HeyJaredSarah Rae is a Real Artist
Your bi-weekly guide to self-directed creative learning. On Sundays, I share the systems, Notion templates, and resources that make it possible.
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What Is a Creative Portfolio Actually For? (opens the original)
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I got a notification the other day that my portfolio website domain name is coming to an end and it’s time to renew. I’ve tried a lot of different platforms, bouncing between them every time the subscription costs go up. With every new platform, I end up looking at my portfolio and feeling a bit, confused. Last year, I got fed up with paying for Wix because I wasn’t really using it to its full potential so I swapped over to Tumblr (which reminded me of my teenage 2010s blogging years!). Its simp
I Haven’t Done Half the Things I Planned. No, I Don’t Want to Lock In. (opens the original)
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Does anybody else feel like June to September was over in a blink of an eye? I swear I spend all of winter indoors planning and scheming for better weather and then when the sunshine rolls around my weeks are gone in a flash. Summer has been a whirlwind. Looking back so much has happened that I’m grateful for, I spent a wonderful birthday weekend in London meeting Tamara from and watching Rachel Chinouriri and Wolf Alice in Finsbury Park. I visited Morocco for my best friend’s 30th birthday. I s
The Best YouTube Channels for Artists (opens the original)
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YouTube is the first place I go when I’m trying a new medium, figuring out why something isn’t quite working, or looking for the perspective of other artists. It blows my mind how much is available for free on YouTube. Last month I put together a list of YouTube channels for writers, which you lot seemed to find really useful, so it only felt right to follow it up with one for artists! This was a very difficult list to narrow down as there are thousands upon th
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