The Los Angeles-based artist tells me how her work is an authentic, unadulterated expression of what inspires her most, why the pointed messages in her work make it much easier for her to align with like-minded clients, and what she expects of her fellow artists.
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Asking Not Asking #12: Stuck
I quit my management consulting job after 9 years because I am convinced I want to create my own business. I’m struggling because I have a lot of skills… Now I feel so stuck because I don’t know what I want to focus on. All of [my previous ventures] were great experiences but none of them were me and I am not sure what I want to do.
Read MoreWitness the Natural Wonders of Love in These Animated & Educational Stories
From gorillas matchmaking via algorithm to lesbian seagulls starting a home together in the seventies, “Love Animated” manages to affirm the natural wonders of love in just four short clips.
Read MoreLove Letters From the WNW Team
Since we’re lovestruck with top-caliber creative work, we figured we’d use this Valentine’s Day to spread the love. The Working Not Working team writes a polyamorous love letter to personal projects, musicals, campaigns, and chatbots, all coming from the global Working Not Working community.
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Meet minutiae, the Photo-Sharing App That Captures Your Actual Life
Martin Adolfsson and Daniel J. Wilson share the inspiration behind their app minutiae, how it works, and what a collaboration between a photographer and a neuroscientist looks like. They also offer what this exploration and experience has taught them about the ways creatives interact with technology, and how they measure minutiae’s success.
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Asking Not Asking #11: Overwhelmed
I am very good at getting started. I can get pretty far with that motivation, but somewhere along the way I start to question myself and also try to create balance between work, life, love, fitness, etc., and I get overwhelmed and let things go.
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Illustration by Allison Filice
A Mixtape from Allison Filice for the Journey Inward
“I encourage you to journey inward this winter. Set a course for what you want this year before the hustle and bustle takes you for a ride of its own. Spend some time alone journaling, reading, listening to music, or meditating.”
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Members to Watch: Best of January
Here are seven projects from Working Not Working Members that caught our eye this January.
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A Palette of One: Aiste Stancikaite’s Single-Tone Portraits Add a Surreal Twist
An illustrator’s artistic voice can suddenly feel at home when delivered with the right tones. In the case of WNW Member Aiste Stancikaite’s work as of late, it’s a palette of one color at a time, and the result is entirely expansive rather than diminishing.
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A Collaboration with NYC Ballet is the Perfect Stage for Shantell Martin's Lines
With drawings that regularly incorporate questions like “Who are you?”, “Are you you?”, and “Where are your lines leading you?”, Shantell’s collaboration with NYC Ballet feels like the ultimate destination of where her lines are leading her. The performances will take place on February 2nd, February 8th, and March 2nd.
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How to Create a Brand Identity that Sets the Mood for an Erotica Audio App
“We were excited to take on a project made by women for women with such a provocative message, and knew that the branding had the potential to be as modern, refreshing and sexy as the platform’s content. Plus, we were excited by the fact that we hadn't seen anything like this out there.”
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‘A Word, A Week’ Perfectly Embodies the Motion Community’s Collaborative Spirit
Jeroen Krielaars started to wonder how his animated typefaces being used and in what kinds of projects. So he invited a few studios and freelancers from the tight-knit animation community to take part in an experimental brief.
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Asking Not Asking #10: Unsure
In the past year, I’ve learned that I am resourceful. I’m trying to figure out what I really love and should invest energy on. I want more purpose and fulfillment in my life, but I don’t know exactly what I am good at anymore. I took time off to have a child, which I’m proud of. Right now I am trying to get back to doing what I know, which is advertising and art direction.
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Artwork by Grace Miceli
Am I Depressed or Am I Just a Freelancer?
“I couldn’t help but think about the way many of us architect our freelance lives and how these lifestyles make us more vulnerable to depression and anxiety than other people.”
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Mastering The Gig Economy: A New Way To Land Fortune 500 Jobs
“Justin Gignac sees this as a shift from advertising the desired skill sets and responsibilities to focusing on personality and culture. ‘It’s important for companies and job seekers, both freelance and full-time, to get a real sense of each other before taking the plunge,’ he says.”
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Asking Not Asking #9: Frozen by Fear
What I have always loved and known to light me up are those one-on-one moments with people; that sitting in the darkness next to someone as they battle through something. Through journaling, I have thought that clinical psychology may be an option for me, but as a 31-year-old who just got out of an 8-year relationship and lives in a foreign country, I feel this deep sense of fear to pursue this.
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The Top 50 Companies Working Not Working Creatives Want to Work Next 2018
8,934 WNW creatives took part in this year’s Top Companies survey, and named 2,832 companies. Here are the 50 that rose to the top. For the first time, we're ranking the results in order. Click here to see who made the cut.
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Meet the Membership Board: Photographers
This recurring WNW Magazine feature will introduce you to creatives on our Membership Board. It will celebrate their work and give them the mic to offer advice on how to elevate your own WNW profile. Meet photographers Julie Glassberg, Michael Starghill, & Elizabeth Weinberg.
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Image by WNW Member Joseph Alessio
Tools of the Trade: A Creative Gift Guide Curated by WNW Members
We asked WNW Members to let us in on their secrets when it comes to what tools they use to elevate their craft. Everything from the software they use to the physical tools they work with to the chair they sit on. Here are their essentials and intangibles. Just in time to add a few things to your holiday wish list.
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