Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills Guide (link)

Instructions

Use the transferable skills guide to help you understand the specifics of what each of the transferable skills are referring to.

Inspiration and Motivation

Related Transferable Skills: Strong Work Ethic, Time Management, Deliberate Practice, Self Confidence

8 Tips For Artists Struggling With Motivation

Screw motivation, what you need is discipline

^ Very direct article with some great ideas for overcoming procrastination and a lack of motivation.

On getting it done...

The Pixar panel discussion below features a great anecdote from Brad Bird on how to get started when you are paralysed by fear or indecision.

Process > Product

When your goal is learning or skill development, it is far more beneficial to focus on the process of your work, rather than the product. Don't let yourself get emotionally invested in what you are making, it's not important. Each piece of work you make is simply a tool to help you improve yourself. What is important is your skill development, and your (life-long) journey towards becoming a better artist and professional - focus your energy on this goal!

Another way to think of this is

Progress > Results

Fear is boring, and other tips for living a creative life“Eat Pray Love” author Elizabeth Gilbert shares 11 ways to think smartly about creativity and how to live a meaningful creative life.

Art & Fear: The ceramics class and quantity before qualityThis story from the book Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland popped up in a favorite technology blog yesterday: The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the clas…

Inspiration Is Better Than CoffeeWhen I lived in Vancouver, I was lucky enough to get a decent half hour every weekday to read some books whilst I got the train into the cit...

Alec Steele - This guy is only 20 and is already a very accomplished blacksmith and a very prolific YouTuber. He has an excellent attitude as an artist/craftsman and is passionate about improving his skills - each new project he tackles covers something new that he has never done before. Even if you are not interested in metalworking, watch a couple of videos for a bit of inspiration and motivation!

Beeple is a motion design artist who makes something every single day. This is a great habit to get into that will help you to develop your skills.

Angela Duckworth's Research into what she calls "Grit"

Refining your Creative Practice

Flow, the secret to happinessMihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow."

The surprising habits of original thinkersHow do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals -- including embracing failure. "The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're the ones who try the most," Grant says. "You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones."

Giving and receiving Feedback

Study and Research Tips

This is an audio book by concept artist and illustrator Bobby Chiu.

He documented his first 10 years of working in animation/film, and interviewed artists he admired, and this project is the culmination of that - a good example of reflective practice!

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