Episodes

Guys I'm a little bit burnout. This year has been incredible career wise, but also completely and utterly exhausting. I'm not a stranger to burnout, but this latest experience has taught me something brand new about about it. I think this lesson is a game changer and we dive into it and more in t…

When I think of artistic style, I think of Canadian illustrator Darren Booth. In my opinion, not many folks practicing today have as clear of an artistic voice as Darren. In this episode Darren walks us through how he developed this unique and authentic style. We also get to chat about the ups and…

When I think of artistic style, I think of Canadian illustrator Darren Booth. In my opinion, not many folks practicing today have as clear of an artistic voice as Darren. In this episode Darren walks us through how he developed this unique and authentic style. We also get to chat about the ups and…

Sometimes I wish I could travel back in time and visit myself at the start of my creative career path and give myself some encouragement, insight and tips. This episode is just that: exactly what I wish I could tell myself at the start of my journey. 11 tips, tricks and tactics for going further …

Sometimes I wish I could travel back in time and visit myself at the start of my creative career path and give myself some encouragement, insight and tips. This episode is just that: exactly what I wish I could tell myself at the start of my journey. 11 tips, tricks and tactics for going further …

There have never been more opportunities to build a thriving creative career, but if you sit back and play it cool, you will miss them. I'm the first person to gag at the term influencer. I get it. I really really really do. But while we sit back and in our gag circles, these influencers, podcast…

There have never been more opportunities to build a thriving creative career, but if you sit back and play it cool, you will miss them. I'm the first person to gag at the term influencer. I get it. I really really really do. But while we sit back and in our gag circles, these influencers, podcast…

Andrea Pippins is incredible American illustrator living and working from Stockholm, Sweden. In today's episode, Andrea tells her story and we chat about the lessons she learned on the way to going full time freelance and becoming a published illustrator. We talk about the power of a supportive c…

Andrea Pippins is incredible American illustrator living and working from Stockholm, Sweden. In today's episode, Andrea tells her story and we chat about the lessons she learned on the way to going full time freelance and becoming a published illustrator. We talk about the power of a supportive c…

Do you ever feel like you've lost your way? When you hit obstacles, setbacks and dead ends, do you sometimes feel as if you've fallen off your path? For me, the creative career path is a roller coaster. There are so many circumstantial and emotional ups and downs, and if you ride every twist and …

202 - For When You Feel Like Giving Up Do you ever feel like you've lost your way? When you hit obstacles, setbacks and dead ends, do you sometimes feel as if you've fallen off your path? For me, the creative career path is a roller coaster. There are so many circumstantial and emotional ups and…

Finding your creative gift is the most important (and difficult) pursuit in your creative career, and in this episode, I will share all the clues that have helped me make progress on this journey. From podcast interviews to speaking at conferences, I am very fortunate to get to meet a lot of pheno…

Finding your creative gift is the most important (and difficult) pursuit in your creative career, and in this episode, I will share all the clues that have helped me make progress on this journey. From podcast interviews to speaking at conferences, I am very fortunate to get to meet a lot of pheno…

How is it the 200th episode!? How have I been doing this for almost 4 years??! Whether I believe it or not, this is 200 baby! So to CELEBRATE it's only natural that we have one of the most CELEBRATED creative professionals on the planet, designer Michael Bierut!!! In this episode we explore how t…

The first couple years of my creative career were about 99% CREATIVITY and 1% CAREER. Spoiler alert, that balance did not work! After crashing and burning, I was finally inspired to give the career / business side a serious effort. It was this season of my life that I stumbled upon a framework tha…

The relationship between art and money is a real tricky one. One of the the biggest challenges stems from the fact that involving money into the equation puts pressure on your creativity. This is a major issue because, neurologically speaking, your best creative work comes from a place of play... A…

EXTREMELY SPECIAL GUEST ALERT!!! Incredible Illustrator / Youtuber Fran Meneses (AKA Frannerd) joins us for a long chat about all things creative career! We talk about: How to make a deep connection with your audience and why it matters. Imposter Syndrome and why no matter how far you go, it sti…

As people who make THINGS, it's easy to be hyper focused on WHAT we make, but that should not be your only concern. WHERE you put what WHAT you make matters just as much. If you put the best restaurant in the worst location, it's going to fail, and the same goes for your art. Where you share your …

It's funny that with the internet we've never been more connected, and yet also never been more tempted to isolate ourselves! In my experience, you can not build a thriving creative career or a powerful creative side quest without OTHER PEOPLE! You've got to get other people embedded into your per…

It's hard to get into art when it's being shoved down your throat. So, how do you get your work in front of new fans, customers or clients without directly smashing it into people's faces? You engineer organic growth. You make work that people want to voluntarily share. In this episode I share ev…

It's noisy and no one wants to be sold anything anymore. No company is looking for new untapped talent, they just seem to sit back and wait for the "best" to rise to the top of the internet. In this climate, how is a creative person supposed to break into a new market or win a new dream opportunit…

GUYS!!! THIS MAY BE OUR BIGGEST EPISODE TO DATE!! I AM SO PUMPED TO SHARE THIS EPISODE WITH YOU! 1 - We launch a new series today called "Creative Side Quest" In this series, we will walk through how to take a normal creative side project and add 4 layers of strategy that will transform it into a…

In this episode I want to share with you the secret weapon I KNOW you have... that I'm SURE you're hiding :D This episode contains 3 lessons on creating a deep connection with your audience, and how that's THE number 1 secret to building a thriving creative career! P.S. Next week we will return t…

Today on the show, we have super special guest, Chicago based art director, designer and letterer Adé Hogue!!! Adé has worked with a very impressive range of clients, from Nike to PayPal, and his journey is incredibly inspiring. There are nuggets of wisdom and lots of vulnerability in this episode…