POPULARITY
For my last Art Soundoff entry for 2023, I'm sharing a previously Patreon-only entry from 2022. It's a longer entry, but I think it clearly states the reasons behind my love of making comics.
For today's Art Soundoff entry I talk about where I'm putting my creative energy right now.
I missed a few Art Soundoff entries, but I'm back to talk about with my relationship with sleep, particularly the weird place we go when we sleep!
It's time to reflect on what I'm grateful for during this year's Art Soundoff.
I think about how my relationship with the challenges of making art has changed for this Art Soundoff entry.
I felt some hesitation to start with today's Art Soundoff prompt. That led to some curiosity and reflection for today's entry.
The Art Soundoff prompt was WIP, so I talk about a drawing I'm working on. Thinking about the procedure, leaving space for story development, and how much I hope the line art will carry in the final piece.
I spin this Art Soundoff prompt into a call for help regarding tool selection.
For today's Art Soundoff prompt I look at three ways I want to improve my relationship with time management.
For today's Art Soundoff entry I consider three characters I've enjoyed writing. Links mentioned:
After missing a few Art Soundoff entries, I take a moment to reflect on what's worked this month, and what hasn't.
On my way home from grocery shopping I remembered I had an Art Soundoff to record!
It took a minute to sift through all the things I've been learning, but I found the thing with the most energy around it. Here's a reflection for today's Art Soundoff prompt.
Let's talk about my latest drawing for the next Art Soundoff entry. I mentioned my Fabulous Secrets microcast, with even more behind-the-scenes and personal reflections, which you can find on Patreon!
It's another Art Soundoff prompt: can I pitch my latest product or service? As Reflector says in Transformers, More than Meets the Eye, pt 1: Let's find out! Here are the notes I took just before recording:
Another Art Soundoff entry, this time on how I'm thinking about influences on my work as a teaching artist and cartoonist. Here are the quick notes I took just before recording:
For this Art Soundoff entry I think about a recent blog post and a conversation I had with a student. And a metaphor that may or may not be serviceable. Here are the notes I wrote just before recording: And here is the audio from the blog post linked above:
For this Art Soundoff entry I look at when we have to say goodbye to a favorite tool.
It's time for another Art Soundoff entry! This time I'm thinking about my relationship with how I want an audience to react to my work. Links mentioned:
It's another Art Soundoff Prompt: What are you Playing? Well, I'm not playing any video or board games, but I am being playful with my teaching! Here are the notes I took just before recording:
Today I do my best to remember what challenges felt like when I was in high school, and how my relationship with them has changed as I've aged.
I'm following the prompts for Art Soundoff 2023, and today's is Notebooks. Here are the notes I took just before recording: Links mentioned in this episode:
I'm back to doing Art Soundoff again, this time to follow along with my Interactive Media students. I try to model how I think about articulating what I'd like people to know about me. Before I record I try to draft a few thoughts on a piece of scrap paper. Here are the notes I … TPD 316 – Art Soundoff 2023: Introductions Read More »
Any path that brings you to journaling about your art, here I share some context around planning what you'd want to get out of your journaling plus choosing and creating prompts that are a good fit for what you want. Related Links and Resources Art Soundoff Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge, join the class at Skillshare or download your own copy at my workshop store. Interactive Storyteller blog Sign up for my newsletter, be in the know of what I'm making and learning about. Rob's Products and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Get Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, and MacOS! Features 4 or 5 string bass, 6 or 7 string guitar, multiple play modes, difficulty levels, and more. You can buy me a coffee with an option to send a note along. Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcast app
Closing out my Art Soundoff series with some reflections on why being a teaching artist is so meaningful for me. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Here I explore some of the reasonable and unreasonable goals I had for this month of journaling and developing the UX Mindset series. Practicing this kind of thing helps you meet your own creative process quirks and explore ways to change and work around those quirks. I recorded so many more rough draft journals than I posted, at least 2:1 if not 3:1. It helped me explore the big topic and discover a concept for a UX Mindset book. We'll see where the UX Mindset series goes from here. Probably be back on the Polytechnicast, certainly will be in upcoming workshops, and a good chance I'll persue developing a book. Related Links and Resources Introduction to the UX Mindset Series UX Mindset for Business UX Mindset for Software Engineering UX Mindset for Designers UX Mindset for Artists UX Mindset - Lists UX Mindset - Listening UX Mindset - Groups of People Interconnected UX Mindset - Mental Model You're Working Toward UX Mindset - Misunderstanding and Misuse of UX's Power UX Mindset - Active Learning Is Certain-enough Instead of Overconfident Creative challenge I'm taking part in and co-founded with Jerzy Drozd: Art Soundoff — Lean Into Art Rob's Products and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Get Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, and MacOS! Features 4 or 5 string bass, 6 or 7 string guitar, multiple play modes, difficulty levels, and more. Creative design coaching services, workshops, and ebooks for ux design, creative coding, creative challenges, goals, and storytelling in Rob's store Drawing User Journey Maps to Gather Ideas and Collaborate Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcatcher
