Image by Radhika Bhagwat Are you spending the majority of your time keeping up with business-related tasks rather than creating? Are you lacking the passion you once felt for your …
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How To Tackle The Goal Setting Problem Nobody Talks About
"I discovered at an early age that all I’ve ever wanted to do is design" Jonathan Ive in his New Year Honours press release (Image by David Blackwell) It makes me want to puke. On reading …
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How to Suffer for Your Art (without Being a Jerk)
Drawing by Hugh MacLeod The tortured artist is one of the great cliches of creativity. And like all cliches, it contains a grain of truth. Look at the work of any truly great artist, and you …
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The Real Value of Tablet Computers to Creators
When the iPad was launched, amid all the huzzahs and hoopla, there were a few murmurs of discontent from the creative community. "Sure, it looks slick, but you can't make anything with it." "If …
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7 Ways Learning to Draw Can Improve Your Productivity
Drawings by Will Kemp Ever wanted to learn to draw? Have you daydreamed of just picking up a pencil and sketching? But inside there is a lingering doubt. A distant memory of a school …
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Why It Pays to Panic Early (and How to Do it Effectively)
Ask any writer or artist who has spent hours (or days) staring at a blank sheet of paper and they will tell you how paralysing creative freedom can be. And the freelance life may sound idyllic to …
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Competition Winners – and a Special Bonus Prize for You
Thank you to everyone who entered the What Inspires You? competition by leaving comments on the original post about your inspirations. Fittingly, the comment thread turned out to be an inspiration …
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6 Steps to Building Your Creative Endurance
Photo by lulemon athletica Let's face it. We all get out of creative shape from time to time. Just as an athlete quickly loses fitness without training, so your creative stamina will fade away …
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What Inspires You? Win a Limited Edition Print to Spark Your Creativity
EDIT: The competition is now closed for entries. Mike will choose the winners and we'll announce them here on the blog shortly. OK the holiday season is upon us, so it's time for some fun. …
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