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A designer's schedule is different than the regular holiday season which is why Carina is done designing Halloween by the time October arrives. Learn more in today's episode!Episode 359 Why You Should Be Done With Halloween By The Time October Hits __________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

We recently had our 2023 Design Suite Live Retreat where we had various workshops covering design and business skills. This episode showcases some of the interviews we conducted with the Design Suite members about their experiences from the retreat.Want to learn more about getting started? Get access to my free mini class here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguideEpisode 358 2023 Design Suite Live Retreat__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

Efficient and effective work is all about finding the right tools for the right job. And no one shares that message more clearly than Erica Blum.  Erica Blum is the program coordinator and an associate professor for the art and design degree at Lindenwood University. She is an Adobe Education leader and an Adobe Creative Educator Level 1. She has obtained many certifications, including the Adobe Certified Associate in Graphic Design and Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator, the ACA in Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop, the Adobe Certified Professional in Print and Digital Publication Using Adobe InDesign, and the Adobe Visual Design Specialist CC 2018. Professor Blum was honored to speak during the Adobe Certified Professional launch party in 2021. In addition, she is a member of the Adobe Education Exchange and has over 13 years of teaching and training in graphics, web and design concepts, printing techniques, and software applications. She has designed websites, newsletters, logos, T-shirts, brochures, cards, and more. Her artwork has been displayed in numerous arts shows and has been presented at several summits and workshops. Professor Blum spent a year studying at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art (now known as the Kubert School) working on her comic book skills. Before becoming a designer, she was an Equity stage manager in and around New York City, a database administrator, an IT worker, and a camera/teleprompter/stage manager for tv and movies. In this episode with Erica, we talk all about her CERTIFIED Educator Conference session, and why she's so passionate about helping educators and students find the right tool for the right job. Erica shares the importance of knowing your software, and what other skills creatives should be building before entering the workforce. We also talk through free and exciting resources available for all educators and Creative Cloud users. If you're looking to add tools to your design toolbox, this episode is for you.  Don't miss out on the amazing resources that Erica mentioned.   Adobe Launch Party: https://youtube.com/live/8OvvmNsbDaM.  Adobe Character Animator: https://www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html.  Adobe Capture: https://www.adobe.com/products/capture.html.  Adobe Color: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel.  Adobe Fonts: https://fonts.adobe.com/.  Connect with Erica via email at EBlum@lindenwood.edu.  You can also learn more about Erica's program at Lindenwood University here: https://www.lindenwood.edu/arts-and-humanities/art-production-and-design/.  Connect with your fellow educators, like Erica, in our CERTIFIED Educator Community here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8958289/. Don't miss your chance to register for our annual CERTIFIED Educator's Conference here: https://certified.certiport.com/.

Canva's Melanie Perkins. From her parent's lounge room in 2013, 32 year old Melanie Perkins invented Canva; an online design tool with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere. In 2023, Canva has just been valued at 25.5 billion dollars! It's a rags to riches episode 652 of The (14 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast. A little more about Canva founder Melanie Perkins ... In 2006, Melanie Perkins was a troubled 19 year-old teenager. Not by the usual stuff that troubles most people of that age. Oh no … something much more serious. Melanie was troubled by the fact that desktop publishing software (like Adobe, CorelDraw and Photoshop) was complicated and hard to use. So, like any smart, young entrepreneur, she came up with a simple, elegant solution … starting small by launching a business making high school yearbook design easy. It was a huge success, and following an unexpected meeting with a venture capitalist, she found herself able to pursue her original idea and the chance to take on the software industry giants of the desktop publishing world. Fast forward to 2023, and Melanie's online design platform Canva, has recently been valued at $25.5B, she employs over 2,500 staff who have no working hours or dress code, Canva has over 135 million active users … and here's the interesting bit … Melanie thinks she's only just scratched the surface of what's possible. This interview is from 2019 when I caught up with her in Canva's new inner-Sydney 7-story office which resembles something more of an oversized cubby house for millenials, complete with a very cool rooftop garden, full commercial kitchen pumping out two home-cooked meals a day, a very funky, well-stocked bar, and all types of meeting booths and rooms and pods full of young folk getting stuff done. I started off by asking Melanie what it feels like to be the founder of a company that (at the time) was valued at a tiny $3B? Oh, and here's the transcript of my interview with Melanie Perkins of Canva.   Businesses that make this podcast possible StudioHawk - No generalists, just a damn good SEO agency (award-winning actually!).   Patreon - Join Timbo's Business Owner Membership and take control of your marketing.   Book Tim Reid - Keynote or conference emceeing.   As always, thanks for your support. May your marketing be the best marketing. Timbo ReidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Timerthy Imax Allen was a joke that didn't make the episode but deserved to be included in the show notes (11:21) Sweeping Promises “Good Living is Coming For You” (2023) (https://sweepingpromises.bandcamp.com/album/good-living-is-coming-for-you-2) (14:30) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHvzw4Ibuho) (20:19) Co-Pilot “Rotate” (2023) (https://copilotmusic.bandcamp.com/album/rotate) (26:12) Worlds Beyond Number (https://worldsbeyondnumber.com/) Drinks! Adam - Negroni Mike - Four Roses Small Batch bourbon and an ice cube Followup and Footnotes and a Merch Link Merch: Shirts, mugs, and more (https://www.etsy.com/shop/SafeasMilkPodcast) Fast X (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32RAq6JzY-w) Pablo Torre (Ep. 142) (https://www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreFindsOut) Adobe Creative Cloud (Ep. 130) Photoshop 2024 with generative AI (https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html)

Design is not something that you will be great at on day one. Instead it is a medium that you get better with increased experience. Carina talks about increasing that experience to get the best results.Episode 356 Increased Experience __________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

Carin talks about her model for finding the Sweet Spot in her book Design Profit and Prosper (www.designprofitprosper.com). Learn more about how you can also find the sweet spot to become a profitable designer.Episode 357  Design Profit and Prosper__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

In episode 124 - 12 useful tips to help you with your portraits. Links to this Episode are here:  https://photographysidehustle.com/124ConvertKit - Set up a free account that lets you have a list with up to 1,000 emails.Photoshop for Photographers course:  https://photographysidehustle.com/photoshop-for-photographers-course/Cloud Backup - Back BlazePlease leave a voice message for Andy at SpeakPipe.com   Ask a question and get on the podcast, you know it makes sense.Join the Facebook Group and ask as many questions as you like.Visit PhotographySideHustle.com  and you get access to all the downloads, including the Pricing Calculator, mini-courses, and videos of how I process my RAW images.Join me on Vero - Vero.co My handle is @thejonesboyPhotographySideHustle.com - SpeakPipe - Facebook Group

Do you believe in yourself? Do you believe you are equal to others in ability, skill, and creativity? Or do you at least believe you could be equal? Carina breaks done some of the barriers created by belief.Episode 355 Belief Plays A Big Part In Our Decisions __________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

Zu Gast ist Christoph Kull, Managing Director Central Europe bei Adobe. Jeder kennt Adobe von Photoshop und Premiere, dabei ist Adobe so viel größer. Welche anderen Geschäftsbereiche gibt es alles und wie positioniert sich Adobe im Markt ? Welche Rolle spielt Generative KI bei Adobe und wie schaut das Unternehmen grundsätzlich auf dieses Thema? Und welche KI Produkte oder Features bietet Adobe an?Die Themen des Podcasts:Intro 0:00Vorstellung Christoph 0:25Welche Geschäftsbereiche gibt es bei Adobe? 2:10Was ist der Adobe Experience Manager? 6:04Wo ist Adobe im Tech Stack angesiedelt? 8:46Wie ist die Positionierung von Adobe? 12:12Adobe und Künstliche Intelligenz 17:09Was ist Generative Fill? 19:56Was ist Adobe Firefly? 21:35KI Features für Videoediting 25:35Wie wird die Authentizität sichergestellt? 27:12Wie ist die Resonanz bei den Kunden? 31:50Sind die KI Feature als Add-on kostenpflichtig? 34:17Wie kann an die Adobe Tools am besten nutzen? 37:33Ausblick: Was erwartet uns in den nächsten Monaten? 39:21Outro 41:031. Abonniert meinen Newsletter für die neuesten AI & Tech Trends2. Podcast abonnieren: Apple, Spotify, Google & Amazon3. Folgt mir LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok & Twitter4. Ihr wollt euch weiterbilden? Meldet euch zur AI Masterclass an.

