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Hello, creatives! In this week's episode, I'm diving into the chaos that often comes with January—the month packed with enticing growth opportunities, new challenges, and a sense of urgency. But, here's the truth: the rush might lead straight to overwhelm.

Join me as we explore the powerful shift from 'I have to' to 'I get to.' It's all about reframing our approach to tasks or projects in our creative journey. I'll share some eye-opening examples of how this simple switch can transform our mindset and productivity. It's all about intentional, deliberate steps forward. Tune in and let's embrace a more purposeful and fulfilling creative journey together.

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 🎨🎙️ Join host Rob Lee in a conversation with illustrator and cartoonist Anuj Shrestha as they discuss his creative journey, the influence of different landscapes on his work, establishing rapport with clients, and the thriving art scene in Philadelphia. Tune in for insights into the world of illustration and the power of artistic expression. 🎨🗣️

Episode Highlights:

• Anuj's early love for drawing and the influence of Archie comics. 📚 (00:01:02) 
• The impact of living in different places on Anuj's work. 🌎 (00:10:47)
• Establishing rapport with clients and building a successful freelance career. 💼 (00:16:50)
• The significance of accolades and validation in the art world. 🏆 (00:35:37)
• The vibrant art scene in Philadelphia and its impact on Anuj's work. 🎭 (00:42:11)

Key Takeaways:

• Anuj's passion for drawing and cartooning started at a young age and was nurtured by supportive teachers and family members. 🎨
• Living in different landscapes, from Alaska to Philadelphia, has influenced Anuj's artistic style and subject matter. 🏔️
• Building strong relationships with clients is essential for a successful freelance career, and showcasing personal work on platforms like Instagram can attract new opportunities. 🤝
• Accolades and recognition can be validating, but the most rewarding experience is when fellow artists appreciate and connect with Anuj's work. ❤️
• Philadelphia's art scene is vibrant and provides a supportive community for artists to thrive and collaborate. 🎉
• Explore Anuj Shrestha's illustrations and cartoons on his website to witness his unique artistic style and storytelling abilities. 🖌️📸

Explore Anuj Shrestha's illustrations and cartoons on his website to witness his unique artistic style and storytelling abilities. 🖌️📸

Social Media:
Twitter: @inkanuj
Instagram: anujink
LinkedIn: Anuj Shrestha

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This program is supported (in part) by a grant from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation.

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Original music by Daniel Alexis Music with additional music from Chipzard.

Episode illustration by Alley Kid Art.

About "The Truth In This Art"

"The Truth In This Art," hosted by Rob Lee, is a podcast that explores the essence of creativity and its community impact, amplifying artists' voices and their profound stories.

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In this episode, we have a captivating guest whose art brings vibrant colors and cosmic wonder to life. Join us as we welcome Luisa Padró, better known as Artysta LuLu, a professional visual artist and expressionist painter. LuLu’s paintings offer a unique perspective, unveiling a childlike simplicity in the face of complex and otherworldly ideas. Luisa promotes peace, love, self-empowerment, and an unyielding curiosity with every brush stroke. Don’t miss Artysta LuLu’s most profound lessons learned as an artist, sharing wisdom and experiences that will resonate with creatives and entrepreneurs alike.

About Our Guest
Luisa Padro, who also goes by Artysta LuLu, is a visual artist/expressionist painter whose style mixes vivid, energetic, happy colors with cartoons and images of the cosmos. Her paintings bring a simplistic, childlike view to complex and out-of-this-world ideas, promoting peace, love, self-empowerment, and curiosity.

Connect with Artysta LuLu

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A part of building a sustainable career means being able to do consistent work. Sometimes that means making the work yourself while you wait for work to show up on your doorstep. The challenges of this career are guaranteed but how we deal with them is up to the individual.

In part two of this episode, Brandon continues to shares how to build a career that is sustainable through the highs and lows. To build a more sustainable career we need to:

1. Give ourselves many different experiences early on
2. Celebrate both the big and little wins
3.  Practice abundance over scarcity.
4. Be willing to show up when others don't
5. Know everything comes to an end
6. Just stay in the game the longest

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Designer and Illustrator Brad Woodard shares his experience creating multiple income streams from licensing his artwork to big brands, illustrating books, developing skill sharing courses, digital assets to collaborating with Domestika to produce two online courses.

