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We also get into the deeper stuff: classical training vs finding your own voice, the rules that free you vs the rules that cage you, and why the thing that makes you feel most vulnerable might be exactly what makes your work worth looking at.

Episode out now — link in bio. Part 1 of 3.

#TheWarWithArt #ArtPodcast #CreativeRituals #StartingIsHard #ArtistsOfInstagram

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New episode is out. 🎨

We sat down with painter Eric J. Drummond — a figurative artist trained at the Florence Academy of Art — and the conversation got deep fast.

Eric builds his work slowly. Deliberately. In a world that rewards speed and noise, he’s made a practice out of discipline, craft, and genuine commitment to beauty.

He also happens to be the teacher of our own co-host, Eric Vedder — which made this one personal.

We talked about:
→ What it actually looks like to start a studio day (the rituals, the warmups, the resistance)
→ The tension between tradition and breaking the rules
→ When technique becomes a cage instead of a tool
→ And one piece of advice that changed everything: your weaknesses will become your strengths.

This is Part 1 of a three-part conversation. You’re going to want to stay for all of it.

🎧 Listen now — link in bio.

#TheWarWithArt #CreativePractice #ArtPodcast #ClassicalRealism #warwithart
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“Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while working.”

This hits different when you’re staring at an unfinished project, doesn’t it?

In our latest episode, we talked about the exhausting final push. When you’re tired of looking at your work but it’s not quite done. That moment when perfectionism whispers “not yet” and deadlines scream “NOW.”

Here’s what we keep learning: the work doesn’t get finished in your head. It gets finished by showing up, even when inspiration is nowhere to be found.

George, Eric, and Sheldon unpack the messy truth about finishing creative work—and why sometimes the best thing you can do is just keep moving.

New episode just dropped (link in bio)

We talk deadlines, collaboration, and carrying your work across the finish line even when you’re exhausted.
Follow @thewarwithart for real conversations about the creative process—the struggle, the breakthroughs, and everything in between. New episodes every 2-3 weeks.

What project are you pushing through right now? Drop it below.

#CreativeProcess #ArtistLife #PodcastersOfInstagram #CreativeStruggle #ArtPodcast
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If it were easy to make, there would be no point in making it! What is making your current project hard? That’s probably what makes it worth making.

#CreativeProcess #warwithart #CreativePodcast #Creativity #ArtInspiration

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Discovering new insights about our art. Listen on your way to work ;)

In this episode of The War with Art, we pull another card from Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies deck and get a prompt that hits uncomfortably close: “Bridges — build — burn.”

From modular synth patches you create and then tear down, to monks spending days on intricate work only to wipe it clean, we talk about why building and burning is baked into the creative process.

#warwithart #creativity #artinspiration #makeart #Creativity podcast

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Episode: Inner critic out now. In it, we reference the critic arc type from ratatouille. Anton ego‘s final review might be one of the best speeches about criticism ever written. “The work of the critic is easy, but the bitter truth we critics must face is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism.”

What’s your favorite take on criticism in movies or books? Comment below.

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What’s holding you back from getting creative? Whatever it is, what is the smallest simplest version of an action you can take that gets you doing the thing? We spend way too much time, preparing, getting the ‘right’ tools, making a space, reading or watching how to do the thing that it stops us from actually doing the thing. Action begets more action!
#warwithart #dothething #creativity

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New episode out now, exploring the inner critic and how unique it is to every artist. Link in bio

#warwithart #creativity #innercritic #artinspiration

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@eric_vedder_illustration talks about how what you do can inspire others in an episode called Rework, see link in bio for episodes and more!
#warwithart #art #makeart #creativity #artinspiration

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✨ Took some time, but I finally edited all 96 photos and videos!
Each one is separated into different albums 🙌 Due to Instagram’s formatting limits, the original high-quality photos and videos are available here:
🔗 Facebook Album https://www.facebook.com/share/p/177WHnDrZH/?mibextid=wwXIfr

📸 Usernames/names are in the captions to help identify everyone! Should I be missing anyone, please post in the comments and I will tag them

⸻— DemiDragonWar
🕹️ Signing off

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TennoCon 2025 🫶

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TENNOCON 2024 🎸🤘🏻

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