Hey y'all just a quick heads up the episode you're about to listen to is 8 to 10 years old

now these episodes were intended to be evergreen and I still believe there's a lot of good

information in these early episodes, but I do want to let you know that some of my ideas have evolved

over time. Times have changed since we made these episodes and ultimately I'd like to think I've grown

a lot as an artist and a human and that these don't necessarily represent my best work or the best of the podcast.

If you're new around here, I suggest starting with the most recent episode or

at least go back to around 300 and move forward from there.

Enjoy the episode.

Think about a thing that you did intuitively and then walk backwards and ask yourself why did I do that thing. Hey everybody you're listening to the creative pep talk podcast this show is about commercial art making a good

living and making great art is it possible we will try to figure that out

together I got to thank my syndicate of the show illustration age you can find this show

at illustration age.com slash creative pep talk I'm your host Andy J Miller

some people call me Andy J Pizza. Some really, uh, some people

with questionable judgment call me Dr. Pizza and I may or may not have perpetuated that.

Anyway, thank you for listening.

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