Welcome back to The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent one interview at a time. Our guest today is Marisa S White, an award-winning artist-photographer based in Colorado. A drawing and painting major, Marisa fell in love with photography in college and eventually began to incorporate it into her work, creating mixed media collages. In 2012, she was introduced to Photoshop, and her artistic world changed forever. In this episode, Marisa shares her journey as an artist, why she went from art school to setting up her own payroll business to back in school learning photography, how her “decent personality for sales” has served her well, how she handles her gallery relations, and many more tidbits about her art life. Join us for today's podcast to learn more about Marisa's “trials-and-errors” in life which, she believes, have got her to the point where she is now. Key Takeaways: [1:20] Cory kicks off the conversation with Marisa asking how she came up with the idea for her series titled Certain These Clouds Go Somewhere. [4:48] Cory reminisces about his growing up years in Utah, and how he resonates with Marisa's creative feelings emanating from being surrounded by giant mountains and being in and among the clouds. [7:19] How does Marisa describe herself – a photographer, an artist, or a collage artist? [8:12] Marisa shares her art journey with the TAA audience, from art school to where she is today. [11:20] How going to the Rocky Mountain School of Photography and being exposed to Photoshop there changed the course of Marisa's art career. [14:35] Cory asks Marisa why she decided to sell her payroll business and go back to school to learn photography. [17:22] What does Marisa mean when she says she has “a decent personality for sales?” [19:40] Cory compares the sales cycle in the mid-upper tier of the art market with that of enterprise software solutions. [22:23] How Marisa loves to share the stories behind her artworks with visitors in art fairs. [24:20] Marisa talks about her creative process. [28:48] Why Marisa thinks that making behind-the-scenes videos of their creative process can be a bit frustrating for artists since they do a lot of things “in the moment,” but why she still recommends doing so. [30:43] How do buyers find Marisa? [31:40] Apart from galleries and art fairs, sales through social media have started picking up lately for Marisa. [32:10] How does Marisa choose the art fairs she goes to? [34:14] Why it is important as an artist to keep track of where your sales are coming from. [36:13] Cory asks Marisa whether she has formal contracts with the galleries she is working with. [39:46] Marisa explains how she handles her relationships with multiple galleries. [43:10] Why is Marisa using both Photobiz and ArtStoreFronts for her website? [45:22] Marisa is going to get her own retail space soon. [47:31] Cory thanks Marisa for joining the podcast! Mentioned in This Episode: Marisa White's website Marisa's series Certain These Clouds Go Somewhere Marisa's Instagram Marisa's Facebook Kelli Erdmann's Instagram (kelladactyl) Find More Episodes Over on TheAbundantArtist.com

Today we are showcasing an interview Carina did with Ryan Leacock of the Creative People Podcast. As a creative we tend to be scattered and need direction so that sales can become a part of our business. Listen in as Carina gives sage advice on what creatives needs to do to make money. This is Part 2 of 2.Episode 354  Carina's Advice on Making Money with Ryan Leacock Part 2__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

