Creative Pep Talk

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com CALL TO ADVENTURE Start with just one word. Use your creative medium to explore that from all these different angles. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Maggie Smith’s Website “You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir” New Book from Maggie Smith SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Check out Conner Jones' - Pending Beautiful Collective CALL TO ADVENTURE The Super-Fan Flow Chart What is the verb you associate with what you want to create? Do you know where are people doing that? Do you know who they are? Have you made a project that would connect to them? SPONSORS ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com WTF with Marc Maron - Ep. 1412 with the Daniels The Grow Show - Ep. 49 How to Make Your Podcast & Target Audience More Specific This Jungian Life Podcast Off the Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster CALL TO ADVENTURE Trust, embrace, follow, and be open to your curiosity. SPONSORS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com In Writing with Hattie Crisell - S5 Ep46. Ruben Östlund In Writing with Hattie Crisell - S4 Ep41. Georgia Pritchett) You Are a Storyteller with Brian McDonald and Jesse Bryan - The Land of the Dead and Its Use in Stories NPR’s Life Kit - Making art is good for your health. Philosophize This - Ep173. Simone Weil, The Need for Roots CALL TO ADVENTURE Dissolve into the whole. Open up to losing your sense of individualism to get in touch with the collective experience. SPONSORS ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Eric Zimmer’s The One You Feed Podcast The One You Feed Podcast - How to Improve Your Life with Atomic Habits with James Clear (Part 1) The One You Feed Podcast - How to Improve Your Life with Atomic Habits with James Clear (Part 2) Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Book by Betty Edwards Either/Or: A Fragment of Life - Book by Søren Kierkegaard CALL TO ADVENTURE Take an upside down perspective. How can you approach your practice or project from different angles of intention? SPONSORS STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Grease (Movie) Indigo De Souza’s Website (Musician) Nancy Duarte Ted Talk - The Secret Structure of Great Talks CALL TO ADVENTURE What would you do if social currency or coolness didn’t exist? What would you do? What would you make? SPONSORS STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com CALL TO ADVENTURE Identify your three P’s. People Practice/Project Product SPONSORS CANVAS The Canvas lamp makes it easy to get the right lighting every time for the videos you make with your phone. Enjoy this super stable and well made product while supporting a small, family owned business in Birmingham, Alabama. Go check out this lamp at shopcanvas.co/peptalk OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Sophie Miller’s Website Sophie Miller’s Instagram CALL TO ADVENTURE Define your creative battle cry! What is a want that is getting in the way of a need? Find your anti-goal of your creative practice. SPONSORS CANVAS The Canvas lamp makes it easy to get the right lighting every time for the videos you make with your phone. Enjoy this super stable and well made product while supporting a small, family owned business in Birmingham, Alabama. Go check out this lamp at shopcanvas.co/peptalk JAKPRINTS Thanks to our wonderful Ohio based print partner Jakprints.com Jakprints has always been a different kind of company: Independent printers focused on giving designers, musicians, artists and everyday businesses access to the print quality (and customer service) that the biggest brands take for granted. Twenty-some years later, 100,000 clients can attest to our success -- and we have the five-star reviews to prove it. OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers - Book by Christopher Vogler Man and His Symbols - Book by Carl G. Jung Terrestrials - Podcast from Radiolab for Kids, hosted by Lulu Miller CALL TO ADVENTURE BULK UP. Add layers and levels to your practice. Can you make something an acquired taste and acquire a new guilty pleasure? SPONSORS CANVAS The Canvas lamp makes it easy to get the right lighting every time for the videos you make with your phone. Enjoy this super stable and well made product while supporting a small, family owned business in Birmingham, Alabama. Go check out this lamp at shopcanvas.co/peptalk JAKPRINTS Thanks to our wonderful Ohio based print partner Jakprints.com Jakprints has always been a different kind of company: Independent printers focused on giving designers, musicians, artists and everyday businesses access to the print quality (and customer service) that the biggest brands take for granted. Twenty-some years later, 100,000 clients can attest to our success -- and we have the five-star reviews to prove it. OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com American Masters: Creative Spark - Podcast by PBS THE GAP by Ira Glass Episode 291 - Tapping Into Your Creative Compass with Lulu Miller Terrestrials - Podcast from