I’m experimenting with highlighting key takeaways, things that have come up and things I’ve learned from my interviews with other creators. And I’ll explore these ideas further. And today I talk about the exciting idea that as part of my kids book illustration service, I also document the creative journey of the project across social media platforms to not only help build hype around the book but showcase my creative process as an illustrator. Watch the full Will Mosley creator chat on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JKy1TcGfaOo Check out Will Mosley’s podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-mosley-podcast/id1450046555

I speak with Jamie Iria from the creative spin podcast and his multifaceted business Creative 7 based in Toronto. We talk to Jamie about what made him decided to create a podcast that would compliment his business over a year ago and the benefits that it has had since. Also the benefits of video and now live podcast recordings. Check out the Creative Spin Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/creative-spin-podcast/id1448522403 or follow the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHEerQdVM-I85Vy5KD28Dg

I’ve finally illustrated my way to the end of the Elijah and Crumpet kids book. So where to from here?

I’ve been inspired to change my content around after listening to Will Mosley’s awesome podcast. My plan is to create one piece of pillar content during the day, in the form of my sketchy lives on Instagram. And then breaking that down into micro content for other social media posts. And this is part of that first experiment as this episode has been taken from my Instagram live. Will brings so much awesome advice to the table, I hope you enjoy and get something out of it like I did.

On today’s podcast I answer a question while live sketching on Instagram. I talk about how do you illustrate your kids book idea if you aren’t an artist. I talk about how to decide if you want to give it a go yourself or if not how do you find the right artist to bring your story to life. To see my full sketchy live on igtv check out the following link: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBCMQwZhCcS/?igshid=1s59f9he7dt3r

Lucy Pearce is helping children learn about mental wellbeing in a fun and interactive way with her upcoming series of kids books from The Home Of Youtopia. We chat about her exciting new book series and dive into many aspects of what it takes to get a Children’s book created. Follow Lucy and the creation of her first book ‘Dexter Takes A Dip’ on her Instagram channel https://instagram.com/homeofyoutopia?igshid=3uc5elyi1dva

My content strategy as an artist has changed again. With Instagram becoming my main place for content production, exhibition and chatting my community.

How do you go about squeezing out your day job so you can just be working on your dream job. I think the answer is to continually be promoting yourself. But it’s not as easy as that, you need a way to balance the two as best as possible to create a steady income and how am I gonna do that? I’m not sure but that’s what I’m pondering today.

What do I need to get done in 2020? What are the important things? Applying the 80 20 rule to doing what’s important.

What is your origin story? What are your goals? and how do you plan to get there? Are just some of the questions I had to contemplate being interviewed on The Creative Spin Podcast Listen to my interview here - A compulsive creators journey - The Creative Spin Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Z6aUSC0B0FUaZMoqegqJJ?si=Q87cKLweQyyCAq_RxMAVTA