In the two earlier posts in this series, we talked about the need for innovation, the importance of imitation to help develop early artistic successes, and the differences between imitation and plagiarism. Now, we’ve come to the real meat of this topic: How do you build innovation into your creative process? What can [...]
I ran across this the other day when looking at a Ripley’s Believe it or Not book with my son. I loved these books as a child. This piece was originally housed in the San Francisco Ripley’s Museum location but was badly damaged in the 1996 Northridge quake. There are rumors that is [...]
I know many artists that don’t believe in talent. I do, although in the sense that “talent” and “aptitude” are one and the same.
I believe that talent is a secret door that opens for some of us and reveals a certain preternatural understanding of art, music, sorting out lines of code, blending [...]
I have known Dave the Dead of The Shadow Farm for many years now. His artistic talent had grown in those years and his style has turned into something I cannot completely describe. Its like a saute of Tim Burton and Edgar Allan Poe with a dash of Lovecraft.
The man produces [...]