Radiolab for Kids, hosted by Lulu Miller CALL TO ADVENTURE Get high on your own supply. Bring taste testing into your process; reference, be influenced by, and become a consumer of your own work sometimes. SPONSORS AMERICAN MASTERS: CREATIVE SPARK The new season of the Webby Award winning podcast from PBS American Masters: Creative Spark is OUT NOW! From First Cow director Kelly Reichardt and up-and-coming actor John David Washington to Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer Egan, host Joe Skinner taps into the minds of artists and icons across disciplines. Follow American Masters: Creative Spark on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. JAKPRINTS Thanks to our wonderful Ohio based print partner Jakprints.com Jakprints has always been a different kind of company: Independent printers focused on giving designers, musicians, artists and everyday businesses access to the print quality (and customer service) that the biggest brands take for granted. Twenty-some years later, 100,000 clients can attest to our success -- and we have the five-star reviews to prove it. OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Thank you patrons! American Masters: Creative Spark - Podcast by PBS Michael Perry’s Book on Hand-Lettering CALL TO ADVENTURE Creative Magnetic Resonance. Find your creative sensibility using your personal taste. SPONSORS AMERICAN MASTERS: CREATIVE SPARK The new season of the Webby Award winning podcast from PBS American Masters: Creative Spark is OUT NOW! From First Cow director Kelly Reichardt and up-and-coming actor John David Washington to Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer Egan, host Joe Skinner taps into the minds of artists and icons across disciplines. Follow American Masters: Creative Spark on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. JAKPRINTS Thanks to our wonderful Ohio based print partner Jakprints.com Jakprints has always been a different kind of company: Independent printers focused on giving designers, musicians, artists and everyday businesses access to the print quality (and customer service) that the biggest brands take for granted. Twenty-some years later, 100,000 clients can attest to our success -- and we have the five-star reviews to prove it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com American Masters: Creative Spark - Podcast by PBS Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life - Book by Lulu Miller CALL TO ADVENTURE Identify your super taste. Go through these five categories, sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami – what lights you up on a visceral level? SPONSORS JAKPRINTS Thanks to our wonderful Ohio based print partner Jakprints.com Jakprints has always been a different kind of company: Independent printers focused on giving designers, musicians, artists and everyday businesses access to the print quality (and customer service) that the biggest brands take for granted. Twenty-some years later, 100,000 clients can attest to our success -- and we have the five-star reviews to prove it. AMERICAN MASTERS: CREATIVE SPARK The new season of the Webby Award winning podcast from PBS American Masters: Creative Spark is OUT NOW! From First Cow director Kelly Reichardt and up-and-coming actor John David Washington to Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer Egan, host Joe Skinner taps into the minds of artists and icons across disciplines. Follow American Masters: Creative Spark on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com American Masters: Creative Spark - Podcast from PBS Make Noise: A Creator’s Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling - Book by Eric Nuzum Olivia Rafferty - Music on Spotify PATREON ZOOM Meetup! February 17th, 2023 at 10:00AM (EST) Join us for Creative Pepperoni Pizza for Breakfast at: patreon.com/creativepeptalk CALL TO ADVENTURE Forget the masses and find your true patrons. Start plugging yourself into that ecosystem. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS FONTSELF If you’ve ever wanted to make your own font, Fontself makes it both fun & easy. With the Fontself app on iPad, you can start drawing and enjoying your own personal fonts in minutes! Just draw your letters and characters, and Fontself will handle the rest. Search for Fontself on the App Store or visit this link https://apple.co/3hJOw5K OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/creativepeptalk Guy Raz’s Website The Great Creators Podcast with Guy Raz Mark Maron's Interview with Rian Johnson CALL TO ADVENTURE Study a creative case study and identify the elixir. Find your story and substance as a creator by first identifying stories that resonate at the same frequency as yours. Try using a guest from Guy’s show, The Great Creators, and try to find the elixir in that creators journey. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS FONTSELF If you’ve ever wanted to make your own font, Fontself makes it both fun & easy. With the Fontself app on iPad, you can start drawing and enjoying your own personal fonts in minutes! Just draw your letters and characters, and Fontself will handle the rest. Search for Fontself on the App Store or visit this link https://apple.co/3hJOw5K JAK PRINTS Super quality printing and production from Jak Prints, check them out at jakprints.