Lean Into Art
182 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsThe Lean Into Art Cast serves visual and interactive storytellers with topics and coversation that explores design thinking, creative communication, visual arts, comics, illustration, creative coding, and more.
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LIA Cast 114 - Webcomics: to Whom are You Committing? with Brandon Dayton (Rebroadcast)
July 06, 2018 13:25How does the relationship with your readers change when you make your webcomic an explicitly part-time job? Over the last decade there has been an implicit contract made between a webcomics author and their intended audience. "I update regularly, and in exchange you support me through encouragement, word-of-mouth advertising, and purchasing merchandise." Because this contract is implicit, however, the commitment between author and audience is a bit fuzzy. If the cartoonist feels that the p...
LIA Cast 239 - Doodle Notes, Data, and Reflecting on EYEO 2018
June 29, 2018 22:49Do you doodle while at meetings, watching a show, or even at a conference or in a class? This week on Lean Into Art, Rob and Jerzy discuss some recent examples of such doodle note-taking when Rob was at a conference about art, data, and design called Eyeo. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Robert Clemmons Brandon Dayton Good to be Curious Bouncy McFluffFluff Casey Snipes Links Ment...
LIA Cast 238 - Summer Events, with Brandon Dayton
June 22, 2018 16:11The 2018 Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival is behind us, and the 2018 edition of Sketchbook Summer is upon us. Brandon Dayton joins Jerzy and Rob for a reflection on A2CAF as well as some thinking on how they might approach Sketchbook Summer this year. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Nathan Seabolt Jesse Kauffman Espree Devora India Swift Myrjam Links Mentioned Sketchbook Summer Br...
LIA Cast 157 - Art Events and Scenes, with Becca Hillburn (Rebroadcast)
June 15, 2018 04:53A common thread through many Lean Into Art Casts is advocating for your art in addition to making it. But how do you find the places or events where you can be of service? If you can’t find the places to be of service, how do you create an event of your own? Rob and Jerzy are joined by Becca Hillburn for an exploration of finding your place in an art scene or making one on your own. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Wor...
LIA Cast 237 - Collaborating on Projects, with Zack Giallongo
June 08, 2018 15:51How well do you work with others? How do you know whether the contributions you bring to a project enhance it or cause friction? How do you negotiate to bring out the best in one another? When is it time to argue, and when is it time to let your collaborator take the lead? Zack Giallongo fills in for Rob this week to talk about a project he’s teamed up with Jerzy on--a new mini-comic called Dinosword. Together they explore how their partnership works and what it’s taught them about working...
LIA Cast 236 - Creative Marathons
June 01, 2018 18:17Big projects and deep learning usually require chipping and experimentation--which means long-term investment, and sometimes, an experience of trickling small gains. This time Jerzy and Rob look at Creative Marathons in order to ship a thing, put a big dent in a project, or take a deep dive into learning new skills. Does such an endeavor run against the grains of self-care? How can one sustainably engage with this? Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You ...
LIA Cast 235 - Exploring Twine, a Branching Narrative Game Engine
May 25, 2018 15:43What sorts of things can we make with the Twine app? Rob has been exploring this tool lately for new game research and as part of a workshop. Join Jerzy and Rob discuss some Twine story examples and on creative exercises to help others get started with branching stories built with Twine. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Jonathan Wornson Casey Snipes Angela Mitchell Marc Faulk Dave ...
LIA Cast 234 - Being a Student Again
May 18, 2018 18:19Striving to refine and grow our skill sets is often the focus of any creative journey. This week on the Lean Into Art Cast, Jerzy and Rob look in the other direction and celebrate the earlier stages of a creative endeavor, full of ambiguity and uncertainty--being a beginner. In this episode we set out to answer the question: when should one self-teach, and when is it time to take a class? Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Th...
LIA Cast 121 - Visual Novels, with Kasey Van Hise (Rebroadcast)
May 11, 2018 16:10Originally Broadcast January 29, 2015 We've talked about interactive storytelling in the form of games, and we've spent plenty of episodes exploring the storytelling affordances of comics. But this time we're joined by Kasey Van Hise for an exploration of another kind of interactive fiction--the Visual Novel. How does your writing and design approach change when you're creating something that's meant to be interactive? How does character development work when you have to consider every pos...
LIA Cast 233 - Coloring Comics
May 04, 2018 15:12Join Jerzy and Rob for a live demo on some digital coloring strategies, followed by a discussion on how one might think about seeking more efficient ways to make things. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Becca Hillburn Owen Jollands Marc Faulk India Swift Casey Snipes Links Mentioned Brandon Dayton's video on coloring Clip Studio Paint Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instag...
LIA Cast 232 - Moment Choice in Comics
April 27, 2018 16:32How do you think about what moments to show in a story? How does viewing angle, gesture, and composition contribute to the emotions conveyed in the images? Join Jerzy and Rob for a demonstration of one of Jerzy’s classroom activities that explores moment choices in comics. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Mike White Jesse Kauffman Shauni Redfearn k Brandon Dayton Links Mentioned ...
LIA Cast 231 - Noticing Patterns in Mini-comic Layout
April 20, 2018 15:02Congratulations! You’ve written and drawn a mini-comic. The next part is to get it printed, and on this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast Jerzy and Rob spend some time thinking about Imposition, or arranging the pages so they can be printed efficiently. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Owen Jollands Bouncy McFluffFluff Shane W Smith k Myrjam Links Mentioned LIA Cast 215 - Celebra...
LIA Cast 180 - Grit and Creative Process, Pt 2, with Gregg Schigiel - Rebroadcast
April 13, 2018 16:33Is grit as simple as "butt in chair" and forcing yourself to see the project through? Is endurance all grunting and frustration? What happens when you create a little distance between you and the work? This week Jerzy and Rob are joined by guest Gregg Schigiel for a continuation of the discussion on sticking through and shipping big projects. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon suppo...
LIA Cast 230 - Hiring Collaborators, with Jon David Guerra
April 06, 2018 16:21How do you know when your project needs outside help, and how do you go about hiring collaborators? How do you find the people right for the job, and how do you think about your working relationship with them throughout the project’s life cycle? Jerzy and Rob are joined by Jon David Guerra, creator of the comic Nightmare Pro Wrestling. His new project: Nightmare Pro Wrestling: Belly of the Beast involves contributions of 6 other artists (including Jerzy). Together they’ll explore what one ...
LIA Cast 229 - Freeware
March 30, 2018 19:47Do you need to pay top dollar to make things at a professional level? Maybe, maybe not. Join Jerzy and Rob for some demonstrations and discussions on free software they use to make art. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Links mentioned Medibang Paint Krita Inkscape LIA Cast 203 - Old Gear, Open Source, New Purpose Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Angela Mitchell Mike Ben Odgren Kelly Ishikawa Be...
LIA Cast 228 - Nourishing and Recharging
March 23, 2018 21:01Join us this week as Rob and Jerzy discuss some of our recent Reading/Watching/Playing and ask: what other habits that are complimentary to RWP that we’re working on lately? Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Links mentioned Librivox YouTube Red The Tick on Amazon Prime Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Tim F Chris Watkins Shane W Smith Ashley Knapp Spencer Hallam Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy...
LIA Cast 227 - Animating in Phtoshop, with Hannah O'Neal
March 16, 2018 16:21Animation! This week Rob and Jerzy are joined by special guest Hannah O’Neal, artist and animator. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Links mentioned Hannah on Twitter Toon Boom Unity Spine Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Nate Marcel Metal Witch Sketchbook Project Angela Mitchell Cameron Callahan Katherine Sugrue Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art o...
LIA Cast 226 - Learning All You Need to Know Before Making a Thing
March 09, 2018 15:53How much planning do you do before diving in and making the thing? What kinds of research is required? Testing tools, sketching in your sketchbook, watching tutorials, reading articles and books? How do you know that you’ve learned enough to get started? Join Rob and Jerzy for a discussion on preparing to make things. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters India Swift dee Ju...
LIA Cast 225 - Creative Monsters of Doubt, with Guest Co-Host Kate Stenzinger
March 02, 2018 16:28Kate Stenzinger returns to the Lean Into Art Cast to revisit and expand our prior conversation about “Everyone Doubts”. Join us for an exploration of things we label as our creative demons and ways we work around and with them. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Links mentioned: Art & Science Punks LIA Cast 76 - Everyone Doubts The Upside of Stress Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Owen Jollands Nate ...
LIA Cast 224 - Happiness, Metrics, and the Daily Thing, with David Seah
February 23, 2018 18:03David Seah returns to the Lean Into Art Cast for a discussion on his annual Groundhog Day Resolutions plan. Join us for an exploration on finding the work that’s meaningful to you, setting goals for that work, and supporting those goals throughout the year. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Links mentioned: David Seah's Emergent Task Planner David Seah's 2018 Groundhog Day Resolutions The Productivity Accr...
LIA Cast 104 - Drawing From Memory, with Brandon Dayton (Rebroadcast)
February 16, 2018 05:07Talking about improving your visual memory on the LIA Cast with Brandon Dayton! Have you ever noticed that sometimes the best drawings you make are the ones for which you have a very clear mental picture? Have you ever tried to draw something from reference materials and just can't accurately capture it? Is the first situation simply a moment of "inspiration," and the second situation "artistic funk"? How might things change if we consider the difference between seeing and object and perc...
LIA Cast 223 - Gratitude
February 09, 2018 22:46Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on the role of gratitude in creative endeavors and how being intentional about expressing gratitude changes the way one might feel about the work. Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity It's Alright to Cry Lean Into Art Workshops Links mentioned: David Seah's Emergent Task Planner Ray Frenden's Brushes The Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Nathan Seabolt Espree Devora Myrjam India S...
LIA 222 - Tomorrow's Skill or Feature
February 02, 2018 18:58Something Rob journaled a while back "Today’s role is tomorrow’s skill and next week’s feature" is what Jerzy and Rob will dig into this episode. Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on choosing tools and process for a project when you’re considering making things from scratch or how much of the project should be made by hand vs. automated or pre-made. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Links mentioned: Jonath...
LIA Cast 221 - Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs
January 26, 2018 18:24Our art endeavors are sometimes executed within narrow bandwidth constraints. Fitting in warm up and cool down exercises can be challenging--but what benefits can we look forward to by including them? If “selling your sawdust” is an important aspect of making art, why include warm up and cool down exercises that don’t leave you with anything worth sharing? Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on some exercises that mentally prepare us for engaging with the work more thoughtfully. Links men...
LIA Cast 126 - Getting Out in Front, with Lee Cherolis and Samantha Kyle (Rebroadcast)
January 19, 2018 17:05Must all visual artists be public performers? It was never enough to simply make things and wait for the public to show up and love it, but more and more it seems that creative people need to get out in front to promote their work. This “performance” aspect can be daunting to many in the creative arts. Illustration, design, and coding are often solitary efforts, attracting the introverted or shy. So what can we learn from artists in more performance-based media about how to get out in fron...
LIA Cast 220 - Mini-Comics Life Cycles
January 12, 2018 18:11In episode 215 we explored the flexibility and affordances of the mini-comics format. In particular we highlighted how the hand-made, short-run, or custom nature of some mini-comics provides a reading experience that digital formats might have a harder time achieving. But is that premise correct? In distributing our mini-comics in digital format rob the work of some of its appeal? How might we think differently about “translating” the work from one format to another? Join Jerzy and Rob for...
LIA Cast 219 - Live Drawing & Urgent Design
January 06, 2018 03:00Jerzy's in Minneapolis visiting Rob, so the two sit down to draw together and hash out a few visual storytelling topics, one of which will be how designing things urgently can lead to unexpected happy results. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Angela Mitchell Casey Snipes dee Juusan Rachel Ross Nathan Seabolt Links mentioned in this episode The Toys that Made Us Cla...
LIA Cast 218 - Planning Yearly Goals a Few Years in a Row
December 29, 2017 17:30As the new year approaches it’s a time many of us look at how the past year went and what we intend and hope for the year to come. How does planning your yearly goals change when you’ve done some kind of yearly goal planning for a while? Join Jerzy and Rob as we discuss how we’re approaching goal planning this time around! Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Owen Jollands R...
LIA Cast 217 - Reading Watching Playing
December 21, 2017 19:05As a last deep breath before reflecting on 2017 and diving headlong into 2018, Rob and Jerzy check in on what they’re reading/watching/playing. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Mike White Jesse Kauffman K Brandon Dayton Shauni Redfearn Links mentioned in this episode Thunder Punch Daily 252 Mega Drive - 198XAD Metroid: Return of Samus - Diggernaut The Great Cours...
LIA Cast 216 - What Happened with Patreon and Why We Publish
December 15, 2017 22:58What happens when a platform you use to support your creative business changes? Or even if it just changes policy enough to cause challenges with you or your audience? Also we explore a listener question about finding why we publish! Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Jodels Pox dee Juusan Olivia Birdton Chris Watkins Shauni Redfearn Links mentioned in this episode P...
LIA Cast 215 - Celebrating Mini-Comics
December 08, 2017 17:33It’s time for a fresh look at why mini-comics are so great. Join us for a discussion on the advantages mini-comics offer when added to your art practice. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Owen Jollands Jamie Gambell Marc Faulk India Swift Casey Snipes Links mentioned in this episode Laffy Meal, by Pranas Naujokaitis Kosmo-Knot Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram ...
LIA Cast 214 - Pep Talks
December 01, 2017 17:32Who doesn’t like a pep talk or bit of encouragement at the right place and time? In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast, Jerzy and Rob discuss pep talks by way of a modeling exercise and questioning the whys and hows for how we go about asking or giving a pep talk. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Ashley Knapp Jamie Gambell Jesse Kauffman Rachel Ross Spencer Halla...