{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"351: Make your 5-year goal then GO CRAZY (w\/ Ashleigh Izienicki)","description":"Ashleigh Izienicki aka Miss Upacey is a Colorado born illustrator and tattoo artist who works in both digital and traditional mediums. She graduated from Laguna College of Art and Design and now resides in Califonia. Her work often features dark and macabre themes with a cute and feminine touch. Full shownotes: http:\/\/yourcreativepush.com\/351 In this episode, Ashleigh discusses: -Early potential career paths as a paleontologist and an animator. -Her advice for getting over the fear of posting your art online. -Her biggest lessons and takeaways from teaching her course, \u201cArtists as Entrepreneurs.\u201d -Making a five-year plan and going absolutely crazy with it. -Neil Gaiman\u2019s advice to imagine your goals as a mountain and to continue moving towards it. -Her advice for pricing original pieces, especially for artists who are just starting to sell their work. -How she developed her style. -Her love of the Golden Age of Illustration, Norman Rockwell and Charles Dana Gibson. -Her advice for getting past the fear of the blank page. -How she gets past resistances such as imposter syndrome, comparison and being your own worst critic. -How she schedules and keeps an eye on her time. -Her to-do lists and calendars. -Learning how to tattoo from Sara Fabel. -Running a Kickstarter campaign for her book, \u201cNightshade.\u201d Ashleigh's Final Push will encourage you to splash around in your creative passion \u2013 it will be worth it in the end! &amp;nbsp; Quotes: \u201cYou\u2019re going to be your worst critic and you\u2019re going to hold yourself back more than anybody else is.\u201d \u201cTo sell an original, it only takes one person to pay that price.\u201d \u201cAs great as social media is, for artists it\u2019s also horrible in the fact that you\u2019re constantly comparing yourself to other people.\u201d \u201cI would like to have hobbies again, since I turned my main hobby into my career.\u201d \u201cTime management has been the struggle of my lifetime as a freelancer.\u201d Links mentioned: Lyfe Illustration Neil Gaiman - Inspirational Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts 2012 Gibson Girl Your Creative Push Episode 301 with Sara Fabel Nightshade: Artbook of Ashleigh Izienicki Connect with Ashleigh: Website \/ Patreon \/ Instagram \/ Twitter On the next episode: Dan Ekis : Website \/ YouTube \/ Instagram Join the discussion in the Facebook group! ","author_name":"Your Creative Push","author_url":"http:\/\/yourcreativepush.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14006924\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/14006924"}