ART STYLE ACADEMY:  https://www.laurenlesley.com/asa-sales-page-35-spots DM me on Instagram:  @LaurenLesleyStudio   Do These 6 Things BEFORE Going Full-Time as an Artist Hey!  How are you?  If we haven't met before, I'm Lauren.. I'm your host of the Design Tribe podcast, and I'm an artist and textile designer.  In the last episode, I went into pretty great detail about what it was like working as a full-time artist and licensing surface pattern designs.  So if you missed that episode, be sure to check it out.   I know a lot of you are either trying to make it as a surface pattern designer OR you dream of one day being able to leave your day job to license your artwork to companies.   I spent 2 years as an independent artist, and although there were many things I loved about working independently, I ultimately went back to an in-house job as a Senior Textile Designer.     A lot of these tips I'm about to share with you are things I WISH I did before making the leap to being a full-time artist.  We'll talk about all the money stuff in the very last tip so be sure to stick around for that juicy topic.   Okay, so my first tip is to…   Publish a class to Skillshare. This might not be the advice you were expecting, haha! And to be honest, I'm a little annoyed with Skillshare, because last year they cut their teacher's income by almost half - with no warning. From a business perspective, I understand if they needed to do this, but they really should have been up front about it and approached the cut in a much more gradual way.  So, it felt really crappy.. Especially when a lot of teachers relied on this as a dependable stream of income. BUT! The reason my first tip is to upload a class to Skillshare is because when you go full-time as an artist, you will need some recurring revenue coming in on a regular basis.   When it comes to teaching, Skillshare is one of the easiest places to start, because they already have such a great built-in audience with lots of students who are creative.   Domestika is another popular teaching platform you could choose if Skillshare has lost your trust.  I haven't personally uploaded classes to Domestika so I can't comment on whether I like the platform or not, but other artists seem to really like it. Another reason to upload a class is to just get your feet wet and see if you enjoy teaching. A lot of full-time artists teach on a platform like Skillshare or sell a course as a way to supplement their licensing income, which if you've ever done any licensing, you know very well it can fluctuate a lot! Your first class doesn't even have to be related to what you WANT to do moving forward.  It's easy to think:  “Well, I can't teach about that, because I don't have enough experience yet.”  And you would be right! Instead, think about where you were 5-10 years ago.  What have you learned since then? Your course could be about learning how to use Photoshop or how to draw a Still Life.  What are some things you learned in school that you could teach?  What did you major in?  It doesn't even have to be art-related! It does help to keep your class topics related in the long term, but for your very first class - it could really be anything. The idea is for you to discover A.) if you enjoy teaching - e.i. Filming yourself, doing a little video editing, etc.  and B.) to start generating some recurring revenue. Develop your Art Style When you're working as an in-house designer, it can be really hard to find your own Art Style.   Often when we work an in-house job, you get really good at doing ANY style… depending on what the project needs. Companies often try to fill out the white space in their line by covering a range of styles from traditional to modern to boho, you name it.  That means, as the designer, you develop the skill of designing ANY style. The problem with that is… you start to lose a sense of your own style and who you are from the inside out. You might get excited by new trends or a new project that changes things up.  When you like soo many different things, it can be really hard to narrow down to just ONE look.  Especially, when you don't know what's going to sell or which style might be the most reasonable to pursue.When you can do any style, HOW do you pick?! This gets very tricky, because in LICENSING… companies are really only interested in licensing when your art brings something new to the table… something that they don't already have from their own in-house designers. Companies want to know what YOUR perspective is. Think of the Jungalow brand. Justina Blakeney brought a brand new perspective to home décor by covering her house in an explosion of plants and colorful textiles.  In a time where Minimalism and white sofas were extremely popular, she did the opposite thing… and by staying true to her own vision, this Boho Maximalism style exploded. Think of Rifle Paper Co. and the unique style of Anna Bond's florals.She brought a brand new look to florals that really highlights her own unique style that's painterly, colorful, and friendly. Oftentimes, companies want to license work that's the same, but different.  This means the subject matter is often the same… like the florals that are so famous from Rifle Paper Co.  But the WAY Anna Bond painted them was so different. Style is all about technique. If this is something you're struggling with, I do offer a self-paced online program called Art Style Academy.  When you go through my program and do the work, you will develop your own style by the end of the course.  If this sounds interesting to you, you can check out the link in the show notes or check out my website at LaurenLesley.com - and Lesley is spelled with an E-Y. Create a Portfolio with a Large Body of Work Once you've developed your Art Style, the next area of focus is to build out your portfolio.  It will be sooo much easier to get the ball rolling if you already have a full portfolio to sell. From there, you can decide if you want to work with an agent, upload to an on-demand site, or exhibit at a tradeshow. So, you might be wondering… “Okay, but how many pieces do I need to have in my portfolio?” Honestly, you probably need close to 100 pieces in your portfolio.  I know this sounds like a lot, but it's important to work in collections and some of these could be coordinates.  For each collection, you also need to work in a limited color palette and make sure your pieces are looking related to each other. If you are cold-emailing Art Directors, you don't necessarily need 100 pieces to start.  You can pitch collection-by-collection. But if you're investing a lot of time, money, and energy to exhibit at a tradeshow, I recommend going in prepared with A LOT of work.  You're more likely to gain contracts if you have a collection that really resonates with a client. Okay, so what else? Start uploading to ONE On-Demand Site Etsy Society 6 Spoonflower Creative Market Patternbank MintedUploading to On-Demand sites can be a bit tricky for a lot of reasons.  I feel like that might be another whole podcast episode. But I think a lot of artists try uploading to one site, find that they're not having success so then they switch and try a different site. A lot of time gets wasted posting and re-posting your designs on so many different sites. I think it's important to figure out WHICH site you like the best up front - before you quit your day job.  Figure out which site is converting to sales. For example, my Character Builders sold really well on Creative Market.  Customers on Creative Market are usually other designers and they understand how to use programs like Illustrator.  They buy these products to save themselves a little time. However, when I tried to sell the same designs as Clip Art on Etsy it didn't do very well.  I had too many customers sending me private messages wanting me to customize the clip art for them and I was trying to get away from hourly work. I ended up preferring Creative Market to sell digital products, because I made the most money and customers weren't asking me to customize the artwork for them. I also like Patternbank the best for uploading pattern designs to the internet.  But I'll admit I have a love-hate relationship with this platform.  When a design sells, the money is a lot better than other sites I've experienced.  However, I'm constantly agonizing over which patterns I want to remain in my Licensing Portfolio and which ones I want to sell on Patternbank.   If there's something I no longer love, or don't feel as strongly about, in my Licensing Portfolio, I sort of think about it like putting those patterns on clearance by posting them to Patternbank.  It doesn't make them bad, but it's something I am just kind of “over” and I want to get rid of it.   Because I spent time on it, I want the ability to earn some kind of ROI, but I don't love it enough to continue spending future-time on pitching it to clients. I think artists have a lot of different opinions on these ON-DEMAND sites.  Some feel that it devalues the industry and isn't worth the low pay.  But other artists sometimes “get found” on these sites and it can really boost their career. Other sites like Minted and Spoonflower offer design challenges that I think can really help you understand what types of designs sell and how to level up your artwork.  So, if your artwork skills need developing this is a great place to get an education! The main point I want to make here is to play around with this option and figure out if you like it BEFORE quitting your day job.  I'd recommend only choosing one or two On-Demand sites you like and stick with it.  If you try to post to all of them, you'll spread yourself too thin and you won't make any progress. Start Outsourcing Hire an Assistant DesignerBelieve it or not, when you become a Full-Time Artist you have also decided to become a Business Owner.  You'll need to set up an LLC (if you're in the U.S.) and save at least 30% of your income for paying taxes. When you go independent, you're no longer just an artist. You're also the CEO, head of Marketing, Sales, and Accounting.  You are the only person in the business which means you have to do everyyyything.  What's so frustrating about this is that it can leave very little time for making art. When you're still working a day job, it's kind of a similar boat - where the majority of your time is spent working on your day job… so you don't exactly have enough time to build up your side hustle. Unfortunately, this doesn't change when you go independent, because you suddenly have so many more responsibilities. That's why I suggest outsourcing as much as you can BEFORE leaving your day job. You need to get your systems in place so that the business can run smoothly when you are ready to take the leap.  You don't want to be scrambling. Your website should be in a finished state. I really recommend hiring an Assistant Designer who is a jack-of-all-trades.  My assistant designer is amazing, because he can work on all kinds of things that require proficiency in everything from Illustrator or Photoshop to video editing in Premiere Pro. You can find really great design help on places like Fiverr or Upwork.  They keep track of the contract and the hours which is a huge help. From there, I like to use Asana to organize my projects and give a due date.  My Assistant Designer can keep up with the projects in Asana and knows what he can work on next.  It's all in there. That frees me up to work on my artwork. Figure Out Your Money You really need to get a good handle on both your personal and business expenses BEFORE leaving your day job. I found that business expenses ended up being a lot more expensive than I ever would have guessed.  Everything from paying for a website, to an email list, to attending a trade show, to outsourcing a mountain of tasks… really adds up! Some of you may be able to move into your parents' house or you may have a partner who supports you in the beginning.  This is all helpful, but you'll still need a way to fund your business - especially to get it up and running.Using your day job's salary to fund your business in the early stages is a strategy I quite like. The more you focus on building up Passive Income Streams like classes or selling digital products BEFORE quitting your day job… the more you'll be able to focus on your licensing portfolio.  The only issue is it does take more time.  Try to be patient. It's good to layer on an Active Income stream as well - especially if your Passive Income streams are slow or sporadic.  What I don't like about Active Income streams is that it's trading hours for dollars.  But!  You can generally earn more money more quickly.   Put on your Accountant hat and make a spreadsheet.Get real familiar with what your expenses will be! Ignoring them does not make them go away. Try to reduce your living expenses as much as possible.For example, my husband and I share a car that's already paid for.  We don't have a car payment, and because the car is old, our insurance isn't too high either. Pay off your student loans!  If you still have student loans, you are not ready to quit your day job. Get rid of any credit card debt. Build up your resources.Think of any equipment you might need to start your business. BEFORE quitting your day job, go ahead and buy all of the fancy things.A new computer An iPad A good camera (can be used) A microphone A Pantone Book All of the art supplies you might want Any art books   Okay, so to recap the 6 things you should do BEFORE going full-time as an artist… we talked about:   Publishing a class to Skillshare or another platform like Domestika. Develop Your Art Style  Create a Portfolio with a Large Body of Work (100 pieces) Find ONE On-Demand site that you're liking  Start Outsourcing Business Tasks Figure Out Your Money   There's honestly so much more I could say on this topic, but that's a really good place to start!  Feel free to DM me over on Instagram @LaurenLesleyStudio  if you want to chat more.  I always love hearing from you all!   Have a wonderful day and good luck on all of your amazing art businesses!  Talk soon.

In this episode, Joe chats with Nathaniel, the AI visionary who unravels the clandestine world of artificial intelligence, exposing its pervasive influence on our daily lives and offering a glimpse into its extraordinary future. Join this electrifying journey through the AI cosmos, where AI silently orchestrates technological marvels that are poised to reshape our world. Listen to Nathaniel and Joe chat about how AI is not merely a trend but a cultural renaissance that challenges our conventional wisdom and propels us toward monumental shifts in thinking. As we voyage deeper into the AI realm, Nathaniel shares how this exponential juggernaut progresses at a pace where a single week's advancements rival a month's worth of updates in the analog world. The discussion evolves into the democratization of AI, granting access to knowledge, creativity, and power that was once the privilege of the few. Furthermore, they delve into the transformative impact of AI on entrepreneurship, offering a safety net for innovation, and a means to reclaim precious moments with loved ones. Together, they explore the moral compass of AI, shaping it as a force for good or evil, and contemplate the implications of technology's impending efficiency in reuniting us with nature and humanity. You don't want to miss this episode! The Unseen AI Revealing the 99%: Explore how AI lurks unnoticed in our daily lives, orchestrating efficiencies that we don't think twice about. The Bold New Thought Challenger Embracing the AI Wave: Explore the necessity of leaning into AI as it becomes integral to human consciousness and challenges our conventional thinking. AI's Quantum Leap Racing with AI: Uncover the breakneck pace of AI advancements, where a single week rivals a month's worth of updates in this exponential journey. The AI Renaissance More Than a Trend: Delve into AI as not just a passing fad, but a profound cultural re-imagination shaping our future. AI as a Safety Net Enabling Entrepreneurial Boldness: Learn how AI offers entrepreneurs the freedom and opportunity to experiment, fail, and ultimately triumph. The Gift of Time Reclaiming Your Time: Understand how AI can give us back precious time with loved ones, countering the sacrifices often made in the pursuit of success. Navigating Tech Shifts Lessons from the Past: Gain insights from navigating past technological revolutions, from Nvidia's early days to Photoshop's release, and the importance of embracing AI's disruptions. Democratizing AI Empowering the 99%: Explore how democratizing AI can grant access to knowledge, creativity, and power, democratizing resources once reserved for the elite. Reimagining Work A Human-AI Symbiosis: Delve into the retraining of the human race, as AI aims not to replace people but to optimize businesses and work. AI's Coming of Age From Childhood to Cognition: Imagine AI's evolution from childhood to its teenage years, where it begins developing its own cognition. AI's Morality Tale Shaping a Force for Good: Reflect on the parallel between AI's moral development and Superman's upbringing by loving parents, emphasizing the role of humans in shaping AI for good or ill. Self-Reflecting Microaggressions Hearing the Inner Voice: Grasp the importance of listening to your inner voice and not dismissing it as a form of self-microaggression. The Tech-Time Nexus Reconnecting with Nature and Humanity: Ponder the possibilities when tech affords us time to reconnect with nature and humanity, shaping a compelling new normal. The 3 Inevitable Unavoidable Triumph: AI is happening, it's surpassing human intelligence, and it will bring both challenges and incredible opportunities. Two Other Episodes You Should Check Out The Future of Mentorship: How Delphi's Cloning Technology is Democratizing Access to Expertise Dara Ladjevardian The AI Revolution: Exploring the Power and Profit of Future Tools With Matt Wolfe Resources From Episode Check Out What Nathaniel is up to - D1srupt1ive  Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World Khan Academy AI Delphi AI Simon Sinek  Lee Richter - Go Ask Lee Contact Joe: joe@hustleandflowchart.com   Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Hustle & Flowchart Podcast! If the information in these conversations and interviews have helped you in your business journey, please head over to iTunes (or wherever you listen), subscribe to the show, and leave me an honest review. Your reviews and feedback will not only help me continue to deliver great, helpful content, but it will also help me reach even more amazing entrepreneurs just like you!

