On this week’s episode, we were live at Blend Fest 2017 with Andrew Kramer, Patrick Osborne and Erica Gorochow. During the panel, we talked about how originality is a byproduct of authenticity, how their is power in saying yes to something you may not be ready for and the importance of creating in new mediums.

Links:

Andrew’s website http://www.videocopilot.net

Patrick’s website http://www.bighappyaccident.com/blog/

Erica’s Website http://peprally.co

Tilt Brush - https://www.tiltbrush.com

This American Life - https://www.thisamericanlife.org

Notes:

-#blendanimalators

-Blend

-Pursuit of originality  

-Creation

-Originality is a byproduct of authenticity

-Passion

-Taking risks/chances

-Safe Ideas

-Pushing boundaries

-Experimentation

-Process of elimination

-Sometimes limitations/constraints are good (ex. Creating a new idea in the world of Star Wars...it has to look like it belongs in that world, but can be a brand new idea)

-Problem solving

-Storyboards in VR

-TiltBrush

-Trying new mediums

-Community in originally (Pulling inspiration from others-copying to learn)

-Practice - Progression

- “It’s not where you take things from--it’s where you take them to.” -Jean-Luc Godard

-Balance

-Power in saying yes to something maybe you’re not ready for