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Jerzy and Rob celebrate the end of the year by practicing an Extra Lean episode, which are emergent discussions based on what we've recently experienced in our art. You can download more of them by subscribing to the Lean Into Art Patreon!

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What happens when you begin to navigate the creative constraints of a project with the needs of the client, the users, and yourself in mind? Are the needs behind a project simply a list of requirements, or can they be instigators of creative energy?

Join Jerzy and Rob for an exploration of a specific project that became a lot more interesting through the application of service-driven design.

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Jerzy and Rob get together for another analysis of what they’ve been reading/watching/playing. In the second half they’ll look at how your own experience in the making of the thing can be a factor in choosing your tools.

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Last episode we started exploring creative time strategies and considering capacity as an overall foundation to help with being realistic about creative output.

Here we continue exploring to help our future selves get the things we care about making done, into the world, and help others become aware of the stuff we make.

Join Jerzy and Rob as they continue exploring the planning and time tools they’re using to make projects and products happen.

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Creative projects need lots of things, different concerns to focus on. Each of those concerns takes time. Where’s the time to create? How can we be kind and realistic in our plans?

If we do this skillfully, we hope it will help our future selves get the things we care about making done, into the world, and help others become aware of the stuff we make.

Join Jerzy and Rob as they explore the planning and time tools they’re using to make projects and products happen.

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Jerzy and Rob check in on their 2020 Art Soundoff journals. What themes and topics did we choose, and why? What outcomes are we hoping for with this year’s challenge?

If you’re participating in #artsoundoff this year, join the live stream and share your experiences and reflections!

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Last episode Jerzy and Rob talked about note taking on physical media, including a demonstration of taking notes. It’s a big topic, why and how you gather notes, and even how you put notes to use. Join Jerzy and Rob in this episode of the Lean Into Art podcast as they explore digital ways they take notes and make use of them for planning, project, and more.

Will Jerzy and Rob clear the last level of the note taking topic? You can join the adventure in the Discord to play along!

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Note taking can help with gathering our thoughts and set us up to build upon ideas. Join us in this note taking and note using infused episode of the Lean Into Art podcast. Jerzy and Rob will discuss how we each make use of notes with physical tools, digital tools, and how this note taking helps with creating and collaborating on projects.

This topic was inspired by #artsoundoff journal podcaster Owen Jollands in a recent episode of his journal. Art Soundoff 2020, a creative challenge to celebrate micro podcast journaling is underway, learn more about it at http://artsoundoff.com.

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Whether digital or analog, favorite art tools have a timeline and a story to them. First you’re curious about a new way or something breaks and it’s time to try something else. Then you explore an option and have an impression, will this new tablet or marker be a keeper? Some tools get to stick around and reliably help you get real projects completed. A special few tools become things we look forward to using.

Join Jerzy and Rob as they share a few recent and long standing favorite art tools. Along the way they’ll share the kinds of situations and projects that got those tools "hired".

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