When Should You Abandon A Project?
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@griffin One idea: Gina Perry started a #kidlitartpostcard tag on Twitter! Not sure it's quote a substitute for traditional postcards, but you might enjoy participating. The first time I participated in the SCBWI portfolio showcase, I also got contacted, though a lot of it was for self-publishing. I still think it might get at least some eyeballs on your work. And some art directors (not all) accept email submissions. If anyone else has other ideas, I'm listening for sure. I was just thinking it was time to send out my first traditional postcards when COVID hit.
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@lee-white Thank you for the encouragement, Lee! I do think there is a tradeoff between having pure agility and having life experience/accumulated skill. At any rate, I'm not about to quit now!
And I also think that if you could bottle your ability to brush off rejection (as you talked about in a recent YouTube clip), you would never lack for income!
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@randarrington I have been actively looking for these ideation exercises, so if anyone has some, I'll all eyes!
I have also took the ideation and turbocharging classes when they were offered, because I know this is an area where I need to build brain muscle.
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@lee-white I think it was Jake...and to be fair, he's not exactly wrong. Kids have an ability of unfiltered creativity but that type of creativity isn't always useful commercially. I think you guys did a podcast about why we as creatives need limits and rules
I love the show by the way. Thank you all for doing it. It's certainly motivated me to start working on my art again so I owe you guys
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Hi @Lee-White , and everyone. Thank you for making these shows!
Unfortunately, the link to your master copy checklist leads to an inspiration board rather than to the checklist. Could you share the real checklist, please?
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@mrfox I noticed that too. I was wondering whether I had misunderstood!
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@randarrington @LauraA I am checking on that now. It Is definitely the wrong link. Here's the actual pdf if you want to see it Bart Forbes.pdf
Note: this is a very formal approach to doing a master copy, yours doesn't have to be nearly this wordy. But I thought I'd include all of it anyway so you guys can see how it looks to really break down a style before doing a master copy of the work.
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Thanks for sharing @lee-white!
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@lauraa I totally agree it’s much easier now I’m older and have different creative solution to reach for. My only thought is that while doing part of an art degree in my 20s I was quite creative due to the course content and prompts and look back at that work for inspiration now.
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@lee-white THANK YOU!!!
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@lee-white Thank you!
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@lauraa I also am in my late 40s and I find that it's physical stamina and 'adulting' obligations that are putting limits on my creativity. Like those all-nighters I used to pull when all the inspiration starts to fire up in the wee quiet hours, you know? Realistically I can't do that now because I have to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for my day job and my eyes go blurry at 9:30pm. I agree with other posters that creativity is a skill that gets better with practice and experience. Also something that goes with it is practicing the workflow of generating ideas without censoring them, and exchanging critique with colleagues. I am still working on that - not being afraid of making bad art and putting it out there to strengthen it.
