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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.

Monday
Apr232012

Polytechnicast - Juggling Part 2, De facto Hiatuses

DateMonday, April 23, 2012 at 8:58AM

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In this mostly "art journal" style episode of the Polytechnicast I reflect on how I’ve been applying something I learned via juggling to my creative projects. I also share how that relates to which projects are getting my time and attention.

Links Mentioned and Related

Follow Rob on Twitter or his blog at Interactive-Storyteller.com and workshops at Lean Into Art

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Friday
Apr202012

LIA Cast 33 - The Applause You Deserve

DateFriday, April 20, 2012 at 12:45PM

 

Please RT! Check out and "Like" my FB page! How about a +1? Give my Kickstarter a mention, why don't ya?

The gatekeepers (publishers) have been removed from your path to getting your work seen, but does this then make the public itself the gatekeepers? If so, how do you reach out to them and share your work? If we agree that we all have to do our own marketing and publicity, how do we do it in an effective and pragmatic manner?

Are the social media experts right, and we simply need to cajole the more famous members of our fields to mention us? Remind our constuencies to re-tweet, like, and +1 our stuff? We all want applause for the work we do, but how does our thinking change when we rephrase the question to getting the applause we deserve?

Links mentioned in this episode:

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LIA Cast 33 - The Applause You Deserve

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Wednesday
Apr182012

Polytechnicast - Juggling Metaphor and Actual Juggling

DateWednesday, April 18, 2012 at 9:28AM

In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share a few observations about why juggling interests me and a basic overview of how to juggle a three ball cascade.

Links Mentioned and Related

Follow Rob on Twitter or his blog at Interactive-Storyteller.com and workshops at Lean Into Art

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Friday
Apr132012

LIA Cast 32 - 5 Tips

DateFriday, April 13, 2012 at 1:06PM

It's a massive 2-hour video episode of the Lean Into Art Cast as Rob and Jerzy take on the common misconceptions surrouding cartoons for kids. We address the following five criticisms leveled at these kinds of shows:

  • Two-dimensional characters
  • Simplistic or hack writing
  • Nonsensical worlds or premise
  • Based on toys or games, commercials
  • Preachy, pro-social drivel

And land on the following five responses, which also serve as great tools to improve your writing!

  • Vibrant characters
  • Clear storytelling
  • Imaginative internal logic and the Integrating Discipline of Kid Logic
  • Playability factor as limitation to inspire creativity
  • Well-defined intent

So whether you love cartoons or not, this episode is packed with great discussion on topics we visual storytellers struggle with constantly. And you just might pick up on a few tips to help with your next project!

Links mentioned in this episode:

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LIA Cast 32 - 5 Tips

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Monday
Apr092012

LIA Cast 31 - Art Automation

DateMonday, April 9, 2012 at 12:11AM

 

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We find ourselves facing another audio-only episode this week as we dive into a discussion on how to make our illustration or storytelling lives easier through automation. Chances are, most of you work extensively with a computer to make your art. And if you've ever found yourself performing any repetitive tasks, there is most likely a tool you can use to take the effort off of those tasks so you can focus more on your creative work!

Links mentioned in this episode:

Social Networking

 

LIA Cast 31 - Art Automation

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