I still don't have a slightest clue what specific thing could I offer to someone, but I am keeping these 5 emails for the future, while I'm actively thinking about this!
I'm not sure. I help my peers with some critique of the illustrations, as I have a slightly different viewpoint (I'm a trained painter). They have also declared me the ambassador of expression and capturing emotions in drawings. But to go from that to writing articles that can teach others to achieve the same results - I have no idea how to do that! And I don't know how I do things! I don't know how I choose colours, compositions or ideas. Images just appear in my head and I can draw everything that I feel.
But I don't illustrate easily! Sometimes I do, but other times I struggle to achieve a good result: I have an excellent sketch, but I don't know how to turn it into an illustration. It's as if I don't have a fail-safe process that I can follow. I have my processes, but sometimes they stop producing good results, and make me feel as if I'm in exploratory mode most of the time.
So, with all this confusion - where I'm not always sure how to do things, and don't know what I know, and how to pass it on - I don't think I can help someone with my writing. At least not yet!
This series has made me reconsider what a substack can be. I'm really enjoying thinking about how to proceed past these initial 5 days. Thank you for the kickstart!
These five days were very interesting!
I still don't have a slightest clue what specific thing could I offer to someone, but I am keeping these 5 emails for the future, while I'm actively thinking about this!
Thank you!
What do friends/peers ask for help with?
I'm not sure. I help my peers with some critique of the illustrations, as I have a slightly different viewpoint (I'm a trained painter). They have also declared me the ambassador of expression and capturing emotions in drawings. But to go from that to writing articles that can teach others to achieve the same results - I have no idea how to do that! And I don't know how I do things! I don't know how I choose colours, compositions or ideas. Images just appear in my head and I can draw everything that I feel.
But I don't illustrate easily! Sometimes I do, but other times I struggle to achieve a good result: I have an excellent sketch, but I don't know how to turn it into an illustration. It's as if I don't have a fail-safe process that I can follow. I have my processes, but sometimes they stop producing good results, and make me feel as if I'm in exploratory mode most of the time.
So, with all this confusion - where I'm not always sure how to do things, and don't know what I know, and how to pass it on - I don't think I can help someone with my writing. At least not yet!
Such great advice, Adam! Especially about taking skills from an old job and using them for what’s ahead
Thanks for sharing what resonated Jade!
This series has made me reconsider what a substack can be. I'm really enjoying thinking about how to proceed past these initial 5 days. Thank you for the kickstart!
Looking forward to the next series too!