Most recently, Brad launched a new venture educating kids with art in the Brave Kids Art Club. 

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Join me today to chat about one of my favorite things to do at the start of the year...choosing a word of the year! Where could you be one year from today if you held yourself accountable to a feeling? Today I will share with you my process for not only choosing my word for the year, but how I can put small actions, habits or goals in place to support that word. To keep myself accountable in feeling into that word and embodying it in a way that keeps me on track all year long. When you choose your word for the year, don't forget to tag me so I can cheer on your progress. https://www.instagram.com/lesliekenehan/

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Happy Designing!

Leslie

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Happy New Year! Join me today to chat all about getting grounded back into our purpose and passions in 2023. When building a creative business, it's not hard to get lost in projects, growth, income goals or building that social media following. We end up saying yes to a lot, over filling our plates and we might even find ourselves completely off course for our big picture vision. Today I am offering up the idea of grounding back into our purpose and to our passion to gain clarity on what to focus on this year. Being grounded in your purpose often allows us to build our creative career with confidence, clarity, and authenticity. Giving us that much needed push toward our vision.

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Whether you are a freelancer, an in-house designer, or a small business owner, when we hear the hot words, recession, inflation or even pandemic, for some of us a fear that immediately follows. What will happen to the industry I'm in, will I continue to make sales, will companies continue to buy, can I still create a salary for myself, should I stay the course or ditch and try something else altogether? During these times that we must face ourselves with honesty…it can be brave to know when to walk away. But it can also be brave to stick it out. Join me today on the Print Life Podcast as we discuss what's going on in the industry and how you can benefit from staying the course, remaining consistent and coming out the other side of whatever it is we think may be coming down the road.

Interested in joining me on the podcast? If you're a surface pattern or print designer in the fashion or home industry who would love to come on the podcast and chat with me all about freelance, marketing, business, or … life! I would love to hear from you. Please e-mail me at leslie@whitebuffalostudio.com with print life podcast in the subject line. I look forward to hearing from you!

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As we ease our way towards the beginning of a new year it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the idea of needing to create resolutions, a long list of goals or even intention setting. It's also easy to feel overwhelmed when we look back on our year if we feel like we did not accomplish what we set out to this year. Today we are going to talk about clearing clutter - physical, digital, emotional, or spiritual - with the intention to make space for what we want our future to be. And to allow us to see with clarity the steps we must take to get us closer to that vision. And then following up every quarter for accountability to keep them to keep these intentions from becoming overwhelming expectations that feel just out of reach.

If you're enjoying listening to the podcast, I would love to hear your feedback! Leave me a comment or a review and let me know how you are liking the content. Enjoy the rest of 2022!

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In the print life membership, we have monthly discussions around specific topics in the industry and trainings relating to those topics. I was reviewing our past months content and felt pulled to share our October chat with you all. It felt very relevant to where we are in the industry and some steps, we can take to begin tightening up our position and messaging in the marketing place. We can say the market is saturated. We can say competition is fierce. We can say how do I sell my designs when there are so many others selling. How can I retain my price point when other platforms are lowering theirs? OR…. we can ask better questions.

How can improve my brand, my messaging, my position in the market so that I am more visible. How can I sharpen my skills and craft so that I am the clear choice. How can I improve my messaging and tighten up my niche so that I am attracting the right types of clients?

And that is what will keep you in the game for many years to come.  Interested in learning more about the Print Life? Head over to www.lesliekenehan.com/membership and get on the wait list

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There is no best right one and only way to learn or to find your version of success. For me, it has been my experiences in life, fashion, art and business to land where I am now. It took tough choices, late nights and sacrifice. But success looks different for every one of us. My success was to have a business I can run on my own terms so I can be home part time with my family. To others it may be to license, to sell on their own, with an agent or to start a studio. And because we all have different needs, different goals and different ideas of success...there are going to be a variety of ways we can get there. But what I have seen to be the most powerful source of inspiration and motivation over the past few years is community and comradery. Without it, what are we contributing? https://lesliekenehan.com/

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For so many years we hear and ask the question, what do I do when I have a creative block? What do I do when I feel stuck? I have recently discovered a way to unblock and overcome those feelings with a little trick that I stumbled across by accident. And I know everyone is different and this might not work for everyone...but wow has it been working well for me! Join me today to chat about ways I overcome a heavy workload and the feeling of 'stuck-ness' I get from time to time to create more space to be creative and get things done. Looking for more info on how you can take your love of surface pattern and print design and turn it into a sustainable career? Head over to https://lesliekenehan.com/freetraining and take a peek at my FREE trainings. See you next time!

