Creative Pep Talk

491 - Determining Your Current Creative Stage and Shifting Focus with Illustrator Chris Piascik

What should you focus your creative energy towards right now? It helps to tune into the creative stage you’re currently in. Today on the show we chat with Illustrator Chris Piascik about how he went from a daily drawing practice to shifting gears and focusing on building his YouTube to nearly 100k subscribers.

If you’re feeling out of sync with your creative season or need inspo for reigniting your personal work, this episode is for you!

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SHOW NOTES:

Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co

Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co

Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

Chris Piascik

https://www.chrispiascik.com

https://www.youtube.com/@chris-piascik

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