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Make Noise: A Creator’s Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling - Book by Eric Nuzum Hrishikesh Hirway's TED Talk: What you discover when you really listen Song Exploder - Podcast and TV Show CALL TO ADVENTURE Become British realty. Walk your audience through the construction of a piece or project you love. SPONSORS FONTSELF If you’ve ever wanted to make your own font, Fontself makes it both fun & easy. With the Fontself app on iPad, you can start drawing and enjoying your own personal fonts in minutes! Just draw your letters and characters, and Fontself will handle the rest. Search for Fontself on the App Store or visit this link https://apple.co/3hJOw5K OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com! Everything is a Remix by Kirby Furguson CALL TO ADVENTURE Draw your easy-happy Venns diagram! Collect your all time favorites of your work. What about them is easy to repeat, that you’re also happy to repeat? Find the overlap. SPONSORS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. JAK PRINTS Super quality printing and production from Jak Prints, check them out at jakprints.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com SUPER SATISFACTION SONG Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Book by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Rex Young - Creativity and the Brain TED Talk CALL TO ADVENTURE Name three renewable resources that you use in your work! SPONSORS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT The Bear on Hulu Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Book by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ___________________________ CALL TO ADVENTURE CHUNK IT OUT. Break down mastery into bite size pieces for a joy sandwich. Identify the next little thing: What can you integrate into your everyday projects and try to mash together with the stuff that you're already mastering? ___________________________ SPONSORS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Malaka Ghraib's Website It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib Mindful Digital Art: 5 Creative Prompts to Reflect and Meditate by Morgan Harper Nichols - Skillshare Class _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Productivity for Students: Study Smarter, Not Harder - Skillshare Class Hilton Carter and Kyle Webster Help Plant Man P Design for a Split Audience - Wireframe Podcast Episode Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Book by Elizabeth Gilbert _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Ten times the time. Take what’s burning within you that no one seems to care about as much as you, and boil it down into something concentrated with your skillset. _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. ADOBE WIREFRAME This episode is supported by Wireframe, an original podcast from Adobe. The show is for small business owners who handle all the branding, content and design on their own for their business. Each episode features one small business owner, we pair them with a mentor who has built their own successful brand and then a designer to help them execute a plan to solve their problem. Click here to check out Adobe Wireframe and listen to the new season now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Get the Creative Career Path e-Handbook by signing up to our newsletter! The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers - Book by Christopher Vogler The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Book by Joseph Campbell Design for the Job You Want: Personal Projects to Build Your Portfolio - Skillshare Class by Alison Koehler Philip Wang and Karlei Ayers Help Hangover Coffee Personalize Their Brand - Wireframe Podcast Episode _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE The deep cut is the firstest. Go deeper in your research, what are the obscure deep cuts that only the true fans know about? _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. ADOBE WIREFRAME This episode is supported by Wireframe, an original podcast from Adobe. The show is for small business owners who handle all the branding, content and design on their own for their business. Each episode features one small business owner, we pair them with a mentor who has built their own successful brand and then a designer to help them execute a plan to solve their problem. Click here to check out Adobe Wireframe and listen to the new season now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Get the Creative Career Path e-Handbook by signing up to our newsletter! The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph - Book by Ryan Holiday Hero on a Mission: The Power of Finding Your Role in Life - Book by Donald Miller The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Book by Joseph Campbell The Hero’s Journey - Book by Joseph Campbell