Today we are showcasing an interview Carina did with Ryan Leacock of the Creative People Podcast. As a creative we tend to be scattered and need direction so that sales can become a part of our business. Listen in as Carina gives sage advice on what creatives needs to do to make money. This is Part 1 of 2.Episode 353 Carina's Advice on Making Money with Ryan Leacock Part 1__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

In episode 123 - 8 steps you need to take to get paying customers.Links to this Episode are here:  https://photographysidehustle.com/123ConvertKit - Set up a free account that lets you have a list with up to 1,000 emails.Photoshop for Photographers course:  https://photographysidehustle.com/photoshop-for-photographers-course/Cloud Backup - Back BlazePlease leave a voice message for Andy at SpeakPipe.com   Ask a question and get on the podcast, you know it makes sense.Join the Facebook Group and ask as many questions as you like.Visit PhotographySideHustle.com  and you get access to all the downloads, including the Pricing Calculator, mini-courses, and videos of how I process my RAW images.Join me on Vero - Vero.co My handle is @thejonesboyPhotographySideHustle.com - SpeakPipe - Facebook Group

Carina often gets asked about how to develop a design style. She goes over the two things that help with the development of your own personal style.Episode 352 Development of Design Style__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

The team discusses a critical bug in a popular online image format, a ransomware attack that shut down a string of major hotels, and the latest news from Apple's “Wonderlust” event. Our Hot Hardware candidate is Adobe Firefly, the AI-powered image-generation tool that's now fully built into Photoshop.

Photoshop recently unveiled a new function that integrates generative AI, a cutting-edge technology that can produce images from text. JD Swerzenski says we've reached a point where photo manipulation has never been so easy. And: Rebecca Silberman specializes in miniature set pieces: think of tiny scenes intricately constructed inside dioramas. She says it's a delicate process that requires a small paint brush, strong magnifying visors, and a good deal of focus. Later in the show: Deepfakes have been around since the last presidential election in 2020. But the technology was pretty clunky, so they were easy to spot. Cayce Myers says deepfakes will have a much bigger impact on the upcoming 2024 presidential race. Plus: The ability to see has been one of the senses that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving things. But computers have recently gained sight as well. Khan Iftekaruddin uses computer vision to help identify a deadly form of brain cancer, called glioblastoma. Khan was named an Outstanding Faculty member by The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Minette's Bio:Minette Norman focuses on developing transformational leaders who create inclusive working environments with a foundation of psychological safety. She is deeply committed to fostering workplace inclusion and is a sought-after speaker in psychological safety, inclusive cultures, radical empathy, and collaborative teams. Together with Karolin Heibig, they co-authored The Psychological Safety Playbook.Links:Website: https://www.minettenorman.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minettenorman/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minettenorman/Quotes:"You do not get to tap into the genius of the people you've hired and the diverse perspectives unless you have a strong foundation of psychological safety."Episode Highlights: Minette Norman grew up in California. Her dream was to become an actress. At some point, she realized how difficult it was to become an actress because of the numerous auditions and rejections. She decided to fall back to French and ended up securing a job at the French Trade Commission, New York. She later moved back to California when Silicon Valley was getting started and became a technical writer for Photoshop version 1.0. This marked the beginning of her career in the software industry. Childhood Incidents:While growing up, Minette's mom was hospitalized with a mental illness, which impacted Minette greatly. She knew she couldn't be a problem in the household since there were other problems to be handled. Minette also knew there were things she had to do for herself. This experience shaped Minette to become someone who was relentlessly challenging the status quo. How Karolin and Minette Met:Karolin and Minette met in an online class in 2021 and have been working together for two years. One day, Minette was on a podcast with one of their classmates, and Karolin was listening. She expressed her interest in psychological safety beyond research and academia. Karoline resonated with it and wrote Minette an email with the reference, "Crazy Idea."During a Zoom call, they discussed working on something small that would benefit their clients. What they originally envisioned as something small turned into a book. Their book comprises plays and moves for workplace safety. Karolin and Minette will meet for the first time in-person at the Search Inside Yourself Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.The Essence of Vulnerability as a Leader:Minette's company worked with a global team at some point, where they would meet one-on-one as a team for their quarterly meeting. One time, Minette decided to engage a facilitator because she felt they were struggling to work together as a team. The facilitator suggested they embrace their vulnerability and share something from their early years that made them who they are today. Minette shared her story, and she cried in front of her employees. A sense of empathy filled the room where her employees started opening up and they all got to know one another better. Influential Groups:Throughout her career, Minette looked at leaders and picked up all the good leadership traits and skills they had, while simultaneously pointing out — and avoiding — the traits that she wouldn't want to possess as a leader. Soapbox Moment:Minette invites us to buy their book, The Psychological Safety Playbook and download the free resources available on their website.Tagline: Become a better leader by being more human.Support the show

On Windows Weekly, Paul Thurrott talks with Richard Campbell and Mikah Sargent about the new feature rolling out to Microsoft Paint that removes backgrounds from images. This tool is being tested in the Canary and Dev channels for Windows Insiders. Full episode at http://twit.tv/ww846 Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/ Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

For small business owners and creators, building your brand is the way to show the world what makes you great and why they should care. Teresa Au speaks to personal branding expert and content creator Phil Pallen about developing an authentic and consistent brand that will help you reach your goals. Phil explains why branding isn't just about looking pretty on the internet, how your brand can help you stand out in a crowded marketplace, and the best reason to build a branded website. Plus, Phil gives tips on all things Instagram, from what you shouldn't worry about when you post, practical tips for efficient posting, and how to make posting a growth experience.How Phil got his start in brand marketing thanks to a controversial Hollywood starThinking about what your audience is getting out of your social postsWhat is a brand?The importance of consistencyDefining and positioning your brandLogos and brand identityIs there a difference between marketing companies and people?The power of strategic distractionBranding vs marketingWhat makes for great photos for your personal brandPhil's advice to the camera-shy creatorHow Phil went from brand strategist to content creatorThe nuts and bolts of brand partnershipsSelling via social media is a rapidly growing market segmentDo you need a website if you do business on social media?What building a website really does for youAll things Instagram–how much should we post, when should we post, and why should we postTimesaving tools for Instagram–Adobe Express templates and Adobe Express SchedulerWhy content creation is a learning opportunitySurprising information about when it's best to postInstagram hashtags vs SEO termsGetting caught up chasing likes can be bad for businessPractical tips for growing your social media audienceGen AI ideas for small businessesPhil's One Word for 2023Phil Pallen is a brand strategist and keynote speaker who helps people and companies position, build, and promote their brands. He founded Phil Pallen Collective in 2011 and has worked with hundreds of brands across all industries, including a Shark on Shark Tank, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, politicians, and some of the most important names in entertainment. He frequently speaks at conferences in cities all over the globe, including London, Tokyo, Dubai, São Paulo, Medellín, Auckland, Helsinki, and Los Angeles. Phil's insights have been featured in media outlets around the world, including CNN, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, and The Daily Mail, to name a few.Teresa Au (@tautastic) is an executive for community engagement at Adobe. Her career spans diverse creative fields, primarily in New York's fashion industry, as well as architecture firms, and now Silicon Valley tech companies. She has always prized working with distinctive design and the interesting people behind it–from designer Elie Tahari to start-up CEOs. Learn more about this podcast, and find transcripts and links, at adobe.ly/inthemaking. In the Making is brought you by Adobe Express and Adobe Creative Cloud. Past episodes of Wireframe can still be found in the show archive within this feed, or online on Behance. Design flyers, TikToks, resumes, and Reels with the new, all-in-one Adobe Express. Create video, marketing, and social content. Edit photos and PDFs. Make it all in one app, including generative AI tools from Adobe Firefly and easy, one-click tasks like removing backgrounds.Adobe Creative Cloud provides apps, web services, and resources for all your creative projects — photography, graphic design, video editing, UX design, drawing and painting, social media, and more. Learn more about the apps in Creative Cloud

