I’ve been reading “Oversubscribed” by Daniel Priestley. You should read it too. It’s full of insights that will make you consider your goals and how you approach your work. I will write more about it when I finish it, but here’s one question that was asked at the beginning of the book: What are your […]
Mindset
Ask people to be harsh
This is something that happens too often. It goes like this: An artist posts their art, or a writer posts their story. And they ask for feedback: “do you like it?” Or like this: “tell me what you think, please be kind” Some try to guilt you into feeling sufficiently awed: “what do you think […]
How to spook an artist
I have been an artist for a while and I know a lot of artists. Sometimes, instead of making art, we do what other humans do — talk. Every now and then a topic of this one scary thing comes up and everyone chimes in with methods on how to deal with it. If you […]
How 50% off sale punishes an artist
It doesn’t. But we will get to it in a moment. First, let’s see why so many artists think that it is wrong and unfair when there is a site-wide sale and items with their art are sold for a discounted price. Every few weeks every website that sells clothes runs a sale. And when […]
Lulled
Matt worked at a large company producing branded fruit juices. He was a marketing director, one of the four marketing directors there. But when the profits decreased the company restructured, laid off hundreds of people, and fired 3 of the 4 directors. Matt was one of them. They let him keep his business car. I […]
You will not starve
I watched Brandon Sanderson‘s keynote speech “Ten Things I Wish I’d Known as a Teen Author” and one thing stuck with me. When he was young people discouraged him from becoming a writer, they thought he would be unemployed. They told him that it was a one in a million chance. It’s the same with […]
Designers give up on passive income
Earn passive income. Upload your designs to one of the websites that will sell your art and you won’t have to spend any more time on that.
No sales? Read this.
I belong to a few Facebook groups for designers and there’s one topic that keeps coming up, though it’s usually asked in various ways: “No one buys my designs. Am I doing something wrong?” “How to get customers?” “I uploaded 5 designs already and no sales! Why?” “Is it even possible to sell anything? Does […]
Step out of your comfort zone
I was thinking about my first two jobs and that it was a good thing that they were just a bit too uncomfortable and forced me to find something else. Nowadays I like stepping outside of my comfort zone. That’s why I make games and why I started this blog. But back then I don’t […]
My Grandma
Two days ago my grandma had trouble breathing and was feeling tired. My mom measured her blood pressure which was too high and then called a doctor at a local public clinic, described the symptoms, and told the doctor that she gave my grandma Nebilet to lower the blood pressure. The doctor consulted my grandma’s […]
Pottery Class Story
The story goes like this: in a pottery class students were divided into two groups. Students in the first group were asked to make a perfect pot. Students in the second one were asked to make as many pots as they could. When all pots were compared it turned out that all the best pots […]