The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers - Book by Christopher Vogler Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate - Book by Brian McDonald _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Translate your obstacle into a dream brief. What are the non-negotiable deliverables for this obstacle? _________ SPONSORS ADOBE WIREFRAME This episode is supported by Wireframe, an original podcast from Adobe. The show is for small business owners who handle all the branding, content and design on their own for their business. Each episode features one small business owner, we pair them with a mentor who has built their own successful brand and then a designer to help them execute a plan to solve their problem. Click here to check out Adobe Wireframe and listen to the new season now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Get the Creative Career Path e-Handbook by signing up to our newsletter! Hero on a Mission: The Power of Finding Your Role in Life - Book by Donald Miller Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad - Book by Austin Kleon The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results - Book by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan Creative Transformation: 9 Exercises to Draw, Write, and Discover Your Future - Skillshare Class by Mari Andrew Deja Foxx and Carly Ayres Help Avie Daisy Designs Launch a Rebrand - Wireframe Podcast Episode _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Find people to learn from who have already solved your problem! _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. ADOBE WIREFRAME This episode is supported by Wireframe, an original podcast from Adobe. The show is for small business owners who handle all the branding, content and design on their own for their business. Each episode features one small business owner, we pair them with a mentor who has built their own successful brand and then a designer to help them execute a plan to solve their problem. Click here to check out Adobe Wireframe and listen to the new season now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Object of Sound Podcast with Hanif Abdurraqib by Sonos Source Material (feat. Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine) Everything You Hear Belongs to You (feat. Bartees Strange) Storytelling Through Song (feat. Danielle Ponder) America's Dead Podcast by Sonos How to Make a Podcast: Plan, Record, and Launch with Success - Skillshare Class _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE How can you tell an old story in a new way? _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD DARKBOARD Darkboard is a new ultra-light ergonomic drawing surface for iPad. It’s developed by the creators of Astropad Studio, long-time friends of the podcast. They created Darkboard to fix some of the most common pain points of artists — like hand cramps, bad posture, and being stuck at your desk. The Kickstarter to fund the creation of the Darkboard is LIVE NOW!! The first backers get the best rewards - so go check it out at darkboard.com SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Human Rhythm Series: Part Five Win Back Your Creative Confidence || part of The Inner Critic Series - Skillshare Class with Lucy Lambriex _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Make a Passion Pit jet! What project or piece could you make specifically for someone/something as if it were a gift? _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD DARKBOARD Darkboard is a new ultra-light ergonomic drawing surface for iPad. It’s developed by the creators of Astropad Studio, long-time friends of the podcast. They created Darkboard to fix some of the most common pain points of artists — like hand cramps, bad posture, and being stuck at your desk. The Kickstarter to fund the creation of the Darkboard is LIVE NOW!! The first backers get the best rewards - so go check it out at darkboard.com. SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Chris Do and Elaine Lopez Teach Juliana Cifuentes How to Educate Homebuyers - Wireframe Podcast The Energy Clock: 3 Simple Steps to Create a Life Full of ENERGY - and Live Your Best Every Day - Book by Molly Fletcher _________ ASK DR. PIZZA https://www.creativepeptalk.com/ask _________ SPONSORS ADOBE WIREFRAME This episode is supported by Wireframe, an original podcast from Adobe. The show is for small business owners who handle all the branding, content and design on their own for their business. Each episode features one small business owner, we pair them with a mentor who has built their own successful brand and then a designer to help them execute a plan to solve their problem. Click here to check out Adobe Wireframe and listen to the new season now! ASTROPAD DARKBOARD Darkboard is a new ultra-light ergonomic drawing surface for iPad. It’s developed by the creators of Astropad Studio, long-time friends of the podcast. They created Darkboard to fix some of the most common pain points of artists — like hand cramps, bad posture, and being stuck at your desk. The Kickstarter to fund the creation of the Darkboard is LIVE NOW!! The first backers get the best rewards - so go check it out at darkboard.