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Hey,I'm Ben 👋
I'm an 🎨 illustrator, 👨💻 developer, 🎤 podcast host , ⚡️ chaser of 'aha' moments and I love sharing my process and findings online.
Welcome to the home of my notes, resources, experiments, findingings and tutorials as I navigate art ,learning and building a following & business online
Painting and drawing
✍️ Digital art and art concepts
A collection of notes, thoughts and ideas on painting and drawing
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Notes on Stylized Character Design
Character design comes in many different shapes, sizes and styles. here are some notes on what I've learnt so far.
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Why should you learn 3D as a 2D artist?
Why you should be excited to learn about 3D as a 2D artist
3m read
·Frustration as an Artist, and what to do about it
I often get frustrated when I'm trying to get better at things, this is true with art as well. These are my thoughts on how I would have (and try to) tackle frustration as I'm building my art skills
Learning how to learn
🧠 The quest to build skills and understanding
I'm always chasing that 'aha' moments, and learning new things and these are my thoughts and learnings on...well...learning
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The Art of Learning How To Learn
Understanding and testing the best ways to learn new skills quickly and efficiently
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Tricky challenge? Sandbox it
The power of the scratch pad when tackling tricky problems
Habits, when you fall off the wagon
It is going to happen, so I'm planning for it.
Still in the oven
A little reminder to myself to finish this
The business of creative
📈 Building a following and business online
Taking you along for the ride as I navigate building a brand, following and business online
Live Content Calendar
Live from my Notion content calendar of both ideas and content I'm working on.
| Name | Content Type | Status | Last Edited |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youtube 002 - Line weight and form | ReelTik TokShort | Working on it | 7 hours ago |
| Make blog posts for each YouTube video with CTA’s | Idea 💡 | 17 days ago | |
| Hard shadows when doing shading | Idea 💡 | 22 days ago | |
| Colour Pop | ReelShortTik Tok | Ready to post | 2 months ago |
| Franks skin colour | ReelShortTik Tok | Ready to post | 2 months ago |
| Drawing from imagination | ReelShortTik Tok | Ready to post | 2 months ago |
| Ellie Likeness Reel | ReelShortTik Tok | Ready to post | 2 months ago |
| Using the pen tool for cleaner shapes up front (space dude) | ReelTik TokShort | Working on it | 2 months ago |
| Bill and Frank Reel whole process reel | ReelShortTik Tok | Working on it | 2 months ago |
| Blue shadow on Pedro (multiple choice) - looks cool, - complimentary colours, - the sky | ReelShortTik Tok | Ready to post | 3 months ago |
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Learning Youtube
My ever growing list of youtube insights as I try to grow my channel
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·IG Reels can sometimes be a slow burn
A little content experiement using IG reels with surprising results
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·Short form vertical content and changing media formats
Short form content is an interesting beast, and here's my notes on it
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Making $25k in a month and a half with my first info product
Documenting the creation, launch, marketing, sales and everything in between of my first info product.
The Youtube Journey
Documenting my journey on building a Youtube Channel
Still in the oven
A little reminder to myself to finish this
Live Streams, my experience so far
Sharing how live streaming has been going on Youtube from the business and creative side
Still in the oven
A little reminder to myself to finish this
Systematising Content Creation
Producing more content, without burning out and going nuts in the process
Still in the oven
A little reminder to myself to finish this
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