It's not-quite-a-Ghibli week here on JJBpod. We watched Studio Ponoc's 2017 film, Mary and the Witch's Flower. We also talk about The Moon Spinners, the blur tool in Photoshop, Snatch, GameShark, Mondo Grosso, and Scandinavian child rearing. | Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts | Support us on Patreon | Follow us on Twitter | Subscribe to us on YouTube | Join the fan Discord --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jjbpod/message

This episode is from Carina's lecture to BYU Idaho's Art Department. She spoke to about 200 students about selling their art. This is Part 2 of 2 from this lecture.Episode 351  Carina's Workshop to BYU Idaho Department of Art Part 2__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

On Windows Weekly, Paul Thurrott talks with Richard Campbell and Mikah Sargent about the new feature rolling out to Microsoft Paint that removes backgrounds from images. This tool is being tested in the Canary and Dev channels for Windows Insiders. Full episode at http://twit.tv/ww846 Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/ Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

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This episode is from Carina's lecture to BYU Idaho's Art Department. She spoke to about 200 students about selling their art. This is Part 1 of 2 from this lecture.Episode 350 Carina's Workshop to BYU Idaho Department of Art Part 1__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

In episode 122 - What you need to know about lensesLinks to this Episode are here:  https://photographysidehustle.com/122ConvertKit - Set up a free account that lets you have a list with up to 1,000 emails.Photoshop for Photographers course:  https://photographysidehustle.com/photoshop-for-photographers-course/Cloud Backup - Back BlazePlease leave a voice message for Andy at SpeakPipe.com   Ask a question and get on the podcast, you know it makes sense.Join the Facebook Group and ask as many questions as you like.Visit PhotographySideHustle.com  and you get access to all the downloads, including the Pricing Calculator, mini-courses, and videos of how I process my RAW images.Join me on Vero - Vero.co My handle is @thejonesboyPhotographySideHustle.com - SpeakPipe - Facebook Group

Carina talks about the feelings that come along with comparison and how to think logically about comparing ourselves to others. If you have been feeling imposter syndrome, this is a great episode to listen/watch!Episode 349 Personal Lessons Learned on the Comparison Game__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

Logan Shinholser is joined by Tim Brown, owner of Hook Agency, to discuss the impact of AI on marketing agencies and the future of marketing. They touch upon the fear and excitement surrounding AI's role in their industries and how it's changing the landscape. The conversation delves into various AI tools and applications they use or have come across in their work. They discuss Mid Journey on Discord, a bot that generates images based on descriptions, and the potential it offers for content creation. They also mention the changing landscape of AI tools, emphasizing the need for adaptability in the face of rapidly evolving technology. Photoshop's newer beta version is highlighted as an example of AI-enhanced image editing capabilities. The main topics explored in the podcast include AI's impact on content creation, SEO, and generative search. Google's shift towards rewarding high-quality content regardless of its AI involvement is discussed, and they emphasize the importance of human curation to avoid AI-generated content feeling robotic. The conversation further explores the idea of using AI to analyze and extract valuable information from client reviews, aiding in content creation and improving services based on client feedback. Overall, the discussion revolves around the ways AI is transforming the marketing industry, raising the standards for content creation, and how agencies like Hook Agency are adapting to these changes.   www.contractorgrowthnetwork.com  

Coco Jem Holiday uses this week's online Portland drag scene to talk about how we as an audience may perceive situations on the internet when we don't have all the information. 

Carina talks about the three things in design that can lead to your sweet spot and relates it to the sweet spot she found on her trip to Santorini.Episode 348 Finding the Sweet Spot in Santorini__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

Plus, I talk to Doug from Chicago, IL, who manages his own WiFi through a company-supplied laptop. He wonders how much his employer can see of his family's online activity. The dangers of selling online and three free Photoshop alternatives you should know about.

Carina talks about her recent 2 week trip to the Greek Islands and how she was able to be present. By doing this she was able to rest and renew and come back to her design business with more ideas and inspiration.Episode 347 Rest and Renew to Focus - Lessons From My Trip to the Greek Islands__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Hey there! I have a new Profitable Designer Starter Guide. It's filled with videos and worksheets to help you. And the best part is that it is FREE. Get access now by going to www.carinagardnercourses.com/starterguide and learn more about becoming profitable today.

Let's retouch the skin of portrait photos with the new AI features of Photoshop.

In this new SERIES, I will show you as a LIGHTROOM user how to ADD RAIN to your photo using PHOTOSHOP, even if you are an absolute BEGINNER. Get the FREE brushes here: https://www.photo-serge.com/how-to-add-rain Get the FREE Photography Toolbox: https://www.photo-serge.com/toolbox-1b The key to add realistic rain is to first have some cool rainbrushes, but then also to blur them so that they look more realistic and to change the direction of the rain.  We are going to compare a photo with actual rain to recreate this.

How to turn a Tuscany photo into an amazing watercolor painting! Here is the brushes: https://www.photo-serge.com/photography-essentials-variation1693238901499

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Carina recently visited the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London and was blown away by the details in the props and design work there. To capture the full experience of the tour, please visit this episode on youtube at www.youtube.com/carinagardnerEpisode 346 It's All in the Details at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Have you ever wondered what it really takes to make money as a designer? If you are looking to get started, check out my Design Bootcamp for only $27. I'm on a mission to help struggling designers learn how to create income.

In the latest episode with Ward and Antonio, the duo dives into a variety of topics, from Ward's annual salsa-making tradition to Antonio's struggles with bird photography. Antonio is hyped about the upcoming Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk and also explores a game-changing AI feature in Photoshop that's revolutionizing photo restoration and more. When it comes to teaching photography, they share some candid frustrations. Antonio grapples with mismatched student expectations in his street photography classes, while Ward stresses the importance of connecting with the right audience, especially after taking a long hiatus from photography. They both agree that while teaching is rewarding, there's a disconnect they're struggling to bridge—whether that means tweaking their courses and talks or reconsidering how changes in the photography landscape are affecting student interests.   Subscribe to our Substack Newsletter Help out the show by buying us a coffee! Send us a voice message, comment or question. Support the show by purchasing Antonio's Zines here.   Show Links: Mel Rosenthal, photo journalist Scott Kelby World Wide Photo Walk in Red Hook Brooklyn, October 7th, 2023 Antonio M. Rosario's Website, Vero, Twitter and Facebook page Ward Rosin's Website, Vero, Instagram feed and Facebook page. Ornis Photo Website  The Unusual Collective Street Shots Facebook Page Street Shots Instagram     Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iHeart Radio

Carina talks about the activities in your design business that are the most important and you should be making a priority. Learn more in today's episode!Episode 345  Leveraging Your Most Important Activities As A Designer__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Have you ever wondered what it really takes to make money as a designer? If you are looking to get started, check out my Design Bootcamp for only $27. I'm on a mission to help struggling designers learn how to create income.

