Lean Into Art

Listener/leaner Rachel Ross posted a question recently to the LIA Patreon: “How do you benchmark if you are doing "better" at art than you were in the past?” Join us for a discussion about how do we measure qualities of our work and how does that affect us and our work over time. Sponsors for this episode Amazon Academy This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Spencer Hallam k Jesse Kauffman Becca Hillburn Owen Jollands Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter

It’s a show anniversary, and the hosts are celebrating by interviewing each other with some challenging questions about art and why they make it. Join the live discussion to ask some questions of your own! Sponsors for this episode Amazon Academy This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Greg Horvath Owen Jollands Keri Goble Billick Sophie Lawson Metal Witch Sketchbook Project Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter

Visual storytelling is a big theme with the Lean Into Art podcast. Also: working with what you have as a storyteller to do a myriad of things that go with not just the creative process but also presenting your creative work in a useful and usable way. Jerzy and Rob talk about useful tools to consider using even if you’re not a User Experience (UX) designer. As we make and share our works we often encounter situations where we wonder if we could have shared it better - especially when that’s not our main focus for making a story, game, or other product. Join us for an exploration of some handy tools from the world of skills in UX. Sponsors for this episode Amazon Academy This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Brandon Dayton dee Juusan Espree Devora Jesse Kauffman Ben Odgren Links mentioned in this episode LIA Cast 36 - Preparedness, Pt 2 LIA Cast 86 - Character Writing is UI/UX Design? LIA Cast 116 - Collaborating on Your Project LIA Cast 198 - Using the Hero's Journey via Interpreting and Improvising LIA Cast 222 - Tomorrow's Skill or Feature LIA Cast 241 - Launching a Product Just Enough Research, by Erika Hall Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter

Talking about finding new opportunities & improving your work by taking the "not my thing" challenge on the LIA Cast! I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer! – Leonard "Bones" McCoy Given all that goes into being a visual storyteller, it's easy (and understandable) to default to our own realms of comfort and expertise to talk ourselves out of trying new things. Especially things that are "not our thing." But what if trying such things led to new job opportunities or enhanced your visual storytelling abilities? We're thrilled to be joined once again by Ryan Estrada, who walks us through how hosting game shows, participating in open mics, and running parody Twitter accounts opened up new professional doors for him and added to his storytelling tool kit. Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Greg Horvath Tim F Gail Buschman Sophie Lawson Good to be Curious Links mentioned: Ryan's radio show, People and Places Broken Telephone Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions How to Fake Your Way Through a Poetry Slam LIA Cast 98: Marketing Art and Artist The Whole Story Ryan Estrada on Twitter The Lean Into Art Patreon campaign, where you can now find Extra Lean episodes! Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter

We once again find ourselves on the brink of Creative Challenge Season. Inktober, NaNoWriMo, 24 Hour Comics Day, Art Soundoff, and other challenges invite us to test our limits, find new bandwidth, level up skills, or try new techniques. In this episode Rob and Jerzy take stock of how they’re feeling about creative challenges this year and how they might engage with them in a healthy way. Sponsors for this episode Amazon Academy This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Shauni Redfearn k Mike White Jesse Kauffman Brandon Dayton Links mentioned in this episode Minicomics Month Challenge Pilot Fude-Makase Color Brush Pen Pentel Fude Brush LIA Cast 162 - Preparing for a 30-Day Challenge 2016 Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter

Brain trust is a new format idea for the podcast where either Rob or Jerzy presents something they’ve been working on and get feedback from the other host and anyone in the live chat who wishes to join in. In this episode Rob shares some ideas about marketing principles he’s hoping will help with both reaching out to new customers and with continuing to serve existing customers. In the brain trust Jerzy and Rob will react to and critique the marketing principles and you’re invited to join in! Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Myrjam k Marc Faulk Dave Seah MuShinGirlLinks mentioned in this episode Lessons from Pixar 1: The Braintrust To Sell is Human Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

Minicomics are a favorite topic on the Lean Into Art Cast. As Jerzy and Rob have expressed in many episodes, they’re a great format for testing out new ideas or proving to yourself that you can ship a project. But even though the format is small and intended to be low risk, how do you know if your story or project is ready to begin? This time Jerzy and Rob share some of the signals they look for in a project to know whether or not it’s ready to draw. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Myrjam Espree Devora Shauni Redfearn Kelly Ishikawa Angela Mitchell Links mentioned in this episode LIA Cast 212 - Sticky Note Writing LIA Cast 245 - Setting Up Projects for Whittling Jerzy's Minicomic Thumbnail Template The Black Hole Equation minicomic Jerzy's Amazon Author Page Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

