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You are dedicated to your craft. You have spent countless hours honing your skills. You have a boundless curiosity for the underlying theories and structure of communicating ideas. You are the artist who finds the connections between your medium and other communications media. You are the artist who relishes in a setback; after all, it's a new opportunity to learn and grow. Inspiration is more than a haphazard mode of thought requiring constant nurturing: it is your natural state of mind.

Lean Into Art is where you go when you're ready to push yourself as an artist in new ways. As a place to learn communication arts online it combines an art-journaling approach, the best of live and time-shifted classes, and a recognition system that encourages students to finish projects, give feedback, even participate in teaching.

It's a big art challenge - that's why we put the enticing warning in the name. You have to lean into it.

Wednesday
Aug152012

Polytechnicast - Street Fighter II Vertical Stretch

DateWednesday, August 15, 2012 at 10:15PM

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In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share how I’d been avoiding fixing a mild video problem with my SFII machine. Thankfully it turned out to not involve soldering and electric shock.

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Monday
Aug132012

LIA Cast 48 - Roles v. Goals

DateMonday, August 13, 2012 at 1:31PM

This week we attempt to dig at the topic of Roles vs. Goals by asking ourselves where we fall between the two and bracing for the answer. Do we want to simply be a part of a tribe, or do we set our career sights on a measurable outcome? Are these two things mutually exclusive? Even if they aren't, how does our work change when we lean toward one or the other?

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Monday
Aug132012

Polytechnicast - A Return Visit with Jonathan Rector

DateMonday, August 13, 2012 at 12:28AM

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In this episode of the Polytechnicast I’m joined once again by comic artist extraordinaire Jonathan Rector. We follow up on our talk last year about Manga Studio and delve into Jonathan’s latest projects.

 

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Friday
Aug032012

LIA Cast 47 - Does Artistic Evolution Diminish Service to an Audience?

DateFriday, August 3, 2012 at 3:40PM

This episode is for the visual storytellers who might be mid-stream in a project or career and find themselves at what appears to be a crossroads: The desire to be playful and grow artistically versus providing what the audience has come to expect from you.

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Friday
Aug032012

Polytechnicast - Self Education via Creative Projects

DateFriday, August 3, 2012 at 8:57AM

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In this episode of the Polytechnicast I give an overview of how I approach learning via creative projects. Along the way I draw connections to how some of the functions of classroom based learning relate to this project centric approach.

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