Translated by Lickal0lli
This is a great motivational comic for all the aspiring artists out there!
Showing posts with label advice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advice. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Featured Site: Commencement Speeches
The fine folks over at NPR have hand-picked the best commencement speeches available to read, listen to, or watch on the web. There are three hundred in total, dating all the way back to 1774. There are some truly awe-inspiring words of wisdom contained in this archive. Search the speeches by name, school, date, or theme.
Best wishes to everyone in my readership who is graduating this spring, be it from high school or university!
Best wishes to everyone in my readership who is graduating this spring, be it from high school or university!
Monday, May 5, 2014
Documentary: The Long Game
The Long Game is a video essay about the pursuit of success and the modern fallacies regaurding artistic success. The first half of the documentary, posted above, focuses on the career of Leonardo Da Vinci. The long and short of it is that success comes with persistence, after year of struggle, not overnight.
"Do you ever have that feeling that everyone else is more successful than you?
If you think that's bad - try being Leonardo Da Vinci."
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Humor: Video Game Life Lessons
"13 Valuable Lessons From Video Games" by Mashable
No one knows the value in gaming more than Reddit. Last week, Redditors answered an interesting question: "What's the best life lesson you have learned from a video game?" Mashable commemorated the best replies as a helpful gif set.
Friday, April 11, 2014
Advice: Wil Wheaton on Nerds
A little girl wants to know how to deal with being called a nerd, and Wil Wheaton responds. (There's a transcript on Medium.com.) Just after Wheaton posted the video, it reached the front page of Reddit, and both the mother and the father of the little girl dropped comments thanking him for the excellent advice.
This video is the perfect companion to another video featuring Wil Wheaton on Why it’s Awesome to be a Nerd. For even more wisdom from Wesley, give "Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay" a read.
This video is the perfect companion to another video featuring Wil Wheaton on Why it’s Awesome to be a Nerd. For even more wisdom from Wesley, give "Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay" a read.
Advice: Ways to Stay Creative
To-Fu Design has created a video infographic called, “29 Ways to Stay Creative,” which is loaded with good tips to help encourage the flow of ideas. From carrying a notebook, to making lists and making time for free writing, this short little video is full of actions that can help motivate you to complete a project.
Lecture: Essential Photography Gear
"Essential" is a relative term. Every situation requires a different set of tool, but in this video, noted photographer Chase Jarvis explains the thinking behind his core kit. It's a relatively succinct explanation of the various "tiers" of readiness.
Jarvis begins with the bare bones photo kit and moves on to the video kit,
before ending with a more hefty production kit. Few people have the cash to spring for even a small portion of the equipment Jarvis mentions here, but then again, even fewer people get the opportunity to ask a famous photograph for advice.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Video: Wil Wheaton's Advice
When this video recently surfaced on Reddit, both of the girl’s mother and her father both voiced their gratitude for the advice Wil offered and provided an update on how their daughter is doing now.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Advice: If I Knew Then
Living the life of a creative isn't easy. Attendees at Behance's 99% Conference share some of their hard-won lessons learned to help the next generation get a head start.
Advice: Overcoming Creative Block
A hand-lettered list of advice on breaking through your creative block from artist and writer Debbie Millman.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Link Round-Up: March 15, 2013
The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy is a book that makes my OCD self all kinds of happy. I know that I've post some of this work before, but I thought a reminder was in order.
The Collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Of the 80,000 or so pieces of art on display online, around 20,000 will now have high resolution versions available for download.
niice is a search engine with taste.
One of Dr. Seuss letters as a response to one of his fans.
Pinokio is that Pixar Intro lamp come to live
Sony just released the world’s first full-frame compact camera. David Pogues covers the expensive market experiment.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Advice: Art Department Rules
A modern take on Sister Corita Kent’s timeless rules for learning and life,
hand-lettered by artist Lisa Congdon.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Lecture: 3 Habits of Great Creative Teams
When the your team is faced with adversity does it
stand strong and act boldly or does it crumble under pressure? Based on
his work with over 1000 teams, Keith Yamashita shares his insights about
great collaborative environments including: have an awareness beyond
your day-to-day, respect the unique talents of your team members, and
actively cultivate meaningful one-on-one relationships.
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0:30 - Greatness and creativity go hand in hand0:50 - Virtually all acts of greatness are the acts of an ensemble
1:50 - About SYPartners
3:18 - Diversity is important to any great ensemble
4:22 - The SYPartners division that is sharing the firm's secrets
5:27 - The quote at the entrance of SYPartners
5:53 - "You have to create an environment where people can be their best selves"
6:27 - A soloist's guide to getting unstuck
8:06 - You have to develop you own unique method of getting unstuck
8:42 - Great teams work hard to cultivate specific habits
9:47 - Great teams know each member's "superpower"
10:40 - Understand the forces that may prevent you from finding your purpose
12:50 - The 3 Habits of effective teams
13:30 - The ability to see, not look, is important. What lens do you use in a new situation?
14:56 - Finding your superpower
17:23 - Don't settle for a job that doesn't make use of your superpower
18:20 - About SYPartners' superpowers and how they make the firm tick
19:25 - If your superpower is grit, take care of yourself
21:00 - About duos, the smallest atomic unit of trust
22:00 - Respond with Love, not fear. That's where greatness lies
22:57 - Greatness is about being yourself, fully
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Illustration: Process to Progress
"My year-ender propaganda poster, this year to address the need to incorporate learning from mistakes, failure and screw-ups into the overall process of progression, in any medium, in any endeavor.
We are often told that we must be perfect right from the start, but the true measure of character is the grace and strength we gain from falling down and getting back up. As long as the amount of times we get up outnumbers the times we fall, that is progress. And sometimes mistakes yield far more interesting outcomes than what we plan. Having that opportunity to allow mistakes and failures to inform and educate us is essential to creative growth."
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