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Human Rhythms Series: Part Four Do Less - Hidden Brain episode with Leidy Klotz Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less - Book by Leidy Klotz Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Book by Greg McKeown Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Book by Cal Newport Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals - Book by Oliver Burkeman Intimate Storytelling for Podcasting: The 4 Key Elements - Skillshare Class with Sayre Quevedo _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE The Zeigarnik Cache Clearing 1. Brain dump for 10 minutes on a piece of paper. 2. 80-20 your list. 3. How much time will they take? 4. Do as many of the shorter tasks as possible in one chunk of time! _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD DARKBOARD Darkboard is a new ultra-light ergonomic drawing surface for iPad. It’s developed by the creators of Astropad Studio, long-time friends of the podcast. They created Darkboard to fix some of the most common pain points of artists — like hand cramps, bad posture, and being stuck at your desk. Later in the episode I want to tell you more about it but Darkboard launches next week on Kickstarter. The first backers will get the biggest discount on Darkboard, you can go to darkboard.com now to join the waitlist. SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Jim Collins - Jim The Bug Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Human Rhythms Series: Part Three Wireframe Podcast - Courtney Quinn and Brandon Groce Help Will on a Whim Rethink His Website _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Craft your own long-gamer’s guidebook to your creative practice. 1. Secret Items 2. Side Quests 3. DLC _________ SPONSORS ADOBE WIREFRAME This episode is supported by Wireframe, an original podcast from Adobe. The show is for small business owners who handle all the branding, content and design on their own for their business. Each episode features one small business owner, we pair them with a mentor who has built their own successful brand and then a designer to help them execute a plan to solve their problem. Click here to check out Adobe Wireframe and listen to the new season now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Human Rhythms Series: Part Two The Business of Graphic Design: Protect & Perfect Your Passion - Aaron Draplin's Skillshare Class Invisible Things on Instagram Introducing the Sawdust Principle: How to Use your Business Byproducts to Create new Growth Opportunities by Pete Sena _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Employ the sawdust principle. Write out the main piece of your creative practice, and identify what seems like waste. What is your sawdust? What can you make from that? _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Human Rhythms Series: Part One Designing The Life You Want: 4 Exercises for Clarity and Motivation - Skillshare Class from Muchelle B _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Codify what it means to “get it” – unlock the code – define what “getting it” means to you and your practice. _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD Astropad is the ultimate iPad app for artists! Astropad Studio turns your iPad into a drawing tablet by mirroring your favorite Mac or PC desktop apps directly onto your iPad. With Astropad Studio, you get the flexibility of your Apple Pencil combined with the power of full desktop apps like Photoshop and Illustrator. If you’re ready to take your creative workflow to the next level, you can start your 30-day free trial of Astropad Studio today. Plus, save 10% on your first year when you enter the promo code from this episode at checkout. Visit astropad.com to get started! SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Shantell Martin's Instagram Shantell Martin's Website Shantell's TED Talk: How Drawing Can Set You Free Modern Meditation: Discover Your Potential, Power & Purpose - Justin Michael William's Skillshare Class _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Treat yourself like something to study, the ultimate research project - use your art to observe, “Who am I?” _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD Astropad is the ultimate iPad app for artists! Astropad Studio turns your iPad into a drawing tablet by mirroring your favorite Mac or PC desktop apps directly onto your iPad. With Astropad Studio, you get the flexibility of your Apple Pencil combined with the power of full desktop apps like Photoshop and Illustrator. If you’re ready to take your creative workflow to the next level, you can start your 30-day free trial of Astropad Studio today. Plus, save 10% on your first year when you enter the promo code from this episode at checkout. Visit astropad.com to get started! SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Creative Summer School Series: Part Five Make Creativity Your Career: Six Exercises to Create a Successful Side Project - Andy's Skillshare Class Find Your Style: Five Exercises to Unlock Your Creative Identity - Andy's Skillshare Class Social Media for Creatives: Five Exercises to Power Your Freelance Career - Andy's Skillshare Class _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Build your own funnel. Draw an upside-down triangle. Draw four horizontal lines, cutting the triangle into four horizontal boxes that get smaller towards the bottom. Strangers Substance Subscriptions Sales Add one adjective that describes your audience in each box - more specific as it goes down. You do not need to build this thing overnight - but what is the next step? _________ SPONSORS SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Creative Summer School Series: Part Four Find Your Style: Five Exercises to Unlock Your Creative Identity - Andy's Skillshare Class _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Create or update your 10 rules for your medium! Define good with your own guiding principles before you actually make anything. _________ SPONSORS SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Creative Summer School Series: Part Three Expressive Illustration: From Ideas to Execution - Roman Muradov's Skillshare Class _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Identify your ‘creative guide’ from your acquired tastes and your ‘creative villain’ from your guilty pleasures – then discern how you can mash them together! _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD Astropad is the ultimate iPad app for artists! Astropad Studio turns your iPad into a drawing tablet by mirroring your favorite Mac or PC desktop apps directly onto your iPad. With Astropad Studio, you get the flexibility of your Apple Pencil combined with the power of full desktop apps like Photoshop and Illustrator. If you’re ready to take your creative workflow to the next level, you can start your 30-day free trial of Astropad Studio today. Plus, save 10% on your first year when you enter the promo code from this episode at checkout. Visit astropad.com to get started! SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Creative Summer School Series: Part Two Make Creativity Your Career: Six Exercises to Create a Successful Side Project Find Your Style: Five Exercises to Unlock Your Creative Identity Social Media for Creatives: Five Exercises to Power Your Freelance Career _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Write your dream brief! If a PDF of a dream brief showed up in your inbox, what would it be? _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD Astropad is the ultimate iPad app for artists! Astropad Studio turns your iPad into a drawing tablet by mirroring your favorite Mac or PC desktop apps directly onto your iPad. With Astropad Studio, you get the flexibility of your Apple Pencil combined with the power of full desktop apps like Photoshop and Illustrator. If you’re ready to take your creative workflow to the next level, you can start your 30-day free trial of Astropad Studio today. Plus, save 10% on your first year when you enter the promo code from this episode at checkout. Visit astropad.com to get started! SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Creative Summer School Series: Part One Singing Like A Star: Five Steps to Discovering Your Voice - Skillshare Class by Valerie Morehouse Ologies podcast by Alie Ward Song Exploder podcast by Hrishikesh Hirway Twenty Thosand Hertz podcast by Dallas Taylor Make Creativity Your Career: Six Exercises to Create a Successful Side Project - Skillshare Class _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Find your cows! Your market models, who are the people who exist in your market? How can you learn from them? _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Zak Rosen’s Podcast - The Best Advice Show Tom Froese’s Skillshare Class: “The Six Stages of Illustration: Leading Clients Through Your Art" _________ SPONSORS SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Susan Cain's, "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" Book Susan Cain’s “Bittersweet: How Sorrow And Longing Make Us Whole” Book _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD STUDIO Astropad is the ultimate iPad app for artists! Astropad Studio turns your iPad into a drawing tablet by mirroring your favorite Mac or PC desktop apps directly onto your iPad. With Astropad Studio, you get the flexibility of your Apple Pencil combined with the power of full desktop apps like Photoshop and Illustrator. If you’re ready to take your creative workflow to the next level, you can start your 30-day free trial of Astropad Studio today. Plus, save 10% on your first year when you enter the promo code from this episode at checkout. Visit astropad.com to get started! STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES This Jungian Life Podcast Susan Cain’s “Bittersweet: How Sorrow And Longing Make Us Whole” Book Scott Erickson’s “Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond The Death of a Dream” Book _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Where do you need to explore