Episodes
288 - The Thing That Makes Being Discovered Impossible and How to Overcome It
I spent the first part of my creative journey desperately hoping to be discovered. The only problem? I was hiding! Life isn’t a game of hide and seek. No one is out there desperately trying to discover you against your will.
If you’re going to find the breakthrough you’re looking for you’re going to have to quit hiding and put yourself out there.
In this episode my friend and agent Ryan Appleton and I dive into:
- Why Hiding Your Way to The Top is a Terrible Plan
- 3 P…
287 - 3 Ways How to Kickstart Audience Growth When It's Plateaued
Nothing is more frustrating than when you’re giving something all you’ve got and it doesn’t seem to be making any difference. You do this long enough and sooner or later you’re going to feel like there’s no point in showing up at all.
If all of your old methods aren’t getting you anywhere new, maybe it’s time to try something different? In this episode we explore 3 new tactics to try when things have come to a standstill in your creative journey.
286 - 3 Lessons From A Career Changing 100 Day Project with Lolly Lolly Ceramics (AKA Lalese Stamps)
Today on the show we have Lalese Stamps, the ceramicist behind the beautiful mugs and pots of Lolly Lolly Ceramics! Lalese did the most incredible 100 day project posting a new mug everyday day for 100 days. This project put Lalese’s practice on the map and today she comes on the show to share everything that she learned in the process.
Lalese’s work is gorgeous and the sensitivity behind the work that I discovered in this conversation was even more inspirational! If you’re thinking …
285 - 6 Things You Can Do To Unlock Your Creative Super Self
Your best creative work will flow out of you being your best you. This episode is a checklist of creative self care practices that you may be neglecting, will actually really WANT to do, but may be completely missing out on!
The ideas in this episode have made a world a difference in my practice as of late, and I think they will do the same for you!
We cover:
- Finding Your POWER HOUR
- Finding Your PLACE OF POWER
- A Meditative Exercise that will Fill You With Motiv…
284 - 3 Unusual Ways How to Make Your Work More Attractive to New Fans
“Great art sells itself.” This is a common trope in the creative world. It’s the idea that merit and quality are the reason some things take off and others don’t.
In this episode we dismantle this myth and take a deeper look into why people buy into new things and how this can inform how we market and promote our creative work.
In this episode you will:
Discover the real reason people try new things
How to signal to potential new fans that they will like your work
I…
283 - The Journey of Finding Yourself as an Artist with Jamie Drake
There’s nothing worse for a creative than feeling like you’re off your path. Do you know that feeling of being ungrounded, untethered and unable to find the pulse of your work? How do you get back on the path and into that pocket of flow, where you’re center?
I am a big believer that the creative journey often goes hand and hand with the journey of personal discovery, liberation and breakthrough.
This conversation with Jamie Drake is such a beautiful testament to this idea.
282 - 6 Tips On How To Build Your Following + 4 Fan Favorite CPT Ideas of All Time!
If you are looking for a boost of creative community in these isolated times: LISTEN TO THIS NOW!!! This episode gave me some serious feelings and I can not wait for you to hear it!!
This episode is made up from 3 tips from me, 3 special guests and YOU our patreon backers!!
In this episode you will get:
3 Tips For Building a Dedicated Audience from ME Andy J. Pizza
3 Audience Building Tips from SUPER SPECIAL GUESTS!
4 Creative Pep Talk Fan Favorite Tips from YOU our …
281 - Make Merch, Create an Accessible Brand and 3 Powerful Design Guidelines with Aaron Draplin
DRAPLIN IS ON THE SHOW!! This man is one of my biggest inspirations and heroes and I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED to share this big chat I had with him. I don’t think this podcast would exist without this man and all he’s done for the creative world.
***WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE***
This episode is really special and it’s packed full of goodies:
- Tips from Draplin’s New Merch Class
- How to Make an Authentic Brand
- 3 Powerful Design Principles to Create By
280 - Which of The 6 Creative Types Are You?
You wouldn’t get very far as a basketball player, if you played by the rules of soccer. Can you imagine? Trying to play without touching the ball with your hands? It’d be ridiculous! Actually impossible! And yet, in your creativity, you let other people’s creative rules and values make you feel disqualified all the time.
You’ve heard it before “the only rule in creativity is that there are no rules”, so why do we constantly feel like imposters who are “doing it wrong”?
I hav…
279 - 5 Unexpected Ways How to Find Your Creative Gift
There’s so much talk in the art world about ‘just keep making’ but if you’re going in the wrong direction, this kind of grit just gets you further and further away from what you’re looking for.
In today’s episode, we take a look at some surprising ideas that can shed light on why you may be looking in the wrong places for your most powerful creative breakthroughs and how to shift perspectives today, and see the creative superpowers you already have in your possession!
The ide…