Why You Own an iPad and Still Can't Draw
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Why You Own an iPad and Still Can't Draw
Like with baking, you build intuition around the creative process. You watch your half-completed ideas rot in folders no one ever sees, and you start to realize that you usually only have one shot at making something (when the inspiration appears). You start to get familiar with the pang of guilt and frustration at what “could have been” if you jus... See more
When I was at Kansas City Art Institute, drawing was taught as a kind of Zen practice. You were taught that your idea of a face or a house got in the way of truly seeing it. You needed to stop thinking about what it was and relax into seeing what really was there.
Christina Wodtke • Pencil Me In
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of... See more
In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector
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Editing is easier when you know the patterns_
When it comes to essay writing, the idea of “patterns over process,” is just as relevant.
Tootzi instilled a philosophy of “all that exists is the artifact that’s on the table.” It doesn’t matter if your ideas come from your mind, your heart, your soul, your belly button, the tops of mountains, a bottle ... See more
When it comes to essay writing, the idea of “patterns over process,” is just as relevant.
Tootzi instilled a philosophy of “all that exists is the artifact that’s on the table.” It doesn’t matter if your ideas come from your mind, your heart, your soul, your belly button, the tops of mountains, a bottle ... See more
Michael Dean • The Secret Architecture of Great Essays
