To “animate” means to breathe life into things. In these 5 exercises we make stones come alive.
(more…)Why do we like images?
(more…)How do I even begin my drawing? The secret to jumpstart our creativity is fun.
But how does that work?
(more…)The emotional rollercoaster I experience in art supply stores can be summarised in one word: greed.
(more…)Great ideas are hard to find. Drawing makes it a lot easier. And fun. How?
(more…)No idea?
Are we cut off from the outer world, trapped alone in our personal experience?
(more…)If we want to understand what a picture is, then we must look at the difference between perception and imagination.
(more…)Designers share a problem with politicians and business consultants: nobody knows what they are actually doing. I can shed some light on what designers do.
(more…)Many creatives know this phenomenon: They start a new project on a promising topic with excitement, but when they can’t come up with an original idea instantly — they lose interest. They come to the conclusion that they picked the wrong topic. So they restart with a new topic, only to find out that the grass isn’t any greener on that side of the fence either.
Where do these commitment issues come from?
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