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Creatives Ignite is a LIVE, weekly web show educating & connecting creatives so they never feel alone
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Want to access the design community on a more regular basis? Need to have a place to ask questions, get connected, and inspired? Creatives Ignite (formerly the Design Recharge) podcast helps creative solopreneurs get re-energized weekly by listening to and participating in a LIVE interview with industry leaders and listen to stories of hope from other creatives entrepreneurs.

17/06/2024

Some landscapes i am working on this weekend. Still working on them.

04/06/2024

The Power of Enthusiasm & a Sketchbook with Katie Merrien
https://creativesignite.com/the-power-of-enthusiasm-a-sketchbook/

Our guest this week is Katie Merrien, her story is fascinating and her personality is contagious. Katie is a graphic recorder, she picks things up so fast, and she loves serving others. We dive into Katie's story and her sketchbooks. We find out how her enthusiasm and amazing personality combined with her sketchnotes led to career opportunities she wouldn't have imagined.

I hope you will join us LIVE for Episode 472 on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 7:30pm BST / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. Signup here to get the link delivered to your inbox. https://creativesignite.com/signup

04/06/2024

The Power of Enthusiasm & a Sketchbook with Katie Merrien⁠
https://creativesignite.com/the-power-of-enthusiasm-a-sketchbook/⁠
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Our guest this week is Katie Merrien, her story is fascinating and her personality is contagious. Katie is a graphic recorder, she picks things up so fast, and she loves serving others. We dive into Katie's story and her sketchbooks. We find out how her enthusiasm and amazing personality combined with her sketchnotes led to career opportunities she wouldn't have imagined. ⁠
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I hope you will join us LIVE for Episode 472 on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 7:30pm BST / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. Signup here to get the link delivered to your inbox. https://creativesignite.com/signup

01/06/2024

My first watermelon ever. We’ve planted them and it’s never produced fruit but this year there are three baby watermelons on three different plants. This is the biggest.

28/05/2024

Inspiration in Action with Dameon Williams

Episode 471 LIVE on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii.

This week we dive into illustrator, Dameon Williams inspiration. We find out where he does his research, where he finds his tools and brushes, and how his process has been shaped by the illustrator’s he’s studied.

28/05/2024

Stephanie Nace was on the show talking about teaching design studio! And she shared how her grandfather (a sign painter) got her into loving design.

Teaching Design Studio with professor Stephanie Nace. Stephanie teaches graphic design at the University of South Carolina. My favorite part of looking back ...

22/05/2024

https://youtu.be/TCUZKPBgM7Q
Telling the Founder's Story, your founder's story can be hard. It is hard to repeat the same thing over and over. But the founder's story is important and can't change. It needs to be told the same each time.

It needs to be able to be taught by you or by someone on your team. This workshop discusses what gets in the way of telling your founder's story and how to find the nuggets that your customers remember and can relate to.

Founder's Story Workbook PDF:https://creativesignite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Creatives-Ignite-GIBBS-Workshop-Founder-Story-042524v1.pdf

Find full show notes at: https://creativesignite.com/tell-compelling-stories-part-3-the-founders-story/

Part 1 Episode link is: https://creativesignite.com/tell-compelling-stories-p1/
Part 2 Episode link is: https://creativesignite.com/tell-compelling-stories-the-value-story-workshop-2/
Telling

Telling the Founder's Story, your founder's story can be hard. It is hard to repeat the same thing over and over. But the founder's story is important and ca...

22/05/2024

https://creativesignite.com/inspiration-in-action-with-marius-valdes/

Inspiration in Action with Marius Valdes

Last time we had Marius on was episode 16, Sept 26, 2012. Now at episode 470. We have had many years in between and Marius has done MANY things. Lots of murals, lots of illustrations, books, so many things. I can’t wait to see what he has done and who has inspired him.

This series is fascinating to me because I love seeing how people learn, how what they are experiencing, reading, and seeing influence and effect their art and design. His characters are lovable and joyful. Marius brings that joy to walls through his murals, bookshelves through his books and illustration projects, and anywhere else stickers can live. You can get your own stickers, art, books, and more by visiting his website.

Marius is a full professor at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and has been teaching design and illustration to the students there for over 15 years. I can’t wait to see what else is inspiring Marius and what keeps him from burnout, keeping his creative juices flowing.

I hope you will join us for this LIVE show Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. All you have to do to join us live is click the link sent to your inbox. To join the family and participate in the LIVE show is to sign up to get the link at https://creativesignite.com/signup
LIVE on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii.

21/05/2024

19/05/2024

Thank the vfw for the calendar and this is august. And the image is from shutterstock

07/05/2024

Ryan Kough: Inspiration in Action
LIVE on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 9:30am in Hawaii.
https://creativesignite.com/ryan-kough/

This Inspiration in Action series is all about what designers, artists, illustrators are making. But also what got them to this spot in their career.

