Lean Into Art
The 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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2021
LIA Cast 309 - Projects, Products, and Choosing a Framing for Creative Work
How do we think about projects and products? Jerzy and Rob recently watched Jake Parker’s video on "you need a product not a project" which prompts our conversation in this episode. Jerzy and Rob con…
Fri 27 Mar 2020
LIA Cast 308 - Your Creative Identity
Positioning yourself in an industry/community can involve identifying what makes your art or service distinct. How do we think about developing language to explain what makes our work unique, and wha…
Wed 18 Mar 2020
LIA Cast 307 - Checking in on Your Network, with Gregg Schigiel
This week Jerzy and Rob are joined by returning guest Gregg Schigiel to talk about the value of keeping the connections between you and your social/professional network active. Sponsors for this epis…
Wed 11 Mar 2020
LIA Cast 306 - R/W/P
Occasionally Rob and Jerzy like to remind themselves to make space for reading, watching, and playing. Join us for an exploration of media we engage with for relaxation and inspiration. Sponsors for …
Thu 05 Mar 2020
LIA Cast 305 - Which Mental Model for Your Creative Project?
Creative process has an objective progression in some ways. There you are with an idea at one point in time, stuff happens, now you are in the future with something you created. Would you do your nex…
Fri 28 Feb 2020
LIA Cast 244 - Happiness, Metrics, and the Daily Thing, with David Seah (Rebroadcast)
Dave.Sri 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 f…
Thu 20 Feb 2020
LIA Cast 304 - Developing a Workshop or Event
Join Jerzy and Rob for an exploration of the incidental parts of making art and teaching, and how that can be used to develop workshops, presentations, or demonstrations that appeal to hosting organi…
Fri 14 Feb 2020
LIA Cast 303 - Working Together, with Ryan Estrada
Ryan Estrada returns to the Lean Into Art Cast! This time we’re talking about the joys and challenges of making things with the people closest to you. Sponsors for this episode Four Million Years Lat…
Wed 05 Feb 2020
LIA Cast 302 - Character Design Exercises
Jerzy shares some of the classroom activities he uses to get students thinking hard about the various design choices presented when designing characters for visual storytelling. Sponsors for this epi…
Thu 30 Jan 2020
LIA Cast 301 - 2 Minutes to Practice
Join Jerzy and Rob as they discuss ways to practice little habits that can feed and support aspects of our art, business, and beyond. They’ll be revisiting the Lean Into Art Quests as a way to consid…
Thu 23 Jan 2020
LIA Cast 300 - Learners and Leaners, Aren't We All
Constructing a community around ideas we care a lot about and want to help others make use of: pursuing your art, developing it to where you want it to be, even teaching what you’ve learned along the…
Thu 16 Jan 2020
LIA Cast 299 - 2020 Creative & Learning Goals
Last week we reflected on our professional adventures in 2019. This time we look ahead to thinking about what we want to learn and how we want to creatively grow in 2020. Sponsors for this episode Fo…
Thu 09 Jan 2020
LIA Cast 298 - Learning From Professional Adventures in 2019
Every year is worth reflecting on, both Jerzy and Rob had interesting professional adventures in 2019 and now it’s 2020! Perfect time to look back and ask what we learned from those adventures. Spons…
Thu 02 Jan 2020
LIA Cast 297 - R/W/P
For many of us it’s the holiday season at the end of 2019, so Jerzy and Rob take a look at what they’re reading/watching/playing to refresh and relax before striking out into 2020. Sponsors for this …
Fri 27 Dec 2019
LIA Cast 296 - Fiction and Nonfiction Minicomics
Making minicomics has been a celebrated topic on the Lean Into Art Cast. They offer a low-risk way to get some practice on your craft, test out ideas for larger works, or explore the emotional journe…
Thu 19 Dec 2019
LIA Cast 215 - Celebrating Mini-Comics (Rebroadcast)
It’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: …
Thu 12 Dec 2019
LIA Cast 295 - Reflection and Journaling to Learn and Plan
Continuing our “obviously” series of favorite topics, Jerzy and Rob are discussing what’s so great about journaling and reflection as a habit just for their own sake and especially when you’re workin…
Thu 05 Dec 2019
LIA Cast 223 - Gratitude (rebroadcast)
Join 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 thi…
Thu 28 Nov 2019
LIA Cast 294 - UX, Obviously
Similar in spirit to our last episode about comics we visit another obvious in hindsight topic. It’s been a while since Jerzy and Rob have talked about what’s so great about UX, so if you’re in the m…
Thu 21 Nov 2019
LIA Cast 293 - Comics, Obviously
It’s been a while since Jerzy and Rob have talked about what’s so great about comics, so if you’re in the mood for a joyous discussion on visual communication, this is an episode for you. Sponsors fo…
Thu 14 Nov 2019
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