Finding your style - Andy J Pizza
How do you switch from designing for your clients brand and trends to finding your own true creative voice and being briefed to design more of that? Finding your own style is where the real magic happens. Andy J. Pizza, illustrator and host of the ultra-inspiring Creative Pep Talk Podcast talks about it all.
For those of you who don’t know Andy he’s designed for Sony, YouTube, The New York Times, The Guardian, Washington post, Amazon, Google, Smart Car, Urban outfitters, Wired magazine, Nickelodeon. Andy has a couple of really cool Skill-share classes out, he's a speaker too plus he’s got a stunning book out ‘Creative Pep Talk Inspiration from 50 Artists’
Which I have a copy I will be giving away to a lucky winner! I’ll talk about details at the end of this episode so stay tuned!
Andy’s Takeaways
1.Your creative voice doesn’t find you. You have to do the work.
2. The magic lies in not knowing where you’re going in your work. In the playing part the bit where you're in your intuition and you’re simply trusting your own good taste!
3. It’s never been more important to find your creative voice as it is right now, in this time in history. The world needs your art more than ever!
4. We all need stories! You the creative are the storytellers
5. Do you love your art enough to risk not winning?
6. Ask yourself this, what’s the thing you’re so passionate about and you’re willing to be bad at?
7.Vulnerability is the not knowing if you’re going to be successful!
8. Survive as a creative you had to find your hiding mechanisms! They helped you cope in the past! However there comes a time when they aren’t serving you anymore!
9. The resilience of an adult artist is unbelievable. Don’t forget this! What it takes to be a creative throughout your life is brave!
10.Split your working week into paid work with what you can make the most about of instant money from and then look at how you can free up the rest for your own business project.
11.You can’t create whilst you’re stressing about money, so put the time and respect into making that dollar or pound doing what you know you can do! Don’t complain about that Mundane job you wish was more creative, has more Freedom etc, instead look at the positives and really remind yourself it's paying your bills whilst you work out your steps and transition. Trust the process!
Andy’s Skillshare classes -
Finding your style: Five exercises to unlock your creative Identity
Making creativity your career: Six exercises to create a successful side project!
Andy’s Books -
Creative Pep Talk: Inspiration form 50 Artist