Power Up Your Creativity Ignite Your Creative Spark - Develop a Productive Practice - Set Goals and Achieve Your Dreams

by Taylor, Rachael

• ISBN13: 9780760376942
• ISBN10: 0760376948
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-11-08
• Publisher: Quarry Books

Summary

Attention all creatives: learn how to power up your creativity!

If you’re longing to take your vision, energy, and output to the next level, this book is the resource you need to make it happen. Author Rachael Taylor—successful artist, pattern designer, entrepreneur, and cofounder of the Make It In Design online education platform—shares creative motivation and guidance that will help you achieve your goals and thrive.
 

• Identify how to begin, find and sustain inspiration, and cultivate creative courage
• Clarify your vision and consider how you need to evolve
• Stay motivated and establish creative longevity
• Shift gears to set sights on your next goal as you reach each destination
• Create with intention and acknowledge—and embrace—your creative power

Whether you’re just starting out on your creative path, or you’re looking to fruitfully channel your creative practice toward a career or side hustle, Power Up Your Creativity offers practical advice and support for upping your creative game and achieving your dreams. So, what are you waiting for?

Author Biography

Rachael Taylor is a renowned creativepreneur who is most known for her quirky style, daring use of color, and unique innovation. She regularly takes on design commissions for various companies and has created prints and patterns for almost every area in the marketplace, and is also a trademarked brand with a number of licensed ranges worldwide. Rachael is a much-loved creative mentor who is often told that her style is infectious, friendly, honest, informative, and motivational. She approaches her students and clients with a sense of relatability, and her services are often described as “talking to an old friend who has the answers.” As co-founder and lead course instructor of Make It In Design, Rachael has developed an online educational platform, delivering many comprehensive design courses that have reached over 25,000 individual students across 100 countries. She also offers a one-to-one online Creative Coaching service through her studio and has been fortunate enough to mentor a number of inspiring designers from all around the globe. You can also find her regularly featured in the media, from biographic pieces to her own articles sharing design advice. Popular mentions include ITV, Channel 4, BBC, Red, Where Women Create, Uppercase, Mollie Makes, and Homestyle, to name a few. She is also a member of the UK government’s Anti-Copying in Design Sector Council. To learn more about Rachael and Make It In Design, visit rachaeltaylordesigns.com, makeitindesign.com, or @makeitindesign on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Table of Contents

Introduction
How to use this book
1 Begin
How do I identify where to begin?
2 Inspiration
How do I become and stay inspired?
3 Courage
What do I need to be creatively courageous?
4 Clarity
How do I clarify my vision?
5 Evolve
Do I need to evolve?
6 Motivation
How do I stay motivated?
7 Create
How do I create with intention?
8 Longevity
How can I achieve creative longevity?
9 Destination
I’ve reached my destination. What now?
10 Power
How do I know—and own—my power?
Afterword
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index