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Carina digs into a family tradition to talk to you about a little known fairytale that we can take some great design lessons from. Learn about the Mouse, Bird, and Sausage from the Brothers Grimm in today's episode.Episode 344  The Mouse, The Bird, and the Sausage__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Have you ever wondered what it really takes to make money as a designer? If you are looking to get started, check out my Design Bootcamp for only $27. I'm on a mission to help struggling designers learn how to create income.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OrHkRxWjTl0?si=uF2DSW3WgBCiqC-G Go through the process of supercharging the packaging for Pizza Cupcakes, a product featured on the show Shark Tank. They explain the importance of having a minimal viable product (MVP) and how packaging plays a crucial role in attracting customers in the competitive grocery aisle. The guest walks us through the steps they took to redesign the Pizza Cupcakes packaging, from recreating the logo to choosing fonts and colors that enhance the product's appeal. They also discuss the importance of copywriting in packaging design and share tips on how to effectively reduce the amount of copy while still conveying the key messages. The guest demonstrates their design process using Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, and then shows how to use Packdoor.com for 3D work and templates. By the end of the episode, the guest presents a fully redesigned packaging that is ready to compete in the freezer section. Key Takeaways: Having a minimal viable product (MVP) is crucial for startups, and packaging plays a key role in attracting customers. When redesigning packaging, it's important to eliminate elements that don't support the single message approach. Packaging designers should be able to write copy to effectively reduce the amount of text and get to the point. Fonts and colors play a crucial role in enhancing the appeal of packaging and making the product stand out. Using 3D software and templates can help visualize the packaging design and create a portfolio-ready image. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/packagingunboxd/message

