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3 Things To Do If You’ve Lost The Fun In Your Creative Work
For months I felt numb to what I was doing, there was no fun anymore. I didn’t enjoy my dream job anymore. Maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration because I didn’t hate my job. I just lost the passion for what I was doing and that was a little too much for me. The…
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How to Finish Big Projects
My client work has slowed down a bit this first half of the year. While this is bad for my bank account, it is quite good for my long-term projects. As mentioned in my blog post about big projects, I’m working on a graphic novel. The first (crappy) layout has already been viewed and heavily…
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Getting Good Ideas – The Ultimate Guide
Whether it’s comics, drawings, or something else, sometimes we just can’t come up with any good ideas. Our mind is empty. It seems that only the bad ones are left in our heads. But it is important, especially in our creative work, that we can generate as many good ideas as possible because the variety…
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Why You Need To Do a Big Project
While listening to the Draftsmen Podcast, I was struck by a line from guest Flint Dille about his experience writing a novel. Despite being advised to start with a short story, Dille decided to jump into a big project by writing a book. Although the resulting novel did not sell, he gained confidence in his…
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Why Your Work System Needs to Adapt!
Since this blog post about is a bit longer, here are three points you’ll learn from this post: Imagine you are in a moving car and suddenly you have to get out. Why, you ask? The reason is that the car you are in cannot change its destination and you have realized that you need…