Stay Creative: Work Like a Grown-Up, Think Like a Kid
When we are young, our work usually stinks. It’s not our fault -- we’re just starting out. We haven’t put in very much time yet; we haven’t learned invaluable techniques;…
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Branding a Bakery: A Logo Case Study
Entrepreneur and baker du jour Jason Sigala wanted to open his own bakery in Southern California, offering quality, old-fashioned American desserts made from scratch. He wanted his shop’s branding to…
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Toss It Or Keep It? The Pros And Cons Of Hanging On To Old Work
Your fingerpainting from 1st grade. That award-winning poem from high school. The photo project you got an A- in freshman year of college. All of these things your parents may…
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4 Community-Supported Art Projects That Are Helping Creatives
You may not always be able to run away and join an artist's colony or enroll in a course at the arts school of your dreams, but there's always a…
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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.…
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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 &…
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7 Writers Who Had Boring Day Jobs
The narrative of "quit your job and follow your dreams" is a strong one in creative communities -- but as anyone with rent to pay or kids to feed knows,…
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How to Find the Perfect Artist Residency to Finish Your Project
A room of one's own is a must for the artist to create. Luckily, that's why artist residencies exist. For a few weeks or a few months, time and space…
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Art As A Job: Why You’re Not Too Creative To Be A Professional
There's a pervasive idea that artists can't hold down real jobs -- or even jobs as artists. They're too free-spirited, they're too creative. They can't be hemmed in by traditional…
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Write What You Know? It’s Not That Simple
The most concise way to break down the good and the ugly of the trope “write what you know” is this two-minute video of author Nathan Englander extolling the virtues…
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