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Join me today to discuss gratitude and the role it can play in your business. From social media marketing to your client list to your sales gratitude can play a big role in how we view the work we do, how consistently we show up, and even the results we get. If you are enjoying the podcast and want to hear more in the future, be sure to drop a review or comment and let me know what you think! See you next time. https://lesliekenehan.com/podcast

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Join me today to chat about taking a look at the year so far, goals for moving forward and making the most of the next half of the year! If you are like me, June can feel like a beautiful time to take a step back, recharge, reground, regroup and hitting the ground running. Get ready to think about your big picture goals and then set aligned actions toward them.

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Today I am going to share a personal story with you that I felt really highlights the importance of taking action, big or small. There is one major difference between those of us who DO and those of us who DREAM. Dreams are amazing as long as we are taking action to realize them. It is in the doing that our dreams become our reality.

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Join me this week to chat about what I think is key in creating a lasting career as a surface pattern & print designer. Second to having a market focus, becoming a specialist within that market will support you in creating a lasting career. Freelance, in house or studio start up....it is all about understanding every aspect of what it is you want.

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Discover the magic of artistic expression with 'The Truth in This Art,' where Rob Lee uncovers the hidden truths within art with today's guest: Ucheoma Uzosike, a talented cartoonist and animator hailing from Catonsville, MD. With a passion for bringing the bizarre and niche aspects of life into his work, Ucheoma's comedic comic strips and animations touch on the absurdities of everyday life. He is currently working on character design and creating a comedy series for Webtoon, showcasing his unique style that blends humor, absurdity, and relatability. Ucheoma has been drawing comics since childhood, and his artwork has garnered a significant following on Instagram for its hilarity and relatability. As a freelance artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, he continues to delight audiences with his creative and humorous approach to storytelling.

Within this recording:

• Explore the significance of comic ideas over style, and how they shape the impact of a comic's message and appeal.
• Delve into the power of specific and niche humor, as it connects deeply with audiences and creates a lasting impression.
• Uncover the art of finding humor in everyday situations, and discover how adding a unique twist can make a comic stand out from the rest.
• Learn about the importance of external validation and support from friends and mentors in fueling creative passions and artistic pursuits.
• Understand the role of rejection in the creative process, and how perseverance can lead to a breakthrough moment that changes everything.

Tune in and be amazed by Ucheoma as he shares his journey. He believes that the idea behind a comic is more important than the style, although a good style can enhance a great idea. Ucheoma got started in comics at a young age and rediscovered his passion for it in college. He finds inspiration in movies, TV shows, and music, and enjoys creating comics that are ridiculous and subversive. Ucheoma's work often resonates with people because it is specific and niche, making them feel seen and understood.

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This program is supported (in part) by a grant from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation.

If you have a story about art, culture, or community, share it with us at rob@thetruthinthisart.com for a chance to be featured on 'The Truth In This Art' podcast.

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Original music by Daniel Alexis Music with additional music from Chipzard.

Episode illustration by Alley Kid Art.

About "The Truth In This Art"

"The Truth In This Art," hosted by Rob Lee, is a podcast that explores the essence of creativity and its community impact, amplifying artists' voices and their profound stories.

Connect with me:

Website | Twitter | Instagram 

Support the show:

Merch from Redbubble | Make a Donation 

Happy New Year! Join me today to chat all about the idea of collaboration over competition and how it can open up a world of possibilities in 2022 and beyond!

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Join me this week to chat about using this time in December to reflect, review, repurpose and refresh. This month is all about creating clarity as the year comes to a close, taking inventory of where we are and what we want so our 2022 gets off to a great start.

https://lesliekenehan.com/

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Join me this week as we discuss ways you can overcome imposter syndrome and self doubt in your creative business.

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