In This ArtCast:
I speak with Jerzy Drozd (creator of The Front) and Thomas James (creator of Escape From Illustration Island) about a recent discussion that has been taking place here on ChrisOatley.com regarding personal projects and how to actually finish them.
Escape From Illustration Island :: Books & Audio
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Recommended Reading:
The Dip by Seth Godin
Tribes by Seth Godin
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
Free: The Future Of Radical Price by Chris Anderson
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Loved the podcast this week Chris. It’s really hard sometimes to remember to just be ourselves in our own work. Keeping myself happy with what I’m doing and trying to accomplish is always my biggest challenge; blocking out how tall the mountain is and enjoying the climb. “How much do you care?” awesome line and probably a question we should ask ourselves before we even start. Thanks buddy
~Wells
Yay its wonderful to hear you again doing podcasts I missed listening to you while I’m drawing.
Your goal to insipre has suceeded for me. I came across your blog through an article in Imagine FX just as I decided to get serious about what I wanted to do and many of your words have influenced how I am going about things.
From the artist and the web I have started my own Blog charting my-self study which can be found here
http://chibijanine.blogspot.com/
and I have also started a personal project which is illustrating a book for my son from a comment where you said ‘ Just do it, get it out there. There are no excuses’
So this comment is mainly to sing your praise and to say a big thank you. I would not be where I am in doing what I have always dreamed I wanted to do if not for your words.
Janine