more – the dreaming or the reality/doing? Figure out where you might be uncomfortable in these categories and dig into what it could symbolize. _________ SPONSORS ASTROPAD STUDIO Astropad is the ultimate iPad app for artists! Astropad Studio turns your iPad into a drawing tablet by mirroring your favorite Mac or PC desktop apps directly onto your iPad. With Astropad Studio, you get the flexibility of your Apple Pencil combined with the power of full desktop apps like Photoshop and Illustrator. If you’re ready to take your creative workflow to the next level, you can start your 30-day free trial of Astropad Studio today. Plus, save 10% on your first year when you enter the promo code from this episode at checkout. Visit astropad.com to get started! SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES About Charles M. Shultz Storytelling Basics: How Creatives and Brands Can Build a Following | Learn with Kickstarter - Skillshare Class _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Create an identity parade! In the spirit of facing our flaws, think of the villains in fiction media that you might identify with. By facing your villain side you might get an insight into your heroic side! _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT _________ SHOW NOTES Cover Story Podcast from New York Magazine (executive producer and editor, Hanna Rosin) _________ CALL TO ADVENTURE Do the shoehorn! What would it look like for you to take your most proficient creative skill and filter your latest obsession through it? _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk Support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! TRANSCRIPT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk TRANSCRIPT _________ SPONSORS SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk TRANSCRIPT __________ CALL TO ADVENTURE What is your opener? Your single? Your album? Your show? Your merch? Translate this process to your medium or field! __________ SPONSORS STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk TRANSCRIPT __________ SHOW NOTES Lauren Hom’s “Creative Productivity: Build a Brief to Boost Your Passion Project” Skillshare Class __________ CALL TO ADVENTURE The Woodchuck Activity: - Take your body of work from the past and try to identify the categories. - Filter them through the Venn diagram of Novel & Useful. - Find what overlap can help you build a system that strikes a balance! __________ SPONSORS SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk TRANSCRIPT __________ SHOW NOTES Zac Gorman’s "Thisby Thestoop" Book Series “Over the Garden Wall” (TV Mini Series) Dungeon: The Early Years Vol. 1-2 (drawn by Christophe Blain) __________ SPONSORS SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing growth is extremely satisfying, and online classes from Skillshare make it possible. Learn about illustration, design, photography, productivity, and marketing. With Skillshare’s short classes, you can move your creative journey forward without putting life on hold. So explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/CreativePep where our listeners get a free trial of Premium Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk TRANSCRIPT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and more: https://link.chtbl.com/creativepeptalk TRANSCRIPT __________ SHOW NOTES Creative Zero-To-Hero Series 1. Skill 2. Story 3. Style 4. Space 5. Psychology 6. Symbiatelic sym·bi·o·sis (noun) 1. interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both. 2. a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups. “atelic” activities — things we enjoy for their own sake. (Keiran Setiya) Oliver Burkeman’s “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals” Book “Nothing is more alien to the present age than idleness.” “How can there be play in a time in which nothing has meaning unless it leads to something else.” – John Gray “Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child. Nature doesn't disdain what lives only for a day. It pours the whole of itself into each moment. We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in its flow, later is too late.” – Alexander Hudson Steven Pressfield’s “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles” Book Lulu Miller’s “Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life” Book Jamie Drake’s “Easy Target” New Single __________ CALL TO ADVENTURE What could you do that would be atelic and symbiotic – symbiatelic – for people in your real life; something that you have fun doing that also benefits people around you? __________ SPONSORS STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk SHILLINGTON Study graphic design with Shillington for 3 months full-time or 9 months part-time. With Shillington’s graphic design course, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of creative problem solving, design theory and software. Create an incredible design portfolio and master how to discuss and sell your work—essential skills for any creative career. LEARN MORE: https://shillo.design/pep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices