Creatives Ignite

Lettering as an outlet, saying yes more, niching down, finding your niche industry, Lettering as a healer, Using instagram to humanize yourself, digitizing your artwork, growing your design and lettering business What do you do when something massive hits your family? Mye De Leon turned to her creative community and they rallied around her and supported her like you will not believe. How does she...

Have you ever struggled with getting your client to go with the bold move, or try something different that is edgy or makes them uncomfortable? Have you ever wondered how other designers have been able to do this again and again? What role does personality play in your ability to obtain and keep clients? How much trust do you have to build with a client before they let feel comfortable with the vi...

Working freelance into your 40 hour work week. Finding time to freelance with a full time job. Making connections with people in the industry. Being known for something. Being known for being dependable and delivering quality work, quickly. Easy to work with Do you have a full time job, want to freelance, but aren't sure how to do both? Do you wonder how you can possibly meet clients AND be at wor...

Episode 272. Aired Wednesday, October 3, 2018. This week we will be continuing the conversation with my friend, Scott Soeder. Scott has combined his passion for music and illustration into a passion project that lead him to doing work for his favorite band, 311. Last time we didn't even get to talk about this, or how SCBWI (Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) has played a part in...

Recent Graduates. Changing paths. Taking a path in your career, heading for design. Emerging Designers, AIGA, AIGA Mobile, Working in Design, Moving up in desigin, Finding your place in the design industry. Work Life early in your career as a designer. Moving to a new city and what you need to know. Standing up for what you think should be done, even if you are new or young in the field. Creative...

Alternate Income Streams. Using your gifts on different platforms. Finding revenue streams through relationships and friendships. Get connected to many designers and illustrators. Passive Income for designers. Trying your hand with patreon. Launching courses through Patreon, a subscription based model. Getting connected within an industry. Episode 270. Aired September 26, 2018. This week I am exci...

Josh Lewis The power of personal projects. Side projects that lead to client work. Time and time again Josh has created personal projects and they have led to client work. Be patient, grow, create great work, and know that the clients will come. Marketing strategies for freelance illustrators. Episode 269. Aired September 19, 2018. This week I am excited to introduce you to my friend Josh Lewis. I...

When is it time to let something go? Time to try a new style, new approach, new area of concentration? When do you know it's time to move on? Growth means having to let somethings go and release your grasp on things that have made you money in the past but are not producing fruit now. New areas of income streams. More effort in focused areas or spreading out til you find a new focus area. Don't pu...

Episode 267 Have you ever been in a place of growth and it is so uncomfortable you just want OUT? As you know when you fight it, it gets worse, right? Why do we do that? Why do we avoid the uncomfortable so much, that we can make ourselves sick. We make others around us, tired of being around us because we just don't want to face something. AVOID AVOID AVOID I would like to think of myself as a Gr...

Episode 265. Aired August 22, 2018 This week I am excited to introduce Beth Stafford and Jeremy Slagle. Beth is a designer and author, who wrote the Chin-up Chinchilla children's book. And Jeremy is a designer and illustrator who had always wanted to illustrate a children's book. They way they met and the way this book was perfectly crafted together by God is pretty amazing. Their story will give...

Episode 65 Aired Thursday, Oct 10, 2013. For any designers who want to know how to better market yourself or use these prompts to help a client. Robin Landa shares strategies, prompts, and exercises from her new book. Looking to design your brand and all the things that go with that? Look no further. How important is your personal brand? Are you job hunting? Are you starting a new business? If you...

Josh Cleland // Life as a Children's Book Illustrator. Kid literary art, tips on getting work, finding clients, Tips on finding clients and getting the work you love to do, Personal projects lead to breakthroughs in your career. Drawing books for kids, texturizing your artwork. Creating masks and textures for illustrator and photoshop. Working faster with Cintiq. Freelancing as a children's book i...

Finding work as an illustrator, How to get clients as an illustrator and designer. Working as an illustrator. How to choose an agent. The positives and negatives of having an agent. What to look for in an illustration agent. Creating work that will get you noticed. Creating work to land you an agent. Collections are key to landing an agent. How to get hired as an illustrator. Working as a freelanc...

