Liagi Ramilo takes an interesting approach with her resume – making it look like something doodled on a piece of notebook paper, with her picture attached. It’s almost a reverse of the usual resumes people design, with carefully beveled lines … Continue reading
Many resumes are piles of stuff, especially if they’re not organized right. Sid Santos (who is in the Cool Name club with me apparently), desired to do this deliberately by making his resume look like . . . a pile … Continue reading
Noah Bradley is a professional artist who works in gaming and other mediums – and he’s got a bone to pick with “traditional” art school educations that he wrote up at https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/138c5efd45e9. He points out that a lot of art school … Continue reading
So I attended the Zero1 Biennial main exhibit. If you’re not familiar with it, its an every-two year exhibit run by the Zero1 network a group that promotes arts in Silicon Valley. The theme this year was “Seeking Silicon Valley”, … Continue reading
Thank goodness, the next Focused Fandom Book, “Focused Fandom: Fanart, Fanartists And Careers” is off to my editor. It’s a huge relief. First of all, the book got smaller – I tend to write in an include-everything manner then pare … Continue reading
I write a lot about using your fannish and hobby skills on the job. It's sort of a big thing, what with this whole "Fan To Pro" title putting pressure on me. But there's more to using the skills from … Continue reading
I met Cheng (Lily) Li in one of my many rounds of conventions. She's a fascinating example of how people can share an combine their loves – she's both an artist and a Life Sciences Research Assistant at Stanford. Not … Continue reading
I'm big on advising people to find role models to learn what to do (and what not to do). However I've been darkly speculating that some role models as of late may not be as good as they once were … Continue reading