Ep 59 - Never Look at the Numbers

New York-based cartoonist and comedian Jason Chatfield talks about how the business of being an artist has changed over the last two decades. This episode is full of essential advice and our best ideas about sustaining an independent creative career. It is the conclusion of the conversation from Ep 67. 💡 Follow the good ideas and my mind-map from this episode. 📚 Buy Jason’s book, You’re not a Real Parent until… 📲 Check out Jason’s website to learn about all his work and sign up to his Substack. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. 🔥 Love the show? Support it by becoming a SneakyArt Insider. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok.

New York-based cartoonist and comedian Jason Chatfield speaks about taking over Australia’s iconic daily comic strip, Ginger Meggs, at the tender age of 23, and how he sees the path ahead for syndicated comic strips and the newspaper industry. Other topics include - the evolution of humour over time, not doing political comedy, Derrida, and people-watching at the MoMA. Big stuff. Also, the difference between meme-ification and mummification. This is the first episode of a two-part conversation. 💡 For all the good links and ideas from this episode, to see the cheatsheet of this conversation, check out the shownotes. 📚 Buy Jason’s book, You’re not a Real Parent until… 📲 Check out Jason’s website to learn about all his work. 📪 Sign up to Jason’s Substack. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. 🔥 Love the show? Support it by becoming a SneakyArt Insider. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok.

London-based educator, artist and author Jeff Schmidt, speaks about his book “Heart Attack - Finding hope, joy and inspiration in adversity”. This conversation is about the big and small things that can transform our life in unexpected ways, and Jeff’s resolution to live inspired - by making room for the things that bring joy to his life. 📚 Buy Jeff’s book, Heart Attack - Finding hope, joy and inspiration in adversity. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. 🔥 Love the show? Take the summer deal to become a SneakyArt Insider. 💡 For all the good ideas from this episode, join thousands of readers of the SneakyArt Post. 📲 Follow Jeff Schmidt on Instagram and check out his website. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok.

California-based illustrator Nina Khashchina shares the experience of daily video calls with her parents in Kharkiv, after Ukraine was invaded and the bombs fell everyday. She speaks about recommitting to the Ukrainian language as part of her war effort. A wild book list appears. This is the second of a two-part conversation. 🎙 Listen to the first part, Ep 64 Growing up in Ukraine w Nina Khaschina. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider (and get a special listener discount!) 💡 For all the good ideas from this episode, read the show notes. 📲 Follow Nina Khashchina on Instagram and check out her Substack newsletter. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok.

California-based illustrator Nina Khashchina speaks about her childhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, growing up in the former USSR, her lifelong journey with art, and how she documents her life through sketchbooks. . This is the first of a two-part conversation. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider (grab the summer discount!) 💡 For all the good ideas from this episode, join 9000+ people and become a reader of the SneakyArt Post. 📲 Follow Nina Khashchina on Instagram and check out her Substack newsletter. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok.

Cincinatti-based Christina Wald speaks about how to live and thrive as an independent artist and illustrator. They discuss Kickstarter, Patreon, and ways to keep the creative process at the heart of your practice, and the creator in the economy. This episode is the second part of the conversation from Ep 62. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. 💡 For all the good ideas from this podcast, join 8000+ people to become a reader of the SneakyArt Post. 📲 Follow Christina Wald on Instagram and check out her linktree for the latest projects. ✅ Catch the Kickstarter discussion supercut ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok.

Cincinatti-based Christina Wald speaks about how to live as, and making a living from, being an independent artist and illustrator. This is a conversation about how to work for yourself while meeting client expectations. It is about Christina’s multiple successful Kickstarter projects, including her latest book (link below). This episode is for anyone eager to chart their own path as an independent creator. Lots of practical advice, listen carefully! 💡 For all the good ideas from this conversation, become a reader and join 8000+ readers of the SneakyArt Post. 📲 Follow Christina Wald on Instagram and check out her linktree for the latest projects. 📚 Buy Sketching Here & Everywhere: My Sketching Obsession by Christina Wald. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. (and say hello!) 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. (and join the Kickstarter discussion next week!)

Utrecht-based sketcher, illustrator and educator Ellen Vesters speaks about the design-thinking approach to life and all the things she does. After practicing as a psychologist, and getting an MA in Illustration, Ellen founded the Venster Academy to teach art and illustration. Nishant also shares the story of how he accidentally became an artist while trying to become a writer after quitting his PhD program in Neuroscience. If you have wondered about taking a big leap in your life, this conversation will give you some ideas! 💡 For all the links and ideas from this conversation, read the show notes. 📲 Follow Ellen’s work on Instagram and check out her website. 🏫 Visit the Venster Academy. 🎙 Listen to Ellen and Nishant’s conversation while sketching in Utrecht, Netherlands. 💌 Join 8000+ readers, add SneakyArt to your inbox. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. (and say hello!) 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. (and support my work!)

Host Nishant Jain presents the idea that writing and drawing are literally the same thing. If you can do one, you can also do the other.  This episode was recorded for paid subscribers of SneakyArt. ❤️ Love this show? Become a SneakyArt Insider to support it! More good ideas: 💻 Read The Role of Art in the Age of AI. 📖 Learn why Nishant self-published his first book of art 🔁 Play Finite v Infinite Games and take the Long Path to success 💻 Watch the latest Zoom demo for SneakyArt Insiders 📚 Celebrate Little Free Library Week ✍🏼 For more good ideas every week, add SneakyArt to your inbox.

Host Nishant Jain takes a look at Goodhart’s Law, originally coined to describe monetary policy, but applies it instead to the business of being an artist today. No matter how successful (or unsuccessful) you are at social media, here are some good reasons to never look at the numbers. "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a useful measure." - Goodhart's Law. ❤️ Love this episode? Become a SneakyArt Insider and get future Insider episodes directly in your inbox. 👂 Listen to the latest episode shared with Insiders! 🎙 Listen to Ep 43 with Jim Richards 🎯 Read Nishant's plans for an ambitious 2023 without setting any goals ✍🏼 Read the show notes, best ideas, and tangents from the episode.