Some projects get the bulk of our effort and attention, yet others are those side projects that get less frequent or shorter durations of time and effort. In this episode of the Lean Into Art cast, join Jerzy and Rob as they discuss whittling at those side projects as an approach to make small consistent progress. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Shane W Smith Ben Odgren Shauni Redfearn Kelly Ishikawa Becca Hillburn Links mentioned in this episode LIA Cast 207 - Sustainable Side Hustle Extra Lean 36 - Slow Whittling Projects Extra Lean 69 - Meaner to the Whittlers Next Time TurboGrafx Cameo w/Game Design Workshop Notecards Polytechnicast - Artsoundoff 2015 Day 17 Adventures in Network Time Thunder Punch Daily Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

Creative pursuits often happen in addition to other, often more pressing, obligations. Our commitment to the various demands on our bandwidth can often lead us to overlook rest, healthy eating, exercise, and purposeful pauses, elements necessary to keep us effective in meeting our commitments! Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on navigating the frictions between bandwidth for creative projects and for self care. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Shauni Redfearn Todd Lauzon Bill Gathen Rachel Ross Mike White Links Mentioned The Upside of Stress I Know How She Does It Monkey Step-Dad Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Twitter Rob on Twitter Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

Summer is almost over in the Northern Hemisphere, and as we begin to close out the season Jerzy and Rob have a discussion on what they’re reading, watching, and playing. In the second half of the show they explore some of the tensions in finding time to draw for pleasure and some of the tools they’ve been using. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our Patreon supporters Rachel Ross @Nycteris India @oldswifty Becca Hillburn @Nattosoup Katherine Sugrue @katsoogroo Ashley Knapp @ctrlaltlee Links mentioned in this episode Captains of the City Streets: A Story of the Cat Club: Esther Holden Averill: 9780064400701: Amazon.com: Books Season 6 Trailer | VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENDER - YouTube Voltron: Legendary Defender | Netflix Official Site Ryan Estrada. Artist, adventurer and audio producer Make Magazine: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers | Feedly RSS reader Betamagic - News Explorer - RSS reader Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War Official Trailer - YouTube Dead Cells - Rogue-lite metroidvania with some souls-lite combat on top! Kill, die, learn, repeat. Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

Talking about managing your workflow on the Lean Into Art Cast! Creative projects can sometimes become unwieldy. Even if you’re deeply involved in making a thing, you can find yourself lost in the creative weeds, unable to find your way back to where you were going initially. The thousands of choices promised by an ongoing project can be liberating, or they can be paralyzing. In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast we’ll explore some chunking strategies we’ve used to make our ongoing projects sustainable. We’ll also discuss how capturing data can help you re-shape the chunking process as you go. Sponsors for this episode This Panda Needs You Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Kelly Ishikawa Jesse Hughes Marc Faulk Jay Taylor Katherine Sugrue Links mentioned: Spreadsheet Example of Jerzy's Workflow LIA Cast 50 - A Wacom Enabled Tablet The Galaxy of Super Adventure Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Twitter Rob on Twitter Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

Portfolios, business card sites, web presences that convey the kinds of things you do are a deep well of questions and options. On a recent Extra Lean podcast (a special show for the awesome Patrons of Lean Into Art) Jerzy and Rob talked about updating our portfolios when Rob was in the middle of updating his. Now that Rob finished updating his portfolio, we’re ready to continue the conversation. Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion about the tools Rob used, the fresh goals he had in mind, and getting Jerzy’s feedback on the results. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Dee Juusan Brandon Dayton Marc Faulk Myrjam Jesse Kauffman Links mentioned in this episode Node.js Harp.js Sketch Skitch Yoink Rob's portfolio site Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

Whether you have obligations and responsibilities that compete for time you’d allocated for making art, or if you’re a professional artist who struggles for time and energy to put into personal projects, chances are you’ve faced the friction between having so many things you’d like to make and time available. Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on deciding which personal projects they take on when they have limited resources. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Becca Hillburn Rachel Ross Shane W Smith Myrjam Ashley Knapp Links mentioned in this episode Kirby: King of Comics Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

In this episode of the Lean Into Art podcast, Jerzy and Rob discuss a series of questions about launching a product asked by listener MuShinGirl. Join us for a discussion about questions about composing your Patreon presence, marketing your product, and starting at the beginning considering MVP/MLP (minimum viable/minimum lovable product). Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Nate Marcel Robert Clemmons jr. Jodels Pox Myrjam MuShinGirl Links mentioned in this episode MuShinGirl.com | Creative Production Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon

We’re more than half way through the 2018 calendar and that hopefully means progress on goals and projects we intended to make happen. It also happens to be the middle of the Summer. For those of us who live with cold Winters, warm Summers are a reminder to get away from the work desk. In this episode of the Lean Into Art podcast, Jerzy and Rob discuss what we’re doing to enjoy the Summer and still keep things on track with our projects. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Nate Marcel Brandon Dayton Dee Juusan Jesse Kauffman Kelly Ishikawa Links Mentioned Dave Seah's Emergent Task Planner The Death of Superman Mysterium Aggretsuko Soul Rain Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon