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Consistent September 14, 2014 / Design
Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby something new is created which has some kind of subjective value You may not be able to emulate Wyland by painting 100 whaling walls on buildings all around the globe, or have an image on a California license plate that collects additional fees for marine conservation groups, but that should not stop you from letting his branding techniques inspire and inform you. Start with what you have and work outward, remaining consistent with your message, your mission and your style. Ask yourself how you can use your art, and possibly your status, to change the world around you.
Music And ArtSeptember 14, 2014 / Design
The saying, “Fake it until you make it” has some truth to it. If you do not learn to take giant steps that move you outside your comfort range and push you to achieve new things, it is extremely difficult to grow as an artist, and as a person. Faking it does not mean being a fake. You need to be truly authentic in what you do and how you present yourself. Faking it in this context simply means you are learning on the fly and sometimes only one-step ahead of your audience and benefactors.
Personal Branding September 14, 2014 / Design
Properly applied, personal branding is a powerful tool for artists. Artists have the ability to take full advantage of creative options to define themselves and their art businesses. Learn how you can decipher your own personal style. Use it to develop an overarching iconic look to your marketing to help create new awareness and interest in your work. A personal brand is a story about you. It is what others say to describe you. If you accept you have a brand, and you do whether you believe it or not, you can use the knowledge to influence how the story is told. Think of what people say to describe you when your name slips their mind. When that happens, it is your brand doing the talking.
Creativity
The range of scholarly interest in creativity includes a multitude of definitions and approaches involving several disciplines taking in the relationship between creativity and general intelligence, mental and neurological processes associated with creativity, the relationships between personality type and creative ability and between creativity and mental health, the potential for fostering creativity through education and training, especially as augmented by technology, and the application of creative resources to improve the effectiveness of learning and teaching processes.