I love seeing where some of my favorite creatives are garnering their fuel and how their process changes over time. This week I get to introduce you to a new face. Ryan Kough believes in design as a tool for social activism. And we'll talk about being creative under pressure. She created a show on this topic last year.

I hope you will join us for this LIVE show Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. All you have to do to get the live link sent to your inbox 30 min before the show is to sign up to get the link at https://creativesignite.com/signup

07/05/2024

Ryan Kough: Inspiration in Action
LIVE on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 9:30am in Hawaii.
https://creativesignite.com/ryan-kough/

This Inspiration in Action series is all about what designers, artists, illustrators are making. But also what got them to this spot in their career.

I love seeing where some of my favorite creatives are garnering their fuel and how their process changes over time. This week I get to introduce you to a new face. Ryan Kough believes in design as a tool for social activism. And we’ll talk about being creative under pressure. She created a show on this topic last year.

I hope you will join us for this LIVE show Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. All you have to do to get the live link sent to your inbox 30 min before the show is to sign up to get the link at https://creativesignite.com/signup

01/05/2024

What I Learned from my Bird Project ||| Rapid Recharge
Episode 468 LIVE on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 9:30am in Hawaii.
https://creativesignite.com/what-i-learned-from-my-bird-project

That's a lot of birds. Why geese or ducks? Why flamingos? Why this process?

I introduced you to the birds back in February. But now I have had time to finish, process it in my mind, and reflect on how to use this process in the future and how to use these birds in more of my work.

I will answer a lot of the why's behind this project this week on the show. As they are assembled here it really is a LOT of birds.

Last year I did a 100 faces challenge in eight days and it was great but I saw where the limitations of zooming through and not having enough depth in the project. There was also not enough limitations.

Limitations help me to solve problems better, quicker, because if all the tools are at my disposal I will keep pushing pixels and trying to make it right.

This challenge I was working as a professor full time so I could not do 100 in eight days and keep my students going too. I decided to focus on birds and specifically geese. Although when you type goose into Pinterest or google, I think some ducks pop up. So yes some of these are ducks but I tried to illustrate geese.

I had a new process I wanted to try. I wanted to not give up even when it got hard. There were some days that I just had to have the drawing serve as the bird for the day.

Well I am going to take you from start to finish and I hope my new document camera will be up and running. I would love to have you join me Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii.

We will be LIVE on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. Sign up to get the link at https://creativesignite.com/signup

01/05/2024

What I Learned from my Bird Project ||| Rapid Recharge
Episode 468 LIVE on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 9:30am in Hawaii.
https://creativesignite.com/what-i-learned-from-my-bird-project

That’s a lot of birds. Why geese or ducks? Why flamingos? Why this process?

I introduced you to the birds back in February. But now I have had time to finish, process it in my mind, and reflect on how to use this process in the future and how to use these birds in more of my work.

I will answer a lot of the why’s behind this project this week on the show. As they are assembled here it really is a LOT of birds.

Last year I did a 100 faces challenge in eight days and it was great but I saw where the limitations of zooming through and not having enough depth in the project. There was also not enough limitations.

Limitations help me to solve problems better, quicker, because if all the tools are at my disposal I will keep pushing pixels and trying to make it right.

This challenge I was working as a professor full time so I could not do 100 in eight days and keep my students going too. I decided to focus on birds and specifically geese. Although when you type goose into Pinterest or google, I think some ducks pop up. So yes some of these are ducks but I tried to illustrate geese.

I had a new process I wanted to try. I wanted to not give up even when it got hard. There were some days that I just had to have the drawing serve as the bird for the day.

Well I am going to take you from start to finish and I hope my new document camera will be up and running. I would love to have you join me Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii.

We will be LIVE on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. Sign up to get the link at https://creativesignite.com/signup

23/04/2024

Truth

21/04/2024

They were hard at work making awesome signs for me!

07/04/2024

Today the cardinal, yesterday the smug made up bird.

06/04/2024

Day 70/75 a made up bird based on a drawing i did yesterday. I like her attitude

02/04/2024

I made a lot of things out of scrap pieces of paper. Which is your favorite?

02/04/2024

Yes another ostrich this time on a collage nest. Not sure about the nest but he is not glued down to it

31/03/2024

A goose flying. Have a process video for this one will edit it tomorrow since it is Easter. He is RISEN!!!!

Showing front and back. In case anyone is interested what the back looks like. Also used no reference which is probably obvious.

30/03/2024

Ok i actually looked at reference eagles this time. Making another short for YouTube of the process of making this. Scene is weak but i have to start somewhere.

29/03/2024

Hen today, dog tomorrow!! Ha ha like here today, gone tomorrow! I will make a dog and a bird then tomorrow

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