LIA Cast 105 - How We Read and Write Visually

Recorded in front of a studio audience during Kids Read Comics 2014 at the University of Michigan!

Why are some book covers, posters, comics, or even apps more instantly appealing than others? What’s happening in your mind when you find yourself emotionally responding to an image? Is it simply the "magic" of art, or can we unbox the language of visual storytelling to become better educators and creators?

This time Rob and Jerzy explore how we all read visually and how we can all write visually.

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LIA Cast 104 - Drawing From Memory, with Brandon Dayton

Talking about improving your visual memory on the LIA Cast with Brandon Dayton!

Have you ever noticed that sometimes the best drawings you make are the ones for which you have a very clear mental picture? Have you ever tried to draw something from reference materials and just can't accurately capture it? Is the first situation simply a moment of "inspiration," and the second situation "artistic funk"?

How might things change if we consider the difference between seeing and object and perceiving an object? By improving our visual memory skills, might we one day be able to draw entirely from memory like Kim Jun gi?

This time we have a discussion on the role of perception in illustration with guest Brandon Dayton, who shares some tips on how to improve your visual memory and draw with improved accuracy.

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LIA Cast 103 - Plotting Your Comic, with Kasey Van Hise

Talking about charting your comic's course on the Lean Into Art Cast!

In episode 97 we talked with Kasey Van Hise about managing the grind of making a webcomic. This time we're digging in deeper to explore how one plots out the direction their webcomic's story will take. 

  • Do you write on the fly?
  • Do you plan ahead?
  • How do we identify when we're procrastinating through planning?
  • How do we know when we're diving in without enough preparation?
  • What tools and techniques work best for capturing and organizing your writing?

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LIA Cast 102 - Identifying and Naming Your Style

Talking about developing our artistic styles and finding better ways to market them on the Lean Into Art Cast!

Why is it so important to us that we find our own style? Does style refer to something purely aesthetic (cartoony/abstract/realistic), or is there a more holistic way to think about it? How do you identify the elements that add up to your style, and once identified, how do you clearly communicate this unique value to those you wish to serve? 

In this edition of the Lean Into Art Cast we're joined by cartoonist Rachel Polk, who helps us dig into this somewhat tangly topic.

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LIA Cast 101 - Reverse-Engineering our Likes

Exploring our "likes" to discover how to make what we like on the Lean Into Art Cast!

We've talked a lot on the show about "The Analytic Eye"--how reflecting on what moves you can give you insights and inroads to making stuff that you love (be it comics, prose, games, films, and so on). This time on the Lean Into Art Cast we look at methods to review our favs, likes, and +1s. Turning your eye on your Internet activity, and thereby creating a narrative of what's interesting to you, is yet another way to better equip yourself to making interesting stuff!

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