Remember, we welcome comments, questions, and suggested topics at thewonderpodcastQs@gmail.com.   S4E27 TRANSCRIPT:   ----more----   Mark: Welcome back to The Wonder, Science Based Paganism. I'm your host, Mark, Yucca: And I'm Yucca. Mark: and today we're talking about truth and reality. Yucca: Yes. So, there's a lot to talk about here. Mark: There is, there is, and that's, that's why we chose this topic, right? Because a lot of the places where we come into friction with other parts of the pagan community, and certainly friction with other religious perspectives other than atheism, is in the question of what is real and what is true, right? Yucca: hmm. Mm Mark: And I think what I want to start out with... The problem is that we have terrible language for this stuff. Yucca: hmm. Mark: Very imprecise language that uses one word to describe a lot of different things. Yucca: Right. I want to start also with with a little story from something my father used to say when I was little. And I don't know where he got it from, but when he would tell a story, and I would ask him, I'd say, Dad, is this a true story? He would say, Yes. The events didn't happen. But this is a true story. Mark: Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Yeah, like fables, Yucca: The Mark: Fables that illustrate moral principles. The moral principles may be something that we want to subscribe to, but that doesn't mean that the story about the chicken that was afraid that guy Yucca: sky was falling, or that nobody would help her make bread, or... Oh, there's a lot of chicken ones. Mark: are there? Yucca: Yeah, right? Mark: You would know more than me.  Yucca: But, so, when we say that word true, It can mean so many different things, right? Sometimes we mean it as, is it correct as in, you know, a mathematical problem, right? Is 2 plus 2 equals 5? Is that true or not, right? But we can also mean, is it true in that more, does it have importance, does it have meaning? So, Mark: or even in very broad philosophical senses, like, is it true that supply side trickle down economics benefits everyone in the society? And some people will say yes, that's true. I think the evidence is that it does not, but ultimately it comes down to what you believe and what your, what the underpinnings of that belief are, what your philosophies are, right? So when I see Truth. I used to just mean the objectively factual, the verifiable, right? Yucca: right, so sort of like a positivist approach to truth, right? So what is real can be verified empirically, and the best approach to find it is the scientific method. Right? That would be our positivism, yeah. Mark: that is true of phenomena in the objective universe outside of our skins. The earth is round ish, it's not flat. Doesn't matter what you believe about it, it's still round ish and not flat, right? We have overwhelming evidence that this is the case. And so, it's not 100% sure, because nothing in science is ever 100% sure, but there's so much evidence that it's not considered an open question at this point. It's considered settled science. It's a fact, right? But when you get to truths like... Justice and morality and good. There are truths in there too, but they're much more rooted in the philosophy and belief system of the person that's expressing them in the culture that they grew up in Yucca: Mhm. Mark: than it is about something that can be measured and factually checked. against other alternatives, right? Yucca: Right. And while we're giving things labels that would be more of a constructivist philosophical approach, right? That those beliefs are constructed from the society that you're part of and your experience and your species and that all of those things are building on each other to create reality or to create truth. Mark: Right, right. Your, your familial ideological context, all of those, all of those things accrete to form something that more or less hangs together as a, as a philosophical belief system, right? So, that I think is a part of the reason why it becomes very difficult to talk about what is true. Because as you say, the story, the events, May not have happened, but the story can still be true, and that's why myth is so important to us. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: You know, we are the storytelling apes, as we've said before, and telling stories, even science tells stories, science, you Yucca: Oh, absolutely. That's what it's about. There's very strict rules about how you tell that story, but that's what we're doing. Yeah. Mark: it tells, you know, chronological procedural steps, events that take place, where, you know, something becomes something else, or something comes into being and, and so it's important for us to recognize, I think, The value that storytelling has for us in the abstract, Yucca: hmm. Mark: because just because something is not objectively factual doesn't mean that it can't be emotionally moving morally instructive eye opening in perspective, Yucca: hmm. Mark: You know, broadening your, your understanding of the human condition and the life that we live. So, all of those things are, are true, right? And none of them is, you know, can be subjected to a grass, a gas chromatograph. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: You can't, you, you can't measure those kinds of things. Yucca: Right. Mark: So, I actually made a little Venn diagram using the wrong tool for making Venn diagrams. I used Microsoft Word earlier today. And I've got four circles. I've got objectively verifiable facts. I've got believed truth, cultural truth, and then what overlaps all three of those is personal reality. Yucca: How are you distinguishing between the believed and cultural? Mark: Well, here's a good example. The cultural truth of the United States is Christian. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: It is, you know, that, that is, You know, the cultural truth is what I would call the over culture, Yucca: Mm Mark: whereas the individual's personal reality might vary from that, the believed truth. You know, so we don't subscribe to many of the values or or even cosmological beliefs of the cultural truth. But we do. And so we have our own believed truth. Yucca: Okay, Mark: That make sense? Yucca: does, yeah. So just getting a sense of how you're using those words. Mark: Yeah. And this, once again is where language is just really not very useful. I mean, having to use all these qualifiers for words, words like truth and real and fact and things like that is, it's frustrating. And because I have spoken a couple of other languages, I know that it's not entirely capturing what I'm trying to say. Yucca: right. Mark: We don't have quite the right words in our language to capture what I want to say. Yucca: So I don't know if any language, some might have words that are, that are better fit, but, but language is just something that we're trying to to, to communicate these ideas, but the ideas are, language isn't enough. Right? And so I think that it's helpful for us to try to articulate it anyways, because that forces us to clarify our thinking around it, right? We can't just throw a word on it and say that's, that's what it is, right? We have to really think about what are we trying to actually say. And that's tricky, because we're trying to think about, we're trying to think about our own process of thinking. Mark: Yes. Yucca: more challenging than it sounds like on the surface and then put down, and think about other people's approach to it, and of course we are just these limited, limited beings, right? We don't experience everything, we only get to be around for, exist for a very short period of time, and most of the time that we're existing for, we're not even conscious for. Mark: Right. And our brains constantly edit, massage, invent fill in the blanks. of our perceptual array filter our perceptions in order to create an inner model of the universe that we can interact with, right? And so we can determine that things are true when there's very little evidence that relates to them. Even, even people conclude that things are objectively true, like ghosts and... Spirits and gods and stuff like that with very little evidence, but they will conclude that it's true because they have experiences that are filtered through their own filtration process that will make what appears to be evidence for them. Yucca: Right. Mark: And while I tend to be very, very skeptical about those kinds of processes and skeptical, you know, when I have an experience that strikes me as violating the laws of physics, and I have had a few, Yucca: Mm Mark: um, My immediate question is, okay, you know, what went wrong with my sensorium? You know, how am I, how did I misperceive this and misinterpret what it meant? Others may not do that. Yucca: Mm Mark: And one thing that I also wanted to talk about today is the way that we relativistically value certain kinds of truth relative to other kinds of truth, which is a cultural thing, and I think that, particularly in the West, with with our domination of of science and technology and, you know, the, the kind of linear thinking. What's the word I'm looking for? When you take things apart. Reductionist. That's what I'm looking for. The, we, we tend to, Yucca: reductionism. Mark: yes, Yucca: Yeah. Mark: We tend to place that which can be verified up on kind of a pedestal. As being somehow more important than the other flavors of truth, the other varieties of, of truth Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: that we experience in our lives. And what's weird about that is that in an actual human life, that's not how it works at all. I mean, yes, when you're young, it's useful to be able to determine, you know, what a fire is so you don't burn yourself with it. But as we get older, the questions that we ask ourselves are, what does this feel like? Yucca: Mm Mark: You know, does this feel like the right thing to do? Is this, is this moral? Is this just? Is this kind? Those kinds of questions, and those are things that there is no meter to measure. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mm. Mm Mark: So I think, for example, about, like, take the Lord of the Rings, right? This is a semi sacred text to many people you know, there, there are lots of folks out there who read it every year and are, you know, deeply steeped in the whole lore of, Yucca: My family read it every single year. Mark: Huh. Huh, you know, just immersed in the beauty of and the drama of Tolkien's imaginary world. Now, Middle earth doesn't really, I hate to break this to you, but Middle earth really doesn't exist to our knowledge in any material sense. Yucca: Right. It was, you know, loosely based off of Europe, but not in the sense that of an actual book. You can't go and say, oh, you know, Mount Doom is Vesuvius or something, like it doesn't actually line up. Mark: Right. Yucca: It was meant more to be spirit, right, than in physical body. Mark: Right. Right. Right. But it can be profoundly impactful on us emotionally and even in terms of our thinking about Ethical questions, moral questions, you know, what would Galadriel do? So I think that the discounting of the mythological, the, you know, the fictional, but still containing kernels of, of meaningful human knowledge, narratives that we have, And certainly the the the culturally developed principles like fairness and justice and so forth. I mean, these are very important. And what, even though you can't measure them, they're, it's still very important. And I think that we, especially as atheists, we can get accused of over, overemphasizing the, the material positivist verifiably, Extant stuff Yucca: Right. Mark: relative to the rest. Yucca: I think there has to be a balance, too, though. Because so many times we have seen people's that reality that approach being valued over some of what's objectively happening, right? We think in ecology, right, there was a cultural belief about predators being bad. And we went and got rid of the predators. That did not help the ecosystem, though. Objectively, the predators had to be there. Same thing with the grazers, right? We take the grazers out, we take the predators out, the system falls apart. No matter how much you believe about, oh, the poor little deer, Right? Like, the system still falls apart if you take the predators out. Mark: Absolutely. Yucca: so I think that it's a tricky balance when looking at and trying to, to figure out how to make choices how to balance what knowledge we're looking at, what, how are we approaching the, the cultural versus some of the objective, and not saying that one is better than the other, but that there are places for each of those. Mark: Yeah, that, that's exactly where I'm going with this, because what I'm, what I'm expressing is that I think that we need to elevate the value of the mythic, but that's not an excuse for scientific illiteracy. Yucca: Right. Mark: You know, we having a good story about the nature of reality is not the same thing as having good knowledge about the nature of reality. And, unfortunately, there are an awful lot of people out there who simply choose, okay, I'm gonna go with this story, I'm gonna go with this story about, you know, this resurrection and original sin and virgin births and all that kind of stuff, or I'm gonna go with a story about Odin, or I'm gonna go with a story about, you know, anyway, name, name your divinity of choice, right? Yucca: Well, and I and I would like to say that I don't think it's just within believing in deities or things like that. But people will also do things, stories that don't really line up with current scientific understanding, but is they like their version of, and I see this with a lot of like the really a great aggressive atheists who like they get this idea of like, this is what science says. And it's like, yeah, that's That's like an 18th century understanding, like, science has progressed, you know, significantly since then, but you're going with this one story and you're deciding that that's what it is and not deviating. Like, that's not, that's not how science works. Mark: And similarly, many critics of science will point back to scientific thought and statements from a hundred, a hundred and fifty years ago and say, well, science is just racist. It's a colonialist, racist ideology, and that's all that it is, so you can discount it. Yucca: Yeah. Which is, no, it, the people who were doing science Existed within a cultural context and sometimes abused the tools to their own end yeah. And that's happening today too, right? But our responsibility as informed citizens and as scientists is to not let that happen Mark: Mm hmm. Yucca: we see it, hmm. Mark: Absolutely. And so, as I am so fond of saying, the solution to bad science is more and better science. It's, it's not to throw that whole system out and say, okay, let's just go with the story we made up. That being said, and understanding that You know, deliberately choosing to believe in a world that is populated by invisible beings and has, you know, invisible forces that you can manipulate in order to affect the course of events and stuff like that. I mean, I can understand why that's attractive in some ways. It's very um, romantic. That's exactly the word. But it doesn't really reflect what we understand. And. My paganism, my spirituality, is deeply rooted in the idea that I want to be here. