The city of Austin, Texas is teeming with creative, smart people this week as South By Southwest gets into full swing. Musicians, artists, filmmakers, scientists, and educators are coming together…
When we feel the thrill of a great idea, our first instinct is to grab the nearest person and share it. But there’s a problem -- ideas are very light.…
It's easy to get into a creative rut when you work from home as an artist or maker. And it's not always easy to find inspiration when you have a…
If you freelance for a living, you might be shocked and disappointed to learn that the work you fought so hard for feels like...well, work. And that means that something…
One Project a Day Challenge was a blog by Valeri Potchekailov. It ended about a year ago, with the Belgian graphic designer having completed, that’s right, one project every day…
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers…
This year, Photoshop turned 25 years old. In the past two-and-a-half decades, the photo editing powerhouse has gone from a niche industry necessity to a nearly universally required skillset. Writing…
“I Will Not Make Anymore Boring Art” is actually the motto of the highly influential artist John Baldessari, but we’re sure he’s okay if you borrow it. Often when we’re…
We’re coming to the end of the Carnival season, and Mardi Gras is right around the corner. Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, celebrates the end of Carnival and the beginning…
Blogs like this strive to help creative types figure out better ways to be creative, but every time one of us writes an article we get a little more out…