Enjoy Your Art Or Don’t Do It At All

To be successful at art, you have to be obsessive. You have to work long hours, fail miserably, make huge sacrifices and risk it all. You can also have fun.…

Work And Play: Your Creative Summer Reading List

Not sure which audio books to pick up before you head out on a long car ride to the coast? Browsing the airport bookstore with a hankering to learn but…

6 Movies On Netflix That Will Inspire You to Get to Work

Working independently from home, myriad temptations prove themselves difficult to resist. Chief among these is the temptation to laze the day away in front of a never-ending Netflix film reel.…

The One Thing All Creatives Need: Self-Care

How well do you take care of yourself? I’m not talking about basics like getting dressed or brushing your teeth (though those can go out the window if you work…

5 Drawing Exercises To Learn How To Draw Perspective

Jorge Paricio is an adjunct professor of Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and author of Perspective Sketching, Freehand and Digital Drawing Techniques for Artists &…

Is Listening To The Classics Ruining Your Music?

Whether it’s the Beatles, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Dylan or everything by the Stones before the 80s, there are many musicians who seem to think everything good has been done already and…

8 Steps to Start Wholesaling Your Products

Ever since I was a kid, I have had this drive to make stuff and sell it. My first “craft business” was in summer camp before middle school where two…

The Best Online Community For Your Freelance Needs

Freelancing can be a lonely endeavor, but when thousands of lonely and creative freelancers band together in online groups and forums--we can make magic. Whatever needs, goals or questions you…