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The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.
Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan accordingly.
” — Hugh Macleod, from his book, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
I couldn’t agree more!
…here’s to the dreamers, the doers, the visionaries via
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“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” —
Neil Gaiman at his address to the 2012 Graduating Class of the UofA in Philadelphia.
via: 8 Bits of Wisdom on Being a Creator from Neil Gaiman | Brain Pickings
This is a Vancouver based designer, Wendy Tsao, and her lovely business! She makes one-off plush toys based on a child’s drawing. I love this, and you should take a look at what she has actually created based on even the most abstract scribbles. I will forevermore scoff at any designer who tells me they can’t do a 3D sculpt or turnaround …
(via Child’s Own Studio | custom making soft toys with children)
Comic Con Badge Resale - Last Chance -
Got this email from Comic-Con International, so if you want a badge for this year’s SDCC, this is the time to get it!
“The Comic-Con Member ID website will be closing May 24th (5:30 Pacific Time: PT) in advance of our cancelled and returned badge resale. The badge resale will not take place over the Memorial Day weekend or on Memorial Day. If you know someone who would like to participate in the badge resale, but has not yet signed up for a Member ID, please instruct them to sign-up as soon as possible. The only way to participate in the badge sale is to have a Member ID.
We have struggled with how to offer our returned badges for sale this year. Because of time constraints our choices were to not have a resale this year or use the online system we have in place. We know there are a lot of you counting on the resale to attend Comic-Con so we have decided to have a resale and to use the system we currently have in place. Since we received so few returned Comic-Con 4-day badges, we decided to split them into single day badges to accommodate more people who want to attend this year.
We will have 5,000 single day badges available for purchase.”
The reason we all feel overwhelmed … And to think that Pinterest is missing … (via Social media marketing landscape complicated - Business Insider)
MBAs vs. MFAs : Get it Right By Getting Together -
This is a fun and thought provoking article. I like the concept of pitting MBAs vs. MFAs to raise awareness of the NECESSITY for a mutual collaboration and appreciation of each discipline. We cannot separate design from business, especially not in today’s tech and UX/UI driven world. I hope to see more business students apply creative/artistic thinking to their practices and to see design and art students learn to design with a profit model in mind. “Starving artist” should become an oxymoron. And business grads should get creative. We all stand to benefit from opening our minds and horizons!
The Stolen, the film I was somewhat involved in making into a reality, was accepted into the Cannes Short Film Corner. I’m so excited and proud of Karen Lam, who has created something so special … and a feature film to follow up on this short is on the way!
Read the link to learn more about the film.
13 Products You Can Make From Your Instagram Snapshots +1 More -
By now everyone knows my passion for Instagram. And if you don’t, cat’s out of the bag! Follow me if you’d like: adapiadm. When I read this post that outlined these 13 products you can make with Instagram photos, I thought: clever. Being in licensing myself, I could see from miles away, the product potential of these photos, so long as the resolution issues could be dealt with. Apparently, they have. If you love Instagram, or just want to see some cool product ideas you could try with your other photos (sshhh…) click through the link. And below is my fun contribution: Moo cards made with my Instagram pics!
