Category: Essays
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Why understanding your Why will bring clarity to your creative work
And how you can figure it out Having a strong emotional stake in the outcome of your actions is the secret to success. Not discipline. Not willpower. Before starting my creative journey and getting serious with my art, I didn’t know my Why. I was so focused on survival and stability, I didn’t take a…
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Why Show Don’t Tell Is Misleading Advice For Writers
This advice means well, but it’s an oversimplification of how to write When I started my writing journey, one of the key advice I consistently saw doled out to newbies was: Show don’t tell. But for the uninitiated — the neophytes — that advice can be confusing. And not as simple as it seems. In…
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5 Essential Skills to Develop as an Artist
These skills will give life to your work In my previous two essays, I discussed the 7 Elements of Art Every Artist Should Know and 9 Essential Principles of Drawing Every Artist Needs To Know. The concepts talked about in those essays work in tandem with learning the necessary skills to become a great illustrator.…
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9 Essential Principles of Drawing Every Artist Needs To Know
Knowing these principles can help you on your art journey This guide is on how the elements of art are arranged and organized in a drawing to create a desired effect. As a newbie artist, there is much I needed to grasp as I started my illustration journey. Though I know it will be a…
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7 Elements of Art Every Artist Should Know
These elements are essential for aspiring artists When I took my first steps towards learning how to draw and design, I didn’t realize there are elements that every artist, regardless of experience, should know. Lines, shape, form, value, space, texture, and color are essential elements to build magnificent art pieces. These elements can be found…