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Follow your Value

By |2021-12-03T01:11:55+00:00July 6th, 2019|Categories: Lettering|Tags: , , , , , , |

Evening, dudes 🌈 This week's HomWork challenge is to reflect on how I want the rest of this year to pan out, and the answer is to follow what I value ✨ This is intentionally kinda vague as it covers a few different things I've been thinking about recently. 1️⃣ Valuing my own skill. I'm gonna level with you here, I've been working as a freelancer for half the rate that I could be charging for a pretty long time. After chatting with new pal @delphiejoy, I found out I've been under selling my skills [...]

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Do What You Love

By |2021-12-03T01:12:00+00:00June 1st, 2019|Categories: Animation, Lettering|Tags: , , , , , , |

When I watched Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond on Netflix, Jim told a story about his father. His Dad could have been a great comedian he says, but instead, he got a safe job as an accountant. He was let go from this 'safe' job and their family struggled to make ends meet. So, he said, the lesson is this: You can fail at what you don't love, so you might as well do what you love. I illustrated this piece as it really rang true with me. To be fair, I've never not [...]

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I acknowledge the Dharawal / Tharawal people as the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which I live, work and play. More widely I acknowledge First Nations people as the traditional owners of "Australian" land. I acknowledge the elders past, present and emerging. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

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