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Lean Into Art

Jerzy Drozd and Rob Stenzinger

The Lean Into Art Cast serves visual and interactive storytellers with topics and coversation that explores design thinking, creative communication, visual arts, comics, illustration, creati...

Episodes

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LIA Cast 269 - Lettering & Sound Design in Clip Studio Paint (Rebroadcast)

Originally broadcast May 3, 2019. Jerzy’s begun a new comics project, and it’s been a while since we’ve had an art demo on the LIA Cast, so...

May 20, 2021

LIA Cast 360 - Daily Creative Celebration AKA Victory Donut (CWC)

Ready for another day of work, yet not feeling it. So many valid reasons to be in that situation… yet also having due dates and commitments...

May 13, 2021

LIA Cast 359- Viewing Angle Tells the Story (MWS)

Working on the thumbnails for your next comic and discovered you’ve sketched dozens of pages of talking heads? We cartoonists can put the re...

May 6, 2021

LIA Cast 358 - Showing Up Socially, Balancing Quality and Effort

Posting socially is something most independent creators need to work with. I've often been the show up when I've made something, share it, t...

Apr 29, 2021

LIA Cast 357 - Write Posts Quickly With Prompts, Constraints, and Instinct

When you sit down to write a blog post is that a comfortable creative activity? Are there times when it feels like the words are stuck or ju...

Apr 22, 2021

LIA Cast 356 - Prioritizing Your Work

We’ve all been there--you start out with the promise of a new day, a reasonably curated to-do list, and a commitment to make your art. And s...

Apr 15, 2021

LIA Cast 355 - Training Your Analytic Eye

Frustrated that you can’t find a way to bring the big feelings you get from others’ art into your own? Maybe you just need to train your ana...

Apr 8, 2021

LIA Cast 354 - Creating Clarity or Inspiring Awe (CWC)

Clarity competes with other concerns when writing and illustrating - what’s a useful approach to get enough information and emotion into the...

Apr 1, 2021

LIA 353 - Listening With Notetaking to Understand and Facilitate Groups (MWS)

Are you in meetings in person or on screen where you’re taking notes in front of folks? When we're listening to learn from a conversation ev...

Mar 25, 2021

LIA 352 - Feeling Overwhelmed (CWC)

Every once in a while we feel like we're in over our heads, whether it’s due to the number of tasks we've committed to, ambiguity of the tas...

Mar 18, 2021

LIA Cast 351 - Make Your Own Time Tracker (MWS)

It’s no big reveal that time tracking and journaling can be invaluable tools to help you find the time to focus on your creative work. But h...

Mar 11, 2021

LIA Cast 350 - Advocacy as Part of Your Creative Business

Rob feels he has a variety of advocacy ideas tangled up and thinks it’ll be super useful talking with Jerzy on today’s show - he’s been doin...

Mar 4, 2021

LIA Cast 349 - Panel Tools in Clip Studio Paint (MWS)

Ever wonder what those paneling tools do in Clip Studio Paint? You’ll be surprised by how much they can speed up your work. Join Jerzy and R...

Feb 25, 2021

LIA Cast 348 - Reading/Watching/Playing (CWC)

When we make things, write stories, any creative work needs input. Sometimes that’s focused research, other times it’s the indirect idea fue...

Feb 18, 2021

LIA 347 - Create a Fast Frequent Comics Challenge (MWS)

Ever think about participating in hourly comics day or similar comics events? Avoid entirely but think about it still? Or try and get stuck?...

Feb 11, 2021

LIA 346 - Projects that Frighten You (CWC)

Ever not try an art project because you feel some fear about the work involved? This week Rob and Jerzy look at what they do when they feel...

Feb 4, 2021

LIA 345 - Quick Flatting in Clip Studio Paint (MWS)

Jerzy and Rob share some tricks in Clip Studio Paint that will make flatting easy for beginners, and speedier for those who have been doing...

Jan 28, 2021

LIA Cast 344 - Getting and Believing in Rest

Join Jerzy and Rob for an exploration of how our relationship with rest affects our work. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Minin...

Jan 21, 2021

LIA Cast 343 - Shipping Every Day

Some frequently shared advice among creative people hoping to build an audience or attract customers is to “post something every day.” Many...

Jan 14, 2021

LIA Cast 342 - Should You Evolve Your Long-Term Project?

This week Jerzy and Rob look at the Lean Into Art project itself as a case in point. When should you check in on your commitment to a long-t...

Jan 7, 2021