Today I share some thoughts on a certain kind of adaptability that will aid you when leading workshops. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Today I share a principle I observe when thinking about my the performance I put on with every workshop or class. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Paying attention to how artists share their work and asking why can lead to some fun activities for your workshop. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
If you get practice presenting in a classroom or at an assembly, you’ll get better at hand-selling your work. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Art Soundoff is an Art Journaling Micro Podcast Challenge run by the Lean into Art Podcast. Last year I decided to try and do all 30 prompts in one sitting for episode 85, and thought I'd do the same again this year :) Some of the topics include: The Tombow Mono Eraser Pen, Mooji and David Icke, Letting Go of Beliefs, Being a Lone Wolf, Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers, The Struggles of Beginning, Balancing Challenge and Chilling, Beyond Good and Evil Video Game, Characters, Black Mirror TV Show, The Power of Dreams, The Power of Writing, I set a Goal of Interviewing People in the Park this week, and me camcorder's still going all blurry :( Hope you like this one.
Working with beginners and helping them find their path reveals the many paths available to you as an artist. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Jerzy and Rob check in on their 2020 Art Soundoff journals. What themes and topics did we choose, and why? What outcomes are we hoping for with this year’s challenge? If you’re participating in #artsoundoff this year, join the live stream and share your experiences and reflections! Sponsors for this episode Four Million Years Later Rob's workshops and coaching Lean Into Art Discord Links mentioned: Draw Stronger, by Kriota Willberg Otter.ai BandLab Art Soundoff Rob's Polytechnicast Jerzy's Thunderpunch Daily Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Sarah Loutfi David Armantrout DADO Sophie Lawson JS Taskis This week's 2 Minute Practice Make some noise on a musical instrument to represent the quality of your day! Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter
Today I share some thoughts on how you could be the first person to present an alternate approach to different kinds of learners, then close with some thoughts on how imporant it is to help beginners who are gripped by your medium. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by […]
Sometimes we need to address the notion of “doing things right,” in order to free our students to be creative. Today I share how I model a sense of playful transgression to help the students feel safe to explore and connect with art. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Why Everyone Who Loves Comics […]
Building on yesterday’s entry, I share some thoughts on respecting the gap of experience and expertise between you and your students. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Teaching your art is more explicitly a service-driven endeavor, which means it’s not entirely about you. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
What are outcomes and why are they important? Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Helping students navigate their challenges will help you develop your own inner guide for when you face challenges. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
It's useful to have even a rough concept of what you're working toward, things you know are important or likely to encounter, or at least are worth checking to see if they'd be helpful. For example, a mental model like a creative progression going from rough concept to refined to complete. You can have a UX Mindset informed mental model of getting your work done so that you are working toward including your audience. And the UX Mindset series continues! Related Links and Resources Introduction to the UX Mindset Series UX Mindset for Business UX Mindset for Software Engineering UX Mindset for Designers UX Mindset for Artists UX Mindset - Lists UX Mindset - Listening UX Mindset - Groups of People Interconnected A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech | Grand Central Publishing Creative challenge I'm taking part in and co-founded with Jerzy Drozd: Art Soundoff — Lean Into Art Rob's Products and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Get Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, and MacOS! Features 4 or 5 string bass, 6 or 7 string guitar, multiple play modes, difficulty levels, and more. Creative design coaching services, workshops, and ebooks for ux design, creative coding, creative challenges, goals, and storytelling in Rob's store Drawing User Journey Maps to Gather Ideas and Collaborate Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcatcher
Where does UX go wrong? Whether a system is broken at the surface or takes deeper understanding to see how it's not serving the health of its audience along with it's other constituencies: UX can be used to help fix or to make things worse. How can that be? Organizations have a lot to do to just exist and maintain exsistence. Some are not questioning things they could question to fix what's broken. Let's pay attention, be curious, inclusive and move what we make toward collective health. And the UX Mindset series continues! Related Links and Resources Introduction to the UX Mindset Series UX Mindset for Business UX Mindset for Software Engineering UX Mindset for Designers UX Mindset for Artists UX Mindset - Lists UX Mindset - Listening UX Mindset - Groups of People Interconnected UX Mindset - Mental Model You're Working Toward Creative challenge I'm taking part in and co-founded with Jerzy Drozd: Art Soundoff — Lean Into Art Rob's Products and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Get Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, and MacOS! Features 4 or 5 string bass, 6 or 7 string guitar, multiple play modes, difficulty levels, and more. Creative design coaching services, workshops, and ebooks for ux design, creative coding, creative challenges, goals, and storytelling in Rob's store Drawing User Journey Maps to Gather Ideas and Collaborate Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcatcher
Actively learning is a lot like using applied research. It's a very useful place to work from, you can be confident enough to proceed making things yet not too confident to prevent learning as you go. We setup teams and organizations to sink or swim based on too much certainty. We're certain often from a combination of ego and efficiency seeking without adapting until expensive mistakes happen. What if we practice being confident enough and setup teams to actively learn instead? And the UX Mindset series continues! Related Links and Resources Introduction to the UX Mindset Series UX Mindset for Business UX Mindset for Software Engineering UX Mindset for Designers UX Mindset for Artists UX Mindset - Lists UX Mindset - Listening UX Mindset - Groups of People Interconnected UX Mindset - Mental Model You're Working Toward UX Mindset - Misunderstanding and Misuse of UX's Power Creative challenge I'm taking part in and co-founded with Jerzy Drozd: Art Soundoff — Lean Into Art Rob's Products and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Get Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, and MacOS! Features 4 or 5 string bass, 6 or 7 string guitar, multiple play modes, difficulty levels, and more. Creative design coaching services, workshops, and ebooks for ux design, creative coding, creative challenges, goals, and storytelling in Rob's store Drawing User Journey Maps to Gather Ideas and Collaborate Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcatcher
Your art can be profoundly affected by your students, if you’re open to it. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Today I compare being a teaching artist with being a stand-up comedian. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Listening is the most powerful thing you can do to understand. Here I share a few ways of listening that work individually or combined to meet the needs of you and your team in the moment. And the UX Mindset series continues! Related Links and Resources Introduction to the UX Mindset Series UX Mindset for Business UX Mindset for Software Engineering UX Mindset for Designers UX Mindset for Artists UX Mindset - Lists Creative challenge I'm taking part in and co-founded with Jerzy Drozd: Art Soundoff — Lean Into Art Rob's Products and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Get Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, and MacOS! Features 4 or 5 string bass, 6 or 7 string guitar, multiple play modes, difficulty levels, and more. Creative design coaching services, workshops, and ebooks for ux design, creative coding, creative challenges, goals, and storytelling in Rob's store Drawing User Journey Maps to Gather Ideas and Collaborate Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge [Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcatcher](
Any product we make connects a variety of groups of people. UX Constituencies are groups of people I find relate to most any project/product/system/endeavor: your audience, your team, your organization, the world, and you. Here I explore why considering each of those groups helps you make more meaningful things whether you're a UX expert or any person with a UX Mindset. And the UX Mindset series continues! Related Links and Resources Introduction to the UX Mindset Series UX Mindset for Business UX Mindset for Software Engineering UX Mindset for Designers UX Mindset for Artists UX Mindset - Lists UX Mindset - Listening Creative challenge I'm taking part in and co-founded with Jerzy Drozd: Art Soundoff — Lean Into Art Rob's Products and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Get Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, and MacOS! Features 4 or 5 string bass, 6 or 7 string guitar, multiple play modes, difficulty levels, and more. Creative design coaching services, workshops, and ebooks for ux design, creative coding, creative challenges, goals, and storytelling in Rob's store Drawing User Journey Maps to Gather Ideas and Collaborate Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcatcher
Workshop activities can feel more immersive when set up as a game. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattSubscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Sharing a few thoughts about what the students need to see in a visual demo. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattJerzy on Google+Subscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher
Being open to including others is a big start to making something more meaningful. List making is one of the best tools you can use no matter if you identify as a ux designer or not. This episode continues the UX Mindset series! Related Links and Resources Introduction to the UX Mindset Series UX Mindset for Business UX Mindset for Software Engineering UX Mindset for Designers UX Mindset for Artists Art Soundoff — Lean Into Art Rob's Products and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Get Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, and MacOS! Features 4 or 5 string bass, 6 or 7 string guitar, multiple play modes, difficulty levels, and more. Creative design coaching services, workshops, and ebooks for ux design, creative coding, creative challenges, goals, and storytelling in Rob's store Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcatcher
Thinking about purposeful pauses and pacing when presenting. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff #artsoundoff on Twitter Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet DigitalVoiceover by Tara PlattJerzy on Google+Subscribe through iTunesListen on Stitcher