Find the encouragement and inspiration you need to persevere through artistic struggles with insights and creative strategies from the OA community.
For me (Chris), 2017 was full of helpful lessons from beginning to end.
…unfortunately, most of those lessons came from a series of wave-to-your-friends-then-fall-down-the-stairs-and-faceplant-on-the-concrete-floor FAILURES…
In this live panel discussion, Ânia, Carolyn and I discuss this past year-full-o-failure.
We share the hard lessons learned, many laughs and leave 2017 feeling inspired and ready to get up and try again…
31 days, 31 ink drawings…
Every year, we open our schedules and welcome InkTober for the positive, community-building challenge it is.
But in the face of a month’s worth of other demands and responsibilities, how can we maintain that “Day 1” InkTober spirit?
…and why?
…when we find the day’s inking hours dwindling, what’s really to gain from pushing through?
In this Live Panel Discussion, Carolyn Arcabascio and Érika Casab talk with Austin Light and María Paiz about keeping the focus, staying challenged, and having fun in the final InkTober stretch.
Plus: Hear how Austin’s InkTober adventures went viral and led to his first publishing deal with Chronicle Books!
Panelists: Carolyn Arcabascio, Érika Casab (Content Producers and Painting Coaches for The Oatley Academy), María Paiz, and Austin Light.
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CTN-X is an incredible opportunity to meet industry professionals face-to-face…
But what kind of impression would you make after days of jet lag, exhaustion, and sensory overload?
In this Live Panel Discussion, Maike Venhofen and Ânia Marcos share tips on managing social overwhelm to help you thrive at CTN-X and other conventions.
Plus: a super exciting announcement!
Panelists: Maike Venhofen (Director of The Storytellers’ Summit,) Ânia Marcos (Community Director for The Oatley Academy)
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No matter where you are on your creative journey, having multiple positive influences to guide and support you is vital.
Carolyn Arcabascio (Group Coach for First Flight, Co-Founder of Morning Noon & Night Productions) and Érika Casab (Co-Founder of Morning Noon & Night Productions), through the development of their animated short Aye Aye, discovered the amazing potential of collaboration.
Ejiwa (Edge) Ebenebe (Technology Director for The Oatley Academy) hosts.
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“Should I specialize or develop versatility?”
For many aspiring professional artists, this is an endlessly frustrating question.
…so frustrating, many people avoid it altogether.
But we don’t know one, truly successful professional artist who has not faced this question at every significant stage in their career…
Join Chris and Maike for a presentation that will help you face the question of specialization with clarity and confidence.
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The ArtCast began as a stream-of-consciousness audio journal about Chris Oatley’ life in the animation industry. Now, The Oatley Academy ArtCast is a complex production requiring the time and talents of at least five people per episode…
Join the OA Team for a panel discussion about:
Sketch Travel is daydream fodder; that once-in-a-lifetime trip planned for “maybe someday,” if at all.
“Maybe someday” we’ll have the energy, the money, the time… But travel is expensive and complicated.
Meet Réka Kovács and Caleb Barefoot: Sketch Travellers and rockstar Oatley Academy students who have managed to make Sketch Travel an active part of their lives.
On this Live Panel Discussion, Réka and Caleb share creative solutions and money-saving tips that made their life-changing Sketch Travel journeys a reality.
Panelists: Réka Kovács, Caleb Barefoot, Sarah Mills (Magic Box Painting Coach and Social Media Manager for The Oatley Academy)
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Is social media empowering your best work? …or is it just a distraction? Are likes and shares actually toxic to your creativity?
In this panel discussion we help you maintain a healthy relationship to social media.
Panelists: Ejiwa (Edge) Ebenebe (Technology Director for The Oatley Academy), Adam Westbrook (creator of the ‘Delve Video Essays’), Amanda Duarte (co-founder and artist at Limetown Studios,) and Magic Box coach Melissa Dow.
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Have you ever asked yourself what to write about?
Truth is, we all have a huge library of ideas available to us…
If we only dare to look inside of ourselves.
Together with Story Group Hosts Robin and Zi, Maike takes us for a deep dive into honesty, vulnerability and how to mine your personal history for inspiration without getting overwhelmed…
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One of the most exciting things about being a digital painter is learning and experimenting with new techniques.
Chris Oatley and Magic Box Coaches Kevin Scarborough, Tegan Clancy, Ian Rosenthaler, and Ursula (Sula) Dorada do a live demonstration of the coolest digital painting techniques they learned in 2016!