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REPLAY: As I struggle to get my next class published before the end of the year, this episode (originally published as Episode 14) is particularly relevant. Whether you're listening for the first time or you're hearing it again, I truly believe it's worth hearing this message.
Do you ever feel like everything takes YOU longer than everyone else? In this episode, talk about what it’s been like for me as a slow worker. What kinds of things have slowed me down, and how have I been able to thrive as a successful illustrator in spite of them. So if you’re a slowpoke trying to figure out why it just takes so long to get things done, this one is for you.
I’m going talk about why I think there are two kinds of slow — good slow and bad slow — and why we should embrace the former and try to change the latter. And of course, I’ll give you some ways to do both. How can you embrace the things about your work that you maybe wish would go faster, and how you can change some of the things that truly get in your creative way.
By the end of this episode, I hope that you’ll feel permitted to give yourself the time you need to do your best work — and to defend that time when it comes under question by yourself — or by others.
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IN THIS EPISODE
Hook - Teachers in art school making us feel like we have to work fast or die in the design industry
Chapter 1: Slow is Faster Than Stuck
- Good slow vs. Bad slow
- Good - Slow for the right reasons
- Just necessary part of the process
- Bad - Slow for the wrong reasons
- Something negative getting in my way
- Why this episode: to help you overcome anxiety and frustration we feel when we feel like things take longer than they should
- Story: Rebranding a company without any experience
Chapter 2: Slow for the Right Reasons
- Some things just take time
- Examples: Baking cookies, making wine, waiting for paint to dry
- For me: My process
- Reasons for Slow
- Conceptual reasons
- Technical reasons
- Maybe we're just not good at it (not a bad thing)
- Short deadlines: NOT inevitable
- Pick Two: Good/Fast/Cheap — sounds good in theory, but is Good ever an option?
- Takeaways:
- Some things just take time
- Build these into your process
- There is always a struggle to get to the eureka moment
- We learn how to avoid things that slow us down the most
- Short deadlines are a CHOICE!
Chapter 3: Slow for the Wrong reasons
- Things that take our time but don't need to
- AKA Pitfalls
- Examples
- Trying to go directly over a mountain, rather than around it
- Baking without a recipe
- Reasons
- Trying to take shortcuts that end up taking longer
- Not following a step by step process
- Avoiding outside feedback
- Analysis paralysis
- Solutions
- Embrace the long way. Building a solid foundation takes more time up front but saves time down the road.
- Develop a process through practice over time, and then stick to it.
- Swallow your pride, be brave, share your mid-process work even though you don't want to!
- Start with very simple tasks you know you can do. Then do the next right thing, and the next. One thing at a time.
Episode Summary
LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
The Six Stages of Illustration (Skillshare class) - https://www.tomfroese.com/teaching/the-six-stages-of-illustration
Slow is Faster Than Stuck (My original article on Medium) - https://medium.com/creators-hub/slow-is-faster-than-stuck-e879958364b9
PODCAST TEAM/CREDITS
THANK YOU TO MY TEAM!
Julia Herrick, Script Editor
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Mark Allan Falk, Audio/Video Engineer
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All Music, including Theme Song and Cues by Mark Allan Falk.
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PODCAST TEAM/CREDITS
Mark Allan Falk, Audio/Video Engineer
https://linktr.ee/semiathletic
All Music, including Theme Song and Cues by Mark Allan Falk.
FIND ME ELSEWHERE
www.tomfroese.com
