In This ArtCast ::
I share a revolutionary philosophy that “ideas are a dime-a-dozen” …and that’s a wonderful thing.
I explain how we can unlock ourselves from the paralyzing fear of idea-theft and unhealthy obsession over our ‘one good idea’ by accepting two truths. 1.) Our ideas are not as precious as we think and 2.) Good ideas CAN be contrived.
I also share some practical advice for how we can begin exploring ideas and generating new ones, both visual and narrative.
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The music heard on Chris Oatley’s ArtCast is provided by Storybook Steve and Kangaralien.
Thanks again for the inspiration.
I really loved this episode 🙂
I think I have just lost a lot of my imagination during the years, and ideas doesn’t come that easy to me anymore. Especially stories, which just flowed like crazy through my head when I was younger, are mostly gone by now.
I have lots of ideas for personal projects now, thanks to this podcast, and the paperwing podcast, but this episode added something much needed for more specific problems; A way to create new ideas, without having them falling from the sky.
I’m working freelance, and I haven’t done anything personal for several years now, and I’m so looking forward to starting on a project of my own. I love what I do, I couldn’t imagine anything better than drawing for a living, but it would be great, to try to create something I decide, rather than projects decided by a client. I have the best clients in the world, they are so sweet and nice, but still, there’s this craving, to do something for myself too. I still need to figure out how to joggle my time, because I feel a bit exhausted after spending 8-9 hours at my Wacom, and the creativity that flowed so well, during the middle of the day, is kind of gone in the evening, when I should be taking on my own stuff.
I don’t even know where I’m going with this, other than to say, that you really did a great job on this episode, so thank you.
A wish from a freelancer like me: Could we have a separate list with audio podcasts and one with video? I listen while I work to the audio, and watch the videos during my lunch breaks, but when they’re tangled together, I some days just doesn’t have the patience to find the next audio podcast, and move on to listen to a book instead (well, that’s fine too, but I love to both work and learn at the same time).
Thank you for all your great work and resources here on your site!