Activate robot mode

  How do you deal with the parts of your work that you don’t like? For me, everything that isn’t “creating” feels like a waste of time. Which isn’t a…

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Spirited doodles

Grasping Conflict Escape

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Refuting the external world

Unusual ideas are difficult to communicate. The first step is to understand them thoroughly. As far as I know, the best way  to work through a set of ideas is…

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Don’t forget…

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Secret ingredient for sales letters

Do you hate to write sales emails? Here is the (not-so-secret) ingredient that has made a BIG difference for me: A little sketch adds a bit of lightness and fun…

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Little Red Ridinghood going berserk

How to draw two children in a city? A dark forest? A sleazy wolf in a hotel lobby? And little red riding hood going berserk? This was a challenge I…

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Sitting on the fence?

Since you are reading my post here, I guess you are interested in illustration, branding, and business building. Probably also in creativity and joyful play. That means you are the…

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Medha illustrates her universe. A student success story.

Medha is a coach and energy healer. She wanted to learn how to illustrate her newsletter and blog posts with drawings instead of stock images. She has been a part…

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Draw your emotions

This was one of the first drawings I did with the app Concepts on my iPad. It has hands down the best brushes for my style, and you can easily…

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The power of fun

Don’t underestimate the power of “just-for-fun”! It could change your life. I always loved drawing. But for most of my life, I didn’t do it publicly. I thought I wasn’t…

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Pruning and stitching

I got an email from my hosting service Simplero that my little email list is growing – from zero to almost a thousand subscribers!!! Yay! But, I have to pay…

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Slicing an elephant

In yesterday’s Branding Café, Nadia had a challenge to visualize: How to explain to her team that they must “slice the elephant” and not tackle all the tasks simultaneously. I…

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Digital magic

  Simple drawings are great. But they don’t need to look plain! You can sprinkle some a bit of digital magic on them, and tadah – you made an eyecatcher!…

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Sketching for Social

Stop the scroll and stand out on social media! Are you sick of having your posts blend into the background?  And the hours you spend typing away and overlaying images…

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Tend your garden

Have you considered looking at social media as a garden? You can’t expect to harvest immediately after putting out a few seeds. It might feel like a waste of time…

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Planning problem

Let’s talk about planning. I have to admit, I hate planning. I especially hate planning launches. I want things to just happen by themselves. And often, they do! But not everything happens…

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Lill Fashion Style Story

Here is my “style story” from age 7 to now. I wonder how it will continue…

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How not to be replaced by artificial intelligence

  How not to be replaced by artificial intelligence? My Linkedin friend Frank Prendergast is using the app Midjourney to illustrate his articles. Of course, I feel challenged by that,…

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What is your battle cry?

What I mean by that is a 2-4 word message that you want to repeat over time in 1000 different ways. We did a 2-minute exercise about that in the…

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The three key ingredients

Train your visual thinking muscle and find your message! Draw some ovals. Make a Venn diagram with three key ingredients of – your favorite meal – your service – your…

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