Comments on: 5 Ways to Boost your Creative Productivity http://skinnyartist.com/5-ways-to-boost-your-creative-productivity/ Live your Art Wed, 16 May 2012 19:03:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: How to Create (and destroy) your Reputation Online as an Artist http://skinnyartist.com/5-ways-to-boost-your-creative-productivity/#comment-32 How to Create (and destroy) your Reputation Online as an Artist Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:14:47 +0000 http://skinnyartist.com/?p=212#comment-32 [...] or tool they can use.  Things such as how-to tutorials, interviews, and other website tools and resources.  Also keep in mind that the many of your visitors will find you for the first time through search [...] [...] or tool they can use.  Things such as how-to tutorials, interviews, and other website tools and resources.  Also keep in mind that the many of your visitors will find you for the first time through search [...]

]]> By: Radiohead is not the Dead - but they are closer than you think! http://skinnyartist.com/5-ways-to-boost-your-creative-productivity/#comment-9 Radiohead is not the Dead - but they are closer than you think! Sun, 02 May 2010 13:03:26 +0000 http://skinnyartist.com/?p=212#comment-9 [...] and then find a way to get the word out.  For example, one artist that I talked about in the comment section of an earlier post rented out an abandoned bank building and lived there for a month, living and working in plain [...] [...] and then find a way to get the word out.  For example, one artist that I talked about in the comment section of an earlier post rented out an abandoned bank building and lived there for a month, living and working in plain [...]

]]> By: Drew http://skinnyartist.com/5-ways-to-boost-your-creative-productivity/#comment-5 Drew Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:08:17 +0000 http://skinnyartist.com/?p=212#comment-5 First of all, thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts with us. :) I love the idea of Ustreaming your working process in order to keep you on task. After all, you never know if your next customer is watching. It also reminded me of a newspaper article I read a few months back about an artist named <a href="http://www.meganburkholder.com" rel="nofollow">Megan Burkholder</a> who rented out an abandoned bank in downtown Columbus, Ohio and lived there full-time for a month. She painted and lived on full display in front of this glass storefront for twelve hours a day. Talk about being held accountable. Come to think of it, I may try and get ahold of her at some point and ask if she would mind sharing a few more details with us about this experience. At the time I was thinking that this was simply a great PR move and a unique way to get her name out there as an artist, but now that you brought up the whole accountability and productivity aspect to it, it got me thinking that she could really be on to something. If there's anyone else out there in the Skinny Universe who has used video to document their working process, we would love to hear about your thoughts and experiences using it. By the way, if any of you are interested in reading the original newspaper article that I'm talking about, you can find it <a href="http://su.pr/8puvkw" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Not to drag out this comment any longer, but I am also interested in hearing more about your experience using RescueTime. I've heard some good things about the program, but I haven't tried it out. After you get a chance to work with it for awhile, I would really like to hear your thoughts about using it and if you think that it's really worthwhile. First of all, thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts with us. :) I love the idea of Ustreaming your working process in order to keep you on task. After all, you never know if your next customer is watching.

It also reminded me of a newspaper article I read a few months back about an artist named Megan Burkholder who rented out an abandoned bank in downtown Columbus, Ohio and lived there full-time for a month. She painted and lived on full display in front of this glass storefront for twelve hours a day. Talk about being held accountable. Come to think of it, I may try and get ahold of her at some point and ask if she would mind sharing a few more details with us about this experience.

At the time I was thinking that this was simply a great PR move and a unique way to get her name out there as an artist, but now that you brought up the whole accountability and productivity aspect to it, it got me thinking that she could really be on to something. If there’s anyone else out there in the Skinny Universe who has used video to document their working process, we would love to hear about your thoughts and experiences using it.

By the way, if any of you are interested in reading the original newspaper article that I’m talking about, you can find it here.

Not to drag out this comment any longer, but I am also interested in hearing more about your experience using RescueTime. I’ve heard some good things about the program, but I haven’t tried it out. After you get a chance to work with it for awhile, I would really like to hear your thoughts about using it and if you think that it’s really worthwhile.

]]> By: Char Reed http://skinnyartist.com/5-ways-to-boost-your-creative-productivity/#comment-4 Char Reed Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:03:21 +0000 http://skinnyartist.com/?p=212#comment-4 What other tips or techniques do you use to help get more stuff done? I had used the Pomodoro Technique before and while I was using it, it worked great. But I find opening the app, repositioning it out of my desktop workspace, fiddling with the specific time because it just doesn't remember... All that could be avoided by just setting up a dedicated time to draw. I also find Ustreaming my illustration of the day (as long as it's not protected by NDA) helps me to focus because I don't want to browse in front of an audience or while I'm recording! Sometimes pressure from others forces me to stay on schedule because otherwise I guilt trip myself. Maybe not be 100% healthy, but I wake up at 8am or else I disappoint my dogs by not taking them out for a walk ;) One thing I just found yesterday that I'm trying is https://www.rescuetime.com. It's a site that actively monitors your programme usage while browsing, using Tweetie, Photoshop, IM'ing... It just records the time you spend in each and makes charts for you to check out. I'm not changing my work patterns until I review a week of my habits and see where I can help myself recover some lost time spent browsing unproductive websites, tweeting or chatting too much. Hopefully it helps! Do you believe listening to music while you work is inspiring or distracting? Music while drawing helps me focus and get in the zone. Music while typing totally is distracting. So if I'm trying to type up an email or a blog post, I turn off the tunes. I think music with words are more distracting, I find myself typing what I'm listening to at times :) What other tips or techniques do you use to help get more stuff done?

I had used the Pomodoro Technique before and while I was using it, it worked great. But I find opening the app, repositioning it out of my desktop workspace, fiddling with the specific time because it just doesn’t remember… All that could be avoided by just setting up a dedicated time to draw. I also find Ustreaming my illustration of the day (as long as it’s not protected by NDA) helps me to focus because I don’t want to browse in front of an audience or while I’m recording! Sometimes pressure from others forces me to stay on schedule because otherwise I guilt trip myself. Maybe not be 100% healthy, but I wake up at 8am or else I disappoint my dogs by not taking them out for a walk ;)

One thing I just found yesterday that I’m trying is https://www.rescuetime.com. It’s a site that actively monitors your programme usage while browsing, using Tweetie, Photoshop, IM’ing… It just records the time you spend in each and makes charts for you to check out. I’m not changing my work patterns until I review a week of my habits and see where I can help myself recover some lost time spent browsing unproductive websites, tweeting or chatting too much. Hopefully it helps!

Do you believe listening to music while you work is inspiring or distracting?

Music while drawing helps me focus and get in the zone. Music while typing totally is distracting. So if I’m trying to type up an email or a blog post, I turn off the tunes. I think music with words are more distracting, I find myself typing what I’m listening to at times :)

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