Fork in the Road between starving and thriving artist

I’ve been trying to figure out for years what is the easiest way to document your journey and create content without it taking up all of your precious art time. And I think I may have it finally figured out... maybe

The answer might not be what you think. It certainly took me by surprise. 9% Said that ‘Skill Set’ was the most important factor. It’s certainly heartening when I feel that my personal skill set has a long way to go to be somewhere near where I would like it to be. But something I’m going to be including in my creative practice moving forward is blocking in times to learn new skills. 13% Said that...

Michael Warth is a traditional artist that’s embracing this new digital era. From live-streaming his creative process on Twitch to discussing art with fellow artists from around the world on his ‘All Walks Of Art’ podcast. We talk about everything from how to charge for your art. How to diversify your income streams. To outsourcing, yes outsourcing, why not? Rembrandt did it. Michael Warth is a br...

How do you make art your full time gig? You treat your art as a business. How do you treat art as a business? I’m not sure but here are some ideas I’ve had. - Charge more for your artwork - Content marketing plan you enjoy - Always be professional and punctual (be consistent with content and create deadlines) - Schedule time for your art instead of waiting for the right time to come. - Always be l...

In today’s episode I’m chatting about my recent success using Instagram Reels and how you can incorporate the creative work that you are working on and integrate it with trending hashtags to help you gain a larger audience for your work.

I’ve stumbled upon the perfect morning routine for me as a parent artist that that runs his own business and has very little time to create . It’s not going to work for everyone, or maybe anyone but me. But I suppose it’s just a matter of figuring out what your day looks like, when your best at doing certain things and trying out come up with something that suits you.

This is one of my first 'Sketchy LIVE' episodes where i hope to record my podcast live on youtube and interact with your comments as they come in. This broadcast was more of an experiment than anything, but I chat about some issues that I have had documenting my art process live on Youtube. Watch the full LIVE here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ymI6P8Q4s_0

I chat about what it’s like illustrating the Elijah & Crumpet kids book live. Also why I moved the live streams from Instagram live to YouTube. Now that I’m using Prism live studio for desktop, and where I hope to take the live streams in the future.

These last few weeks I have been anything but consistent, but all that’s about to change… hopefully. I’m slowly working out that there are a few things that if I do them everyday will help me stay consistent. But it’s hard to plan when you are working for yourself, being a parent and then on top of this trying to work your side hustle, your dream that’s hopefully going to take over that day job. S...

As an Artist with a full time day job and even possibly kids, the time to create your art is more precious than its ever been. So why would you devote some of that special time to documenting your journey when you could be creating your art instead?

I’m experimenting with highlighting key takeaways, things that have come up and things I’ve learned from my interviews with other creators. And I’ll explore these ideas further. And today I talk about the exciting idea that as part of my kids book illustration service, I also document the creative journey of the project across social media platforms to not only help build hype around the book but...

I speak with Jamie Iria from the creative spin podcast and his multifaceted business Creative 7 based in Toronto. We talk to Jamie about what made him decided to create a podcast that would compliment his business over a year ago and the benefits that it has had since. Also the benefits of video and now live podcast recordings. Check out the Creative Spin Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/pod...

I’ve finally illustrated my way to the end of the Elijah and Crumpet kids book. So where to from here?

I’ve been inspired to change my content around after listening to Will Mosley’s awesome podcast. My plan is to create one piece of pillar content during the day, in the form of my sketchy lives on Instagram. And then breaking that down into micro content for other social media posts. And this is part of that first experiment as this episode has been taken from my Instagram live. Will brings so muc...

On today’s podcast I answer a question while live sketching on Instagram. I talk about how do you illustrate your kids book idea if you aren’t an artist. I talk about how to decide if you want to give it a go yourself or if not how do you find the right artist to bring your story to life. To see my full sketchy live on igtv check out the following link: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBCMQwZhCcS/?ig...

Lucy Pearce is helping children learn about mental wellbeing in a fun and interactive way with her upcoming series of kids books from The Home Of Youtopia. We chat about her exciting new book series and dive into many aspects of what it takes to get a Children’s book created. Follow Lucy and the creation of her first book ‘Dexter Takes A Dip’ on her Instagram channel https://instagram.com/homeofyo...

My content strategy as an artist has changed again. With Instagram becoming my main place for content production, exhibition and chatting my community.

How do you go about squeezing out your day job so you can just be working on your dream job. I think the answer is to continually be promoting yourself. But it’s not as easy as that, you need a way to balance the two as best as possible to create a steady income and how am I gonna do that? I’m not sure but that’s what I’m pondering today.

What do I need to get done in 2020? What are the important things? Applying the 80 20 rule to doing what’s important.

What is your origin story? What are your goals? and how do you plan to get there? Are just some of the questions I had to contemplate being interviewed on The Creative Spin Podcast Listen to my interview here - A compulsive creators journey - The Creative Spin Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Z6aUSC0B0FUaZMoqegqJJ?si=Q87cKLweQyyCAq_RxMAVTA

Robots will be able to do everything. We’re pretty clever little monkeys figuring out how to get out of work. ‘Make a Robot’, that’ll fix it, ‘I know, make it a thinking Robot’, even better. In the not too distant future jobs are gonna be completely different. And I’ve been thinking, while sketching, that one of the best and most secure jobs to have is going to be a creator. But not only a creator...

I’ve been wanting to chat with Will Mosley ever since I started seeing his cinematic daily vlogs popping up on Instagram and YouTube. Then I found Will’s podcast where he talks about his creative process. Will produces awesome content packed with value on a daily basis. And considering he’s a father of four, has a job and a side hustle I was super keen to find out how he does it.

I’m very excited to have the anonymous parent behind the Youtube duo Elijah & Crumpet on the podcast. Talking about the creative journey behind their YouTube channel and their up and coming kids book titled - Motivate Man. We talk; starting on YouTube, social media strategy, self publishing and starting a Kickstarter that aligns with your why. To check out more about Elijah & Crumpet, check out th...

Some recent observations I’ve made around quoting for work. And how the power of positivity can equal profits.

After the recent disruption to Youtube with the introduction of the ‘made for kids’ labelling system. I’m looking at finding my next cornerstone platform, a hub, a new home to be the base for my content. It certainly helps that the documentation of my creative journey has been happening across multiple formats; video, audio and blog. Because now I have more options now that I’m faced with pivoting...