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How To Figure Out What You Actually Want

These 6 exercises actually work!

Apr 22, 2024

How To Figure Out What You Actually Want

Apr 22, 2024

What Kind of Art Should You Make?

A powerful answer to a big question.

Apr 25, 2024

What Kind of Art Should You Make?

Apr 25, 2024

Silence The Influencers!

You can’t make great art if you can’t hear your heart.

Apr 18, 2024

Silence The Influencers!

Apr 18, 2024

Forget goals. Design systems.

If you want to achieve big things, the secret is to build powerful systems. Find out how.

Apr 15, 2024

Forget goals. Design systems.

Apr 15, 2024

Stop trying to be original!

Do this instead — it will make you more original than anyone else.

Apr 11, 2024

A panel from a short comics story by Adam Westbrook, illustrated in ink and watercolour

Apr 11, 2024

4 tips from master writers that will 10x your stories

Use this advice to start writing from scratch

Apr 8, 2024

A double paged spread from a sketchbook filled with four dramatic panels, in ink and watercolour

Apr 8, 2024

What If The Opposite Is True?

A very short article with a huge idea.

Apr 4, 2024

A grid of 8 comics panels, showing a man at their desk thinking and drawing a comics. Illustration by Adam Westbrook

Apr 4, 2024

I Quit Making Art for Five Years

And now I’m writing a graphic novel

Apr 2, 2024

An illustration of autumn leaves blowing against a blue sky by Adam Westbrook

Apr 2, 2024

A Conversation With Fear

This exercise is a powerful way to engage with the fears holding you back.

Mar 28, 2024

A cartoon drawing pen of a scared face, representing fear. Drawing by Adam Westbrook

Mar 28, 2024

A Radical Act of Self Love

Trusting that something is interesting simply because you find it interesting is essential for artists.

Mar 25, 2024

A detailed study in ink of two ear lobes, by Adam Westbrook

Mar 25, 2024

Adam Westbrook

Adam Westbrook

Video artist working at The New York Times. I write a newsletter about visual storytelling and creativity. https://adamwestbrook.co.uk/

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