Illustrators: Allow Yourself to Play!

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It’s time for an update! Samantha Cotterill, Lee White, and Anthony Wheeler share what they’re working on and the lessons they’re learning in the process. Tune in to discover how to listen to your creative voice and maintain play in your illustration practice.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Listen to your inner voice and allow your work to evolve as your interests change. 
  • Cultivate an attitude of play; it will lead to new discoveries and help you overcome burnout. 
  • You have permission to make whatever art you want, however you want!
  • Learning what you don’t want to create is as essential as learning what you do. 
  • Focus more on funding your projects than profiting from them. You’ll make better work (and, counterintuitively, be more successful).
SUMMARY

In this episode, Lee, Sam, and Anthony provide updates on their current projects. Sam shares insights from allowing herself to play with different styles, as she’s recently begun experimenting with a more graphic design style and has had lots of interest from publishers. She highlights the importance of working in a style that matches your preferred pace, whether that’s slower and more detail-oriented or more fast-and-loose.

Lee updates us on his tarot deck project and discusses the process of learning what you don’t want to make as an essential part of discovering your creative voice.

Anthony shares what’s going on behind the scenes in the production of his Chaotic Draw Along prompt cards, providing insight into what it takes to create a successful product. They discuss the difference between funding your art versus making a profit, and why focusing on sustaining your creative work is a more productive mindset than trying to hit it big overnight.

RESOURCES
Jake Parker: mrjakeparker.com. Instagram: @jakeparker, Youtube: JakeParker44
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