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Apr 22, 2024

How To Figure Out What You Actually Want

These 6 exercises actually work!

How To Figure Out What You Actually Want

Adam Westbrook

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Apr 25, 2024

What Kind of Art Should You Make?

A powerful answer to a big question.

What Kind of Art Should You Make?

Adam Westbrook

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Apr 18, 2024

Silence The Influencers!

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

Silence The Influencers!

Adam Westbrook

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Apr 15, 2024

Forget goals. Design systems.

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

Forget goals. Design systems.

Adam Westbrook

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Apr 11, 2024

Stop trying to be original!

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

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

Adam Westbrook

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Apr 8, 2024

4 tips from master writers that will 10x your stories

Use this advice to start writing from scratch

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

Adam Westbrook

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Apr 4, 2024

What If The Opposite Is True?

A very short article with a huge idea.

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

Adam Westbrook

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Apr 2, 2024

I Quit Making Art for Five Years

And now I’m writing a graphic novel

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

Adam Westbrook

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Mar 28, 2024

A Conversation With Fear

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

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

Adam Westbrook

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Mar 25, 2024

A Radical Act of Self Love

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

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

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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