LIA Cast 90 - How to Land Your Perfect Gig with Ryan Estrada

Freelancing, creative independence, Ryan Estrada, and more!

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We've talked about sustaining our creativity on Lean Into Art Cast 89, but what about leveraging our creativity to sustain us? How do you avoid the creative work you don't want to do and find the jobs that bring you creative (and monetary) satisfaction?

We're joined once again by Ryan Estrada, author of the blog post How to Get Hired. Together we'll talk about how characterizing the work you want to do and presenting yourself well might bring you closer to landing the gigs you are excited about.

And don't forget-the deadline for LIA Quest 10 - This Character Is Lying is December 4!

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LIA Cast 89 - Sustaining Your Creativity with Stephen McCranie

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Ever made it partway through a creative project and everything just sputters out?

Kazu Kibuishi recently described the creative process:

  1. This is going to be awesome
  2. This is hard
  3. This is terrible
  4. I'm terrible
  5. Hey, not bad
  6. That was awesome

(via Kazu's Twitter)

If that's the cycle we can expect, how do we keep ourselves going during steps 2 through 4? We're joined by guest Stephen McCranie of the Doodle Alley comics essay series. Together we discuss strategies for keeping one's self motivated and centered in what is often an emotionally tumultuous endeavor.

We also announce the latest Quest! Check out This Character is Lying, a series of mini-challenges that will up your game in editing, writing dialog, and expressive moments in your stories.

And don't forget to share your results with the #liaquest10 tag!

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LIA Cast 88 - Writing in the Cloud

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We’ve talked in the past about keeping “kits” to capture our ideas anywhere we are. But how do we organize and manage them? With so many cloud storage options available, how do we choose which ones to use, and how to use them?

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LIA Cast 87 - Your Storytelling for Gameplay and Visual Game Design

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You've found yourself completely immersed in a game at one point or another. And as we often like to say on the LIA Cast, such moments are an opportunity to stop and ask why you are reacting this way. What did the game designer do to create the immersive experience? What design or storytelling choices did they make to convince you of the game's verisimilitude?

This time we discuss some of our favorite games and pick apart what they did to draw us in, followed by our on the ground section where Rob shares some tips and tools to get you started making your own games.

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We also discuss the entries for LIA Quest 9 - Insta-Cast!

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LIA Cast 86 - Character Writing is UI/UX Design?

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Writing dialogue that readers can "hear" is a highly valued skill. But it's a challenge to define a character's history and backstory to the point where you fully understand them. And when does research become too much research?

How might our thinking change when we approach writing character dialogue from the standpoint of a UI/UX designer?

This episode we discuss the empathy and investigative techniques used by UI/UX designers might give us some new insights and approaches to writing our characters.

We also unlock two new Quest cards! Check out Jerzy's Insta-Cast, a series of tiny art challenges that, once completed, will set you off to creating your own cast of characters. Deadline to have your quests discussed on the show is October 8, 2013!


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