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How to tell a visual story when you can’t draw

I have no artistic ability.
Okay, that’s not entirely true. I can actually do a number of arts in a competent manner, but drawing has eluded me most of my life. I had brief flashes of drawing ability my freshman year of high school and my freshman year of college (odd coincidence). I can get […]

Learn first. Then find your voice.

When I first decided to try to teach a jewelry design class at the local craft store, my mother thought I was crazy. She couldn’t understand why I’d want to teach people to do what I can do. I thought the answer was fairly obvious: While I was teaching them the techniques through projects done […]

Are you creating?

Someone recently posted the question, “Do you create something every single day?” on Facebook. I had to reply.
My current list of projects I’m actively working on: (I work on at least one project every day.)

Dead Bunny’s tutorial (which is about to reach an impasse until I replace my microphone)
A Deck of Plot Ninjas (which is […]

Feeling unoriginal

I’m at the end of my creative rope.
When I first started designing jewelry, I embedded beads in the box chain to soften it up…make it less harsh. It turns out that couple of years later, someone else did it and submitted it to a book. (I realize that doesn’t make me unoriginal, just in need […]

How to feel alone in a room full of friends

A while back, I posted on feeling like I’m not home. Feeling like I have no friends. I’ve had a hard time trying to explain how I feel to people around me. The past two or three months have really kind of helped me get to the core of what the problem is, why I […]