adobe creative residency

From street photographer to graphic designer, influential creator Cynthia Lagos understands the art of visual language. On this episode of Miami Creators, Cyn Lagos shares her inspiring journey through the Adobe Creative Residency program, working with top brands and her passion project and teaching creative artists visual language. Cyn understands how visual art transects many disciplines and she is excited to share her vision with the world. You’ll want to hear her speak about the passion she has for all visual art forms and you’ll even learn from her first-hand experience about an amazing artist residency program that anyone can apply.

Outline of This Episode

• [2:15] Why did she start teaching visual language
• [4:10] Creativity vs. business
• [8:05] What energizes her?
• [11:06] What changes has she seen in social media?
• [17:45] What is the Adobe Creative Residency?
• [20:39] How did she discover the Adobe Creative Residency?
• [24:06] How has life turned out differently than she expected?
• [26:19] What was her favorite failure?
• [31:35] What piece of advice does she have for herself 10 years ago?
• [34:08] What would her future self tell her about today?
• [35:38] What quote does she try to live by?
• [37:33] The Miami Rapid Fire 

Resources & People Mentioned

• Adobe Creative Residency
• Adobe Creative Residency Application
• Simon Sinek
• Simon Sinek 99U Presentation
• BOOK: Start With Why
• TV Show: Mad Men
• Paseo Catracho
• Leonardo Botero
• SkillShare.com

Connect with Cynthia Lagos

• CynLagos.com
• Cyn on Instagram @cynlagos

Connect With Miami Creators

• www.MiamiCreators.com 
• On Instagram: @MiamiCreators
• On Facebook: @MiamiCreators
• On Twitter:@MiamiCreators

Tyler Babin is a photographer, videographer & creative director based out of New York City. He’s currently a 2019-2020 Adobe Creative Resident where he’s paid by Adobe to, simply put, create. No clients, just creating. We recorded this episode in person during CreativeLive’s biggest conference of the year - Photoshop Week - where Tyler’s story came full circle. You’ll find out what led him to landing a spot as an Adobe Creative Resident and the ongoing evolution of Behind the Feed, his year-long documentary project pulling the curtain behind the reality of digital influencer culture. We learn why he quit his dream job working for VanyerMedia, where over 3 years earlier on his last day as an intern he’d talked his way into becoming a personal videographer for Gary Vanyerchuk in a 45-min taxi ride. We discuss how this journey all started when Tyler was 18 years old and flew across the country to be a student in Matthew Jordan Smith’s workshop at CreativeLive.

This is We Are Photographers with Tyler Babin and this is his story.

Follow Tyler Babin on tylerbabin.com, IG @babin, YouTube, TW @tyler_babin

Today is our last segment with Christine Herrin, who is a designer and hand letterer who has launched her own line of memory-keeping products. She just recently wrapped up her time as an Adobe Creative Resident and today’s episode is all about her experience.

In the interview, we talk about her specific project and why she proposed it to the Adobe team. We also get into some behind-the-scenes stuff regarding how the residency works, why the public speaking aspect of the residency turned out to be huge for her, what it was like to share her process along the way, and how her experience taught her to be both a creative and a business person.  

SHOW NOTES:

• Christine Herrin
• Everyday Explorers
• Christine on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter
• Adobe Creative Residency
• Kelly Purkey
• Ali Edwards
• Sara Dietschy
• SXSW Festival
• Behance
• The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack
  Community!)

You can find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

Today we’re hearing once again from designer and letterer Christine Herrin. If you listened to last week’s show, episode 111, you know that Christine’s passion is memory keeping and she’s built a business around designing modern products for those who love to capture and save memories. She also has a full freelance schedule as a designer and hand letterer and just recently wrapped up her stint as an Adobe Creative Resident.

In today’s interview, we talk about how travel is essential for jolting her creative brain into action. We also discuss the surprising places she’s found product design ideas in her travels, why she’s okay with both digital and physical types of memory keeping, and how she blends work and travel as a way to see the world and get stuff done at the same time.

SHOW NOTES:

• Christine Herrin
• Everyday Explorers
• Christine on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter
• Adobe Creative Residency
• Total Girl magazine
• Anne Ditmeyer's CYOP Interview
• Anne Ditmeyer's work
• Blurb Books
• The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack
  Community!)

You can find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.