Clearing $205,000.00 of debt within 36 months. Weighing Options Tackling Debt. Wrangling the debt beast. Debt as a creative. Financial Freedom. Live and Give to the fullest, Living financially transparent, Building a Strong marriage, Letting each other in, No secrets, Dream Better Together, Debt is a divider for any relationship. 20% Knowledge 80% Action 100% Debt Free Episode 262. Part 4 of Strug...

Scott Biersack shares his personal story of finding balance. Its ok to take time for yourself. It is crucial to the creative process and fighting creative block to meditate and exercise to aid in stress reduction. Relieving Stress as an entrepreneur. Feast or Famine mentality of a freelancer. Meditation, Yoga, diet, and exercise have aided in finding balance. Eliminating Creative Block by controll...

The ups and downs of doing a daily challenge. Daily design challenges can be taxing but also invigorating. This skateboard deck challenge has allowed me to tap into a new style and share some real quirky parts of being a noticer. You will never look at envelopes (security envelopes) the same again. I am not giving up, even though it is hard and challenging to do something everyday. I am so thankfu...

Jason Shults beat stage 4 cancer with the help, support, and encouragement from his friends and family. Getting back to designing was a huge part of Jason's battle success. Now Jason gives back and donates his time by designing for cancer research. Jason will tell you that cancer changed his life for the better. Watch to find out why, this extreme battle of stage 4 cancer was the fight of his life...

Find Your Lens Into The World, Finding Your Style. What gets Measured gets Improved. Broken Pieces Build Interesting Stories. Good Design is Story Telling - Zoom In On The Details - Tell Your Story. Watch and Listen as Chris tells his story of going from being emotionally charged to being logical about decisions. He shares how he stopped blaming people and started taking responsibility for his sit...

Scotty Russell brings his wisdom as we talk about the value of writing and polling your audience. The importance of growing an email list and how growing Your Audience is Like a Video Game, you’ve gotta jump the fear hurdles to get to the next level. Poll your audience, listen and You will hear what they need but you need to listen. Scotty gives actionable steps for anyone trying to build a social...

Do you have a fear of speaking in public? Do you want to know how to push through your fear of public speaking to become an effective communicator? Do you consider yourself an Introvert but are in a role that requires some extrovert characteristics? See how a top design professional, Ian Paget of Logo Geek, has overcome his fear of social anxiety and public speaking to become a successful business...

Episode 255. Part two of the Scaling Your Business Series Aired Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Have you ever wondered how a dream can become a reality? Ever had reality breathing down your neck? Have you been trying to wear so many hats there is never enough time to get everything done? Wilson Lemieux had no room for failure, failing was not an option. With a family and another baby on the way, Wilson bet...

Part one of the Scaling Your Business Series Episode 254 Aired Wednesday, May 2, 2018 From a two-man shop to larger and now an 8-person firm, our guest this week, Bill Beachy, will jump start our Scaling Your Business series this May. This week features illustrator, author, and lifetime entrepreneur, Bill Beachy, president of Go Media in Cleveland, Ohio. Bill will share his wisdom he has acquired...

Aired Wednesday, April 25, 2018. I have been a big fan of Ian Paget and Logo Geek for a while now. Ian is talented, driven, and his story is inspirational. His story is one we can all relate to, he has faced many obstacles but has never let it get the best of him. AND he is even nicer than I imagined. He is genuine, helpful, and transparent about his growth and process. Ian has created a popular p...

Episode 250. Aired April 4, 2018 This week we will be talking to someone I admire so much, for his work and his easy going spirit. And his willingness to share his knowledge with us. This week we will talk to my friend, Scott Soeder. Scott grew up watching Looney Tunes and so many of the great shows from the 70’s and 80’s. All of this influenced his passion for illustration and love of cartoons. S...

Episode 249. Aired Monday, March 26, 2018 This week we will be continuing our talk with Lisa Glanz. Lisa is an entrepreneur and illustrator who sells digital products online. Lisa has been a designer who started practicing watercolor and then decided to dabble in the online marketplace Creative Market while she ran her freelance design business. She now is one of the most successful sellers on Des...