How do you become a successful artist? How to plan for a life in freelance. Three professional creatives from different backgrounds discuss the reasons and importance of scheduling and planning. We also go into the different tools, tips and techniques we use to organize the chaos that is limitless time.

In this episode, Josh and Cory will talk about the value of competing with your self vs others in art, and give an update on our progress for the 100 days of making comics challenge.

In this episode Cory and Josh discuss Freedom of Speech for artists, tackling what that freedom means for artistic and social responsibility.

In this episode Cory, Josh, and Scott discuss right brained vs left brained thinking and why it's good for artists/creatives to lose track of time.

In this episode Cory and Josh talk about Real Vs. Perceived Value. Sometimes we question our value as artists, or take for granted the value of art. We discuss the slippery nature of value, and how sometimes perceived value can be greater than "real" value for creators/artists.

In this 48 hour art check, Cory and Josh discuss the value of doing, and the dangers of waiting. Rather than giving in to art block, artists can lean into art, tackle their fears, then move forward.

In this episode we discuss the value of Escapist Fiction for writers and creators, as well as readers. We're joined by Scott Serkland

in one of the most metaphor heavy rounds we've had, we a talk about momentum in creative projects. There's a point in every project where the struggle pays off and you reach a state of ultra productivity... and we relate that to various hills we've skated and wiped out on.

In this episode we do our 48 hour art check, then discuss going against the grain as an artist, being a Monkey rather than a Kitten based on the Seth Godin Icarus book, and then conclude that being an artist is a middle finger to the existential situation of humanity... This one's a good one.

This is our 80th art check. What is this art challenge and why do we do it. Josh and Cory talk about the three steps to doing an art check with a buddy and why each step works.

The steps are:

1. Progress

2. Problems

3. Plans