Expected and Unexpected

We are coming to the end of an entire year of posting new artwork every single day. There have been a lot of lessons learned the past 365 days. One of those lessons became evident during my “sub-challenge” of creating the 12 Days of Christmas.

Throughout the posts of the 12 days artwork, I noticed an increase in comments and engagement from my audience.

Which has me thinking that theme-challenges have some additional value to offer.… Read More

Know Your Why

It is easy to get discouraged when you are putting out content regularly and aren’t getting much engagement from people. We all enjoy the boost that comes from getting a lot of “likes” on a post or when someone takes the time to send a little love via an affirming comment.

This past week I started a theme of doing The 12 Days of Christmas for my daily post. As we are heading into the Holiday Season I wanted to give myself a “project” and I thought doing each of the days would be a fun challenge (and as an added bonus, a holiday product at the end!). Both in working out the phrases for each day, but also creating the accompanying graphics.… Read More