LIA Cast 98 - Marketing Art and Artist

Marketing your work, finding your audience, and more!

Exploring the unique value proposition of your art--namely, you, on the LIA Cast!

Over the past few months we've discussed Getting a Reaction and Showcasing Yourself, Landing Your Perfect Gig, and Grinding Through Your Webcomic. This time we're going to round out this ongoing conversation by exploring how we might think about the stuff we make around the stuff we make. Is it self-indulgence to make supplemental material for our comics, games, or stories? Or does making such things--geeking out with intent--create meaningful connections between the author and the audience?

In this edition of the Lean Into Art Cast we discuss one of the most challenging aspects to making a thing--supplying the necessary context to find the right audience for the stuff you make.

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LIA Cast 97 - Grinding Through Your Webcomic, with Kasey Van Hise and Megan Brennan

Making webcomics, task management, staying motivated, and more!

If you're thinking about starting a webcomic, or fatigued after running one, this Lean Into Art Cast is for you!

Webcomics are great! You get to create exactly what you want, you're not beholden to anyone else's input, and you get to make your own schedule.

But none of these nice thoughts diminish the unpleasant reality that making a webcomic is a grind. A consistent update schedule is common wisdom to building an audience. You've just set yourself up with years of regular toil, as rewarding as it may be. So how do you deal with the fatigue and lows that come with taking on a long-form project?

We're joined by Kasey Van Hise of the long-running Winters in Lavelle and Paracite Knights webcomics, and Megan Brennan of School of World and Pencil Pup! for a discussion on how to come to grips with the inevitable grind of making long-form projects.

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Quests are back! Check out Quest 11, A Rainbow of Feels, where you'll be challenged to use your emotions to create your own color palette.

Turn in your quest by March 26 to have it discussed on the show!

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LIA Cast 96 - Heartfelt Goals, with Dave Seah

Setting goals, finding your passions, and more!

Few will argue that setting goals is an important part for pursuing your creative passions and work. But should your goal be simply "achieve creative independence," or should you get more granular than that? How does thinking of your mission, your passion, and what specific services you hope to provide inform your goal-making process?

Special guest Dave Seah helps us navigate the choppy waters of setting "heartfelt goals".

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LIA Cast 95 - Get Your Portfolio Into Shape, with Krishna Sadasivam

Landing gigs, showcasing your work, and more!

How does your portfolio showcase your skills, and how can you customize that message to attract the jobs you really want? Should you run a simple Wordpress gallery for your portfolio, or is there value to using sites like Dribble or Behance? Special guest Krishna Sadasivam, cartoonist and instructor at the Art Institute of Tampa, helps us explore the many challenges facing a visual storyteller on the hunt for new gigs.

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LIA Cast 94 - Critiques and Feedback with Dave Roman and Brandon Dayton

Getting feedback, useful critiquing strategies, and more!

How baked should your project be before asking for feedback? Do you only seek out input from trusted art buddies, or do you open the floor to everyone? And how do you characterize useful feedback?

We're joined by Dave Roman, former editor at Nickelodeon Magazine and author of the Agnes Quill webcomic, and Brandon Dayton, concept artist and author of Green Monk, for a discussion on choosing whom you seek out feedback from and the definition of useful critiques.

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