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: I love the stories, I love the movies, I love the, you know, all that stuff, but I want to be connected with the reality of what this life experience is as best I can and to celebrate and be wowed by that. Mm Yucca: Right. And that's something that we've talked about a lot on the podcast, and we should do another Wow and Wonder episode, right, where we share some of that stuff, but that, that our reality is unbelievable. It is amazing. It's whatever scale you look at, it, I mean, just wow. Mark: Mm hmm. Yucca: Right? And you can just go down and down into the single drop of water, and all of the complex, incredible interactions and creatures that exist in that single drop of water, all the way up to the scale of the observable universe. It's just, there's so much, and we could spend every moment of our waking life discovering more and more, and still not even begin to scratch the surface. And it's just... It's incredible. Everything that, every day when I learn a new thing, it's just amazing. It's just, wow, wow, wow. This is, so personally, I don't feel like I need the invisible beings. Like, and if they're, if they're there, that's cool. Like, could, I'd love to discover them. But in the meantime, like, I'm, I'm pretty happy with tardigrades. It's pretty amazing, right? Mark: they sure are. Yeah, I feel, unsurprisingly, I feel the same way. The... If there are, if there is a supernatural dimension to reality, Yucca: Mm Mark: or a dimension in which the kinds of things that theists and believers in magic subscribe to, whether or not it's natural, you know, maybe there are other physical laws that apply in that context or something. There's little enough evidence for it that I can ignore it. I, I will cheerfully pay attention to the stuff for which there is abundant evidence. Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: You know, I don't, I don't have time in this life to go sifting through all of that, much less deal with stuff that may or may not be there. So, I mean, it's, it's a, it's a very sort of pragmatic decision to make as well as a, as a philosophical one, right? It's just like, well, you know, I wouldn't want to spend a whole lot of time on something that turned out not to be there. So I'm, I'm. I'm just going to look at this gigantic pile of amazing Yucca: hmm. So, pragmatic critical realism? Is that where we're getting into? Mark: something like... Yeah, something like. But I do want to say that I think, I mean, part of the problem that we have, I think, with religiosity at least certainly in the United States, is that people are subscribing to religion and then, and then turning off any curiosity and, and deliberately resisting any curiosity from a scientific standpoint. You know, how does this work? What makes this that, that way? And they just, they've got this. There's a magical wand that they wave at it that said the gods did it, or God did it, and what that enables them to do then is to fill their, their world perspective with stuff that clashes vehemently with the evidence that we have, like people that are climate change deniers and, you know, flat earth folks and, you know, those kinds of things. Yucca: The second one is the one that always just makes, like, I can understand the first one about the climate change one, right? But the flat earth one, like, like, you, you can see it, Mark: Only if you believe that we've ever launched anything from earth. Yucca: but, like, you can see the horizon. Mark: Yeah. Yucca: Like, that's the, that's the one that I'm like, well, but you can literally see it with your own, like, the climate stuff, you've got to like, you've got to trust that the data that's being collected is, you know, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, right? But, but you can use your own eyes to verify that the Earth is not flat, that it's not spherical, right? And that's the one that I've just... It gets me. I'm just like, it's just, y'all, this is not, Mark: I, Yucca: that you're saying that you don't want to trust all of these, like, crazy, that we're all in on some huge conspiracy to, like, trick you and make Photoshop documents and stuff, but, like, you can do the trick with a laser and, like, shine it over distance, you can see through the horizon when you're at the sea, like, you can go up in an airplane, like, you know, it's, you can see it. Mark: yeah. I think that what Flat Earthism is about fundamentally is just a rejection of science as a whole. Yucca: Yeah, and getting attention. Mark: yes. Yes. The whole idea of expertise, right? Like, I'm not going to believe those people. I'm going to do my own research, and my own research involves, you know, digging two pages deep on Google as opposed to spending years studying meticulously the, the, the data and the analysis that's been applied by people who are very knowledgeable in these subjects Yucca: For thousands of years, by the way, Mark: For thousands of years, yes. I mean, not, not just in the context of Western laboratories and stuff, but I mean, indigenous people know how all the plants work because they did trial and error and experimented and figured it out, Yucca: yeah, Mark: you know, it's, the, the idea that the scientific method is something that doesn't belong to all people just doesn't hold up very well in my, Yucca: no, the scientific method is a, is based on human, the way that humans instinctually, all humans think, right? It is, it is grown out of that and there are, there's a specific Western tradition, right? But that is one tradition. Out of the thousands, right, that led to, that just gave names, right, like, okay, we've got some Greek names that we're using, but it's not like, you know, here in the Americas, we weren't using those same methods, right? Mark: right, right. And, mm hmm. Now, now we get into the trouble about, well, what do we mean by science? Do we mean the scientific method? Do we mean the accumulated body of knowledge that has, that has been accreted by the scientific method? Or do we mean institutions that that are scientific? And the institutions certainly have been, they, they've had their problems. Yucca: absolutely, Mark: they, they've been informed by cultural biases and, Yucca: And they still are, Mark: And they still are. And in some cases, they've been influenced by where their funding comes from Yucca: yes, Mark: which is another problem. And, you know, I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge that and to apply critical thinking and skepticism to what we see. But critical thinking and skepticism doesn't mean I reject the opinion of all experts, Yucca: yeah, yeah, Mark: or I'm going to find experts who confirm what I already wanted to believe. What it means is Having knowledge about how methodology works, understanding what actually, being able to parse out whether a conclusion that's drawn in a paper or a statement actually has any meaning. Coherence with the, The findings? Yucca: you would be really surprised at how often they don't. Mark: I wouldn't. Yucca: Well you get, Mark: But, but I think many would. Yeah, Yucca: many, and there's certain fields that it's more of an issue in than others, but you read the conclusion, then you look at the data and you go, that's not no If you were my student, I'd fail you. How did you get published? Mark: you didn't, you didn't prove that. And then usually there's a sort of clickbaity headline in the title of the paper or certainly the press release that is sent out about the paper that then further distorts the conclusion that was drawn by the paper. Yucca: So yeah, , the science journalism is an area with some real challenges. Right now and there's so much that goes out there. It's just like, that's just not, it's, they're just falsehoods. This is not what was said in that paper, first of all and, you know, just, so I, I, I understand where some of the frustration with the science as the institution is coming from. But then it just gets, and I think that the way that social media is structured right now doesn't help it because it will, people kind of get wrapped up in this, these groups that are forming identities around objecting to science or othering some particular group or some, you know, kind of extreme position or You know, things that are just not supported by the science or are being represented as science, which really aren't scientific, get incorporated into the mainstream. And people go along with these beliefs about, oh, this is what the science says, and it's not. Mark: Right. Yucca: me a single paper. Nope, you Mark: Well, and, and you, you, you complicate and extrapolate that when you have leaders who are hucksters, who, who articulate these falsehoods, like from the pulpit, Yucca: Mm hmm. Mark: and encourage everybody to disbelieve in anthropogenic climate change, encourage people to, you know, not to believe science, not to believe in evolution, these kinds of things. Yucca: And then you have got folks using a lot of that for whatever their particular platform is. When it's not, you know, where they're making certain claims or exaggerations that isn't really supported by the science.  Mark: Well, one thing that, one thing that I have thought about recently is that we really need to make a distinction between skepticism, which is a process of inquiry, and cynicism, which is just the desire to tear everything down that isn't consistent with what you wanted to believe in the first place. Yucca: Hmm. Mark: And there's an awful lot of people out there including in the atheist community, many of them, who call themselves skeptics, and what they really are is just cynics. You know, they're, they're not even trying to have an open minded inquiry into what's likely to be true, so much as they are just trying to tear down everything that, that they don't like. In our lives. In our, you know, in our entertainments, in our in our politics, in our in our religious rituals, we, we do something that we often call suspension of disbelief. But I think what it is more is suspension of skepticism. We choose to turn off that analytical lens that says, like, have you ever sat next to somebody in a movie and they're like, no, the, that light angle isn't right, this was done with CGI. You know, they're, they're constantly, like, breaking the, the spell. Of the movie? Very frustrating.  Yucca: My partner won't watch sci fi with me for that reason. Mark: oh, Yucca: I have to keep my mouth shut. I'm like, nope! Gravity doesn't work like that! Stop it! Mark: I, I mean, Yucca: not to do it in a movie theater, though. Mark: okay, well, good, good. Then we can still be friends.  Yucca: My lip, but... Mark: all right. So, suspen suspension of skepticism. I do that when I do my, my atheopagan rituals. I certainly do that, you know. In that moment, I, Who am I? You know, I'm a wizard. I'm a, I'm a manipulator of grand forces in the world, you know, who's making, you know, who's expressing wonder and awe and gratitude for this amazing life and putting out that I hope that these things will happen in the world. And that doesn't have to be undercut by all the little niggling voices that might try to cynically suck all the juice out of that moment, right? You know, I don't go to the Grand Canyon and think, well, it's only a hole in the ground. Yucca: Huh. Mm Mark: That doesn't, it doesn't feed me in any substantive way. And so I think that the, the excessive elevation of the technological and the scientific in certain circles anyway I mean, it may not be quite as bad as the elevation of uninformed religiosity, but it's still. Generally, you know, reason, rationality science are, generally in our society, they're viewed by important people, by the, the people that are, that are in the newspaper and are telling us the news and all that kind of stuff as being important. the mythic, and the mythic is not given that as much. Yucca: Right. I think there's irony in that, though, that I think that there's overall very poor scientific literacy within our culture, Mark: Yes, Yucca: right, and so we do elevate that, you know, the science and the rationality, but that I think that we do so in a way that puts it more in that, like, Mark: mythic? Yucca: in the mythic box, right, Mark: Yeah, because we don't understand how it works. Yucca: Yeah, so we just like, you know, switched what the particular thing is that we're being told to believe. And said, oh, it's because it's science, right? But without really understanding, without understanding science in any of the three ways that we just used the term, right? Mark: yes. And certainly there is little effort to foster scientific literacy in the United States, certainly. I think that's less true in some other places. And so we're kind of forced to treat science as this magical black box that answers questions for us and that technologies fall out of that we then get to use and buy and enjoy. Yucca: fonts and colors associated with it, and yes, and you know, beep boops and sounds like that, right? Mark: Huh. Yeah, absolutely. And we insist on that, right? We, there's a particular kind of look and feel to a computer that will sell a computer, and there's a look and feel that will not sell a computer, and the people that make computers know very well what the difference is. Yucca: Right? And if you are... If you're a college kid going into one of those fields, you are expected to look and behave a certain way and, Mark: Right, Yucca: Not another way, right? And that gets taught to us from when we're itty bitty. Mark: Yeah. Yep. Well, and, and this is part of the challenge, because we have accumulated enough knowledge now that no one can Encompass all of it. Yucca: Mm Mark: It's just not possible within a lifetime in one human brain. So you kind of have to specialize, especially if you're really going to go into a subject, you have to specialize. But for a general scientific literacy, it's... It's a work of many years. It's a work of a lifetime, honestly. I mean, you, because there's always new stuff being discovered. So, you know, I'm always reading sciencedailyandnature. com and scientificamerican. com just to kind of keep up with the very tiny crust on the surface of all the stuff that's being done out there. Yucca: Hmm. This is actually the subject that, assuming that they approve it, that I'm doing my dissertation in for my doctorate in STEM education is... Scientific literacy, public literacy, yeah. Mark: cool. Yucca: So there's not as much research in the area as you would think there would be. Mark: Huh. Yucca: When I started looking into it, I was like, oh, this is, this is gonna be a saturated field. But it's not. There's very little. Mark: Well, new paths to scientific literacy would certainly be welcome. I mean, I know that you're a very strong critic of the traditional American education system. I am too. But the question is, how then do people absorb Yucca: Right. And I'm definitely looking at it from the... Mark: Ah. Yucca: So, because we do most of our learning as adults, Mark: Mm hmm. Yucca: right? Certainly, most kids in this country go through a school system, and there's a lot of people working on that, and, you know, we could do a whole episode on that. critiques that I have of the system of school itself and how we've confused that with education and, you know, what the purpose of it is, but as a, as a scientist, I learned a few things in school, right? I learned some, how to do some processes and things like that, but the vast majority of what