I had a very productive illustration day today because I thought I'd "test" out time-blocking again. What I mean by that is, I mapped out time constraints for each project I considered "urgent" or that required my attention this week. Since I came back from Canada, I have been keeping a notebook on my current long-term goals, but most particularly my mid to short-term goals. I used to be very anti "goal-setting" because I thought it would turn me into some kind of robot, and that the goals would "loom over" me or make me feel imprisoned. It is true that when I write my monthly goals, I become accountable to myself, and when I revisit the monthly list and realise I've accomplished little, I feel like shit! But I guess that is "good" guilt. Breaking down my lists a bit further, I now keep monthly "Eisenhower Quadrants" (a habit I picked up from watching a productivity YouTuber), where I write my IMPORTANT / URGENT ta...
A work journal for documenting different stages of my process, keeping track of ideas, experimenting with materials, doodling bad drawings, externalizing my research and inspirations as an illustrator.