#GISChat #CreativeWarmUp XRAY Stands for a series of questions you should ask when you come across a new visualization

1.) What eXites you about this piece?
2.) what RULES does this piece follow?
3.) Anarchy: What rules do they just throw away?
4.) How might YOU apply this to your work? (4/5)

Another #YouTube short of some 5 minute sketches. Since it looks like TikTok is done for, I suppose I'll direct people here instead:
youtube.com/shorts/z_WH5...
#YouTube #timelapse #brushpen #ink #5minutesketches #drawing #gestures #sketches #creativewarmup #artistwarmup #art

Warming up the brain and the voice.
I sang a song to a singing singer who sings the song ’til it’s sung.
Try it. Do the thing.
#SkyWizard #PoeticPop #VocalGames #MusicMagic #CreativeWarmup

#GISChat I don't know where I was when I heard about this, but I remember talking or maybe attending a presentation and hearing about how artists need to warm up.

I consider cartography and geospatial science by extension to be my art.

(1/5) #CreativeWarmUp

#GISChat #CreativeWarmUp When I originally started this. I had just read Chart Spark by Ali Torbin (who's a great Data Viz FYI) and in one of the chapters she asks the reader to: XRAY any visualizations that you come across. (3/5)

#CreativeWarmUp I am listening to We Need Your Art by Amie McNee and todays chapter is relevant to a lot of us, giving ourselves permission to create our art. Not waiting for a gatekeeper to give us validation or permission to create our art. We coronate ourselves as artists.

I am a cartographer.

#GISChat #CreativeWarmUp

So I started this process of looking for pieces I liked and then analyzed them using XRAY as a means to collect inspiration.

So three key takeaways:
1.) Take a half hour or an hour or 15 minutes and Warm Up!
2.) Find inspiration and analyze it!

Afraid of the blank page? Coloring books provide the structure, so you can focus on the pure joy of choosing colors and creating beauty.
#CreativeWarmup #BeatCreativeBlock #GentleArt #JustStart #NoPressure

Feeling stuck in another creative pursuit? Coloring can be a fantastic way to gently re-engage your creative brain without any pressure.
#CreativeBlock #ArtistLife #CreativeWarmup #GentleCreativity #Inspiration

Feeling stuck in another creative pursuit? Coloring can be a fantastic way to gently re-engage your creative brain without any pressure.
#CreativeBlock #ArtistLife #CreativeWarmup #GentleCreativity #Inspiration

Afraid of the blank page? Coloring books provide the structure, so you can focus on the pure joy of choosing colors and creating beauty.
#CreativeWarmup #BeatCreativeBlock #GentleArt #JustStart #NoPressure