matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoGETTING YOUR STORY ACROSS (MARKETING AND BRAND AWARENESS)It doesn’t matter if you’re the CEO of a design studio, a student at the Academy or working retail by day and creating…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoPOLISHING YOUR STORY (THE ARTIST STATEMENT)Artist statements, even though they might appear like a load of pretentious art-talk (which many of them sadly are)…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoSTORY IS EVERYTHINGBe it online or in person, there’s a lot of competition in the arts. And the fact that the art world is much smaller…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoPRICING YOUR ART THE RIGHT WAY Part III: Constructing and communicating your priceIn the last two blunders we discussed the importance of calculating ones base expenses and all-around financial needs…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoPRICING YOUR ART THE RIGHT WAY Part II — Value and WorthOscar Wilde once wrote: “A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.” A true artist…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoPRICING YOUR ART THE RIGHT WAY Part I: Expenses and ResourcesCreating a beautiful work of art is hard by itself, but when it comes to putting a price tag on whatever we made, it…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoNATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL SYMBOLSJust as with sweeteners and coffee, you have natural and artificial options to spice up your art, too. Both sweeteners…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoART AND ENTERTAINMENTMore and more you see art shows being coupled with support programs that, to an art goer from a couple of decades ago…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoART HAS NO PURPOSE, ONLY CONSEQUENCES An interesting sentence, uttered by a friend of mine while we were chatting over drinks, was that “Art has no purpose…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoHOW TO MAKE ART THAT TRANSFORMS PEOPLECreating art is a two step process; first you obviously have to make it, but then you also have to show it and present…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoCREATING A SYSTEM IN WHICH YOUR ART PRACTICE AND CAREER CAN FLOURISH Part IIHow can one create their own system? Or better yet: How can we find already created ones, that we can reappropriate…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 5 years agoCREATING A SYSTEM IN WHICH YOUR ART PRACTICE AND CAREER CAN FLOURISH Part IA few days ago I had the great pleasure to interview Amy Whitaker, an associate professor at NYU and author of two…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 6 years agoWHY PLAYING BY THE RULES IS SOMETIMES IMPERATIVE FOR CREATIVE PROGRESSThe world can be a weird, alien and sometimes even completely incomprehensible place for many of us. Most tackle this…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 6 years agoHOW TO BUILD A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR YOUR CREATIVITYWhen we think about creativity and inspiration, we might picture an image of a spirit, a muse, that comes forth from…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 6 years agoFORM AND FUNCTION — THE NEVER-ENDING SEARCH FOR MEANING AND PURPOSE To be frank, all comments on either the meaning or purpose of anything are irrelevant in the grander scheme of things…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 6 years agoIS THIS ART?Countless figures throughout history have tried to explain this incredibly complex question: What is art? And more…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 6 years agoON FINDING YOUR PLACE AND MAKING A STAND People have two intrinsic desires; to know themselves and to find a place in their environment. We constantly search…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 6 years agoQUALITY AND QUANTITYA lot of people today speak of quantity as the defining factor in getting your message into the world — with Gary…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 6 years agoTHE TRAP OF MASTERING A CRAFTThey say we are born as empty slates, pure white canvases onto which life leaves its marks and in the end produces a…matejtomazin (54)in #steempress • 6 years agoDETERMINING THE VALUE OF YOUR ART: CREATING ATTENTION Art is emotional and as such its value is determined absolutely subjectively. The big question though is how, because…