{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Visual Scholar","title":"E26: Get Your 2024 Art Goals On Track!","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3531,"description":"Check out my Free Brainstorming Workshop: https://mightyartisan.com/worldbuilding Learn to silence your inner critic. Ignite creative ideas. And watch a live demo of these techniques in action.\n\n---\n\nThis is The Twenty Sixth Episode of the Visual Scholar Podcast - With Tim Mcburnie.\n\nLet's talk setting goals for 2024!\n\nBelow is in Automagically generated summary so you can check out the content and also to help with search functionality! (These are not bad at summing it all up...)\n\n--- Artists, often dreamers, face challenges in planning and execution. It's not just about having inspiration; structure is essential to guide artistic progress. Without it, there's a risk of creative blocks and uncertainty about the direction of art. Planning in a way that aligns with our artistic nature is key.\n\nI like to use a straightforward three-step framework:\n\nDEFINE GOALS VISUALLY: Use a visual approach for goal-setting, such as creating an influence map or a collection of images. It helps in understanding what the goals look like, making them tangible and relatable.\n\nASSESS CURRENT POSITION IN RELATION TO GOALS: Periodically evaluate your standing compared to your visual goals. This step helps determine if you're moving in the right direction and at the right pace.\n\nEVALUATE PRODUCTIVITY AND PACE: Reflect on how fast you're moving towards these goals. Are you progressing at a reasonable speed? It's not just about pace but also the quality of progress.\n\nVISUAL GOALS: As visual thinkers, artists find visual goal-setting methods more effective. Creating visual goals, like influence maps or image collections, aligns with an artist's cognitive processes. These methods transform abstract aspirations into tangible, inspiring visual references.\n\nSET ART GOALS: Artistic goals can be diverse, including:\n\nPRODUCT-BASED GOALS: Creating specific projects like sketchbooks or comic books. DEVELOPMENT GOALS: Improving specific artistic skills like anatomy, lighting, or storytelling....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vKDSN9jHBhdcDhTN53TJ3mCaTYFbZaRoFiNZnCjOgAM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMjM2/YTU1Y2I4Mzc1M2Vm/ZjQ5N2Q2Yzg3MzEz/Yjg3NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}