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How About You Get Off Your Ass and Make Some Art?

By Jeremy | Published: January 17, 2009
Creativity is a very strange thing. Human society has evolved to the point where we have so much free time that we hardly know what to do with it. Some of us write, some of us make illustrations or music, some of us animate… A lot of us do nothing. We just sit there, in [...]
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The Dark Side of Digital Art Communities

By Jeremy | Published: January 13, 2009
It is likely that you are a member of at least one digital art community of some sort. This could be dedicated places such as deviantART or GFXartist, or just forums (and sub-forums) or blogs you frequent. Whatever kind of place you prefer, you use it as a place to display your work, criticize other [...]
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How Quitting Art School Increased My Creativity By a Factor of Ten

By Jeremy | Published: January 9, 2009
Not that creativity is measurable, but it makes the title all catchy and stuff. My experience with this certainly doesn’t count for everyone, but I do have experience, and I’d like to share it with you, so let me tell you a little story. The year was 2004. I was going to graduate high school [...]
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Motivational Factor Number Three: You Are Free

By Jeremy | Published: January 6, 2009
After Number One and Number Two comes… Number Three! Yes, we can count. As I explained in my earlier articles, motivation can be seen from two perspectives. Sometimes this is seen as a positive/negative reinforcement thing, sometimes it’s more of a yin-yang thing where both options have their pros and cons. There is always some [...]
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