
• The Oatmeal Comic - Making Things
• Cannonball Run Outtakes
• Trello
• Dave's Trello Board
• 2-up Emergent Task Planner Template
• Quantified Self
• Art & Story Podcast
• Dave Seah Creative Cootie Catcher
• Sid & Dave's Unnamed Podcast

Workshops, Flexible for Your Schedule

• Lean Into Art Workshops

Connect with Jerzy and Rob

• Lean Into Art Google+ Page
• Jerzy on Twitter
• Rob on Twitter
• Lean Into Art on Twitter

LIACast 70 - Mastering Your Schedule with Dave Seah

LIA Cast 69 - Perseverance and Perseverance

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There’s a romance to “muscling through” and shipping. Never give up! Ganbare!

“Only a weakling gives up when the going gets tough!” - Peter Parker

But what if you’re shipping the wrong thing? How do you know whether it’s a question of your own abilities, or if it’s a situation where you can’t see the forest for the trees?

But changing projects means giving up on the old one, right? Isn’t that admitting defeat? Way to give up, Baron Wimpy von Quitsalot.

It's a packed episode as we walk around this topic, take on a curveball, and talk about this episode's Quests!

Reference (some affiliate links)

• Calista Brill's post "When to Give Up" on the First Second blog
• Dave Roman's post "Before You Give Up...Try Changing it Up"
• How to Make Webcomics
• Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
• Writing Down the Bones
• Jerzy's Sequences & Consequences and Headline Mashup workshops

And don't forget to check out this episode's Quest: Evil, or Just a Jerk? Deadline to get your entry discussed on the next show is February 13, 2013!

This episode's entries for Quest 2: Harvester of Borrow!

• Jerzy
• Rob
• Dee

Connect with Jerzy and Rob

• Lean Into Art Google+ Page
• Jerzy on Twitter Rob on Twitter
• Lean Into Art on Twitter 

LIA Cast 69 - Perseverance and Perseverance

LIA Cast 68 - Doing it Wrong with Ryan Estrada

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This one is packed to the gills with topics and discussions that visual storytellers of all stripes will enjoy. Ryan Estrada returns to the show to talk about his Do it Wrong manifesto, reflections on tabling at Korean comic cons, and the exciting model he's exploring through his Whole Story project where you can pay what you want for a massive bundle of digital comics.

Reference

• Thunder Punch Daily 123 - 5 Years From Now
• Dan Mishkin
• The Sunk Cost Fallacy
• Supaidaman
• Gumroad

And don't forget to check out this episode's Quest: Harvester of Borrow! Deadline to get your entry discussed on the next show is January 30, 2013!

This episode's entries for Quest 1: Mecha Sound!

• Jerzy
• Rob
• Lee

Connect with Jerzy and Rob

• Lean Into Art Google+ Page
• Jerzy on Twitter Rob on Twitter
• Lean Into Art on Twitter 

LIA Cast 68 - Doing it Wrong with Ryan Estrada

Lean Into Art Quests are LIVE!

LIA Quests, a new interactive creative challenge and feature of the LIA Cast. Much like our Curveball segment, we throw out a small challenge at each other (and you, the Leaner) to get our creative motors running.

See the latest Quest on the Quests page and take these mini-challenges with us here and on Twitter using the hashtag #liaquest. Link to your work to complete the quest, link to other examples to share powerups.