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, October 9, 2013 at 12:11AM In this episode of Extra Lean, Rob and Jerzy explore genuine reactions and how they relate to melodic death metal, blue cheese, NASA, and human drama. Also: it feels good to be in environments where you don't have to protect yourself all the time.
Monday, September 23, 2013 at 1:23AM In this episode of Extra Lean, Rob and Jerzy discuss trust, assumptions we make when looking at others jobs, and question the assumption that getting work done isn't supposed to be fun. What triggered the conversation: an article full of animated gifs and venting jokes about the challenges consulting illustrators face.
Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 9:18PM In this episode of Extra Lean, Rob and Jerzy discuss how sometimes project research can get out of hand yet how can it not while you're learning new things while creating your project. When does all that preparation amass useful material versus being just a big old pile.
Monday, August 26, 2013 at 6:11PM In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob reflect on framing choices and how for each of us our twenties was when we learned how to take on different philosophies for new perspectives.
Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 12:51AM In this episode of Extra Lean, Rob and Jerzy discuss improving and recognizing both emotional honesty and blind spots in our creative projects.
