SOPHIE’S ART PODCAST

Episodes of Sophie’s Art Podcast.

Episode 112 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

112 • WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT DIARY : WEEK THREE

The final Website Development Diary episode before normal service resumes :) was a Crazy week, but the most Important week.

I had so many notes for this one, I decided to throw them out the window and talk mainly about how I spent the past 7 days redoing all the stuff I had already done.

I learnt how Sometimes you have to do it Wrong, to work out how to do it Right.

Other topics include :
Iterating Your Designs,
How Painting is like Website Development,
The Balance of Colours,
Global Colours and Reusable Blocks,
When You Rush You Delay,
Problem Solving,
Sketching on iPad,
and Turning Puppets into Characters.

Hope you like this one.

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT DIARY week two : Episode 111 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

111 – WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT DIARY : WEEK TWO

Down by the River we go for this one, as lilDENNiS and I talk about more Website Development Diary stuff, and watch lil Ducks bobbing along the water :)

The audio’s a bit windy at times, but hopefully it’s not too distracting. May is all about Working on me Website though, and this episode covers the main take away from the second week, which was How It’s Easy To Get Distracted By New Ideas.

More topics include stuff like :
Going to Bed Late,
Constantly Changing Tings,
Resizing Images takes a lot of Time
The Quality of my Dreams,
Spending Time with Nature,
Adapting Your Designs,
Thinking about User Experience,
Looking Over Old Art Work with Fresh Eyes,
and Burning Hot Chocolate lol

Hope you like this one.

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT DIARY week one : Episode 110 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

110 – WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT DIARY : WEEK ONE

lilDENNiS and I talk about Website Development on this one, and do a lil bit of African Drumming :)

The month of May is all about Working on me Website, and this episode covers the main take away from the first week of me Website Development Diary, which was The Importance of Taking Breaks.

This one also covers a lot of other stuff, including :
How You Can Do More, by Doing Less,
When You Rush You Delay,
The Power of Dancing,
Procrastinating,
Focus and Discipline,
Computer Glasses,
Time Saving Tips,
Being with Nature,
Reading Books,
and Losing the Will to Live lol

Hope you enjoy this one.

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT DIARY : Episode 109 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

109 – WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT DIARY

We’re joined by special guest Funny the Cat for this one, who plops in to say hello as lilDENNiS and I talk about Website Development.

Me lil website broke months ago, and I decided it time to finally start bringing it back to life; so for the month of May I’ll be Focusing on the Website and doing these lil Weekly Website Development Diary podcasts.

This one covers tings like :
The Challenge of Simplifying,
Content Buffers,
How Stuff Takes Longer Than You Think,
Finding Focus,
How Your Old Art can Inspire and Motivate,
Chunking Overwhelming Tasks,
and How Font Has Feelings Too :)

Hope you find this one useful.

False Awakenings and Lucid Dreaming : Episode 108 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson - About The Tings

108 – FALSE AWAKENINGS AND LUCID DREAMING

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is about False Awakenings within the Lucid Dreaming state.

What Are they? How do they Feel? And What do I think is causing them?

That’s some of the tings I talk about, as well as stuff like:
Sleep Paralysis,
Fear,
Keeping a Dream Diary,
Multiple Dimensions,
Alternate Timelines,
Akashic Records,
and Virtual Reality.

I also talk a lil about the Netflix show Stranger Things, How Everything is Information, and I share some of my False Awakening Experiences..

Hope you like this one :)

VIDEO GAMES ADDICTION : Episode 107 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

107 – VIDEO GAMES ADDICTION & GUILT

This is one of them Therapy sessions, where I empty my Mind on the topic of Video Game Addiction.

It’s something I’ve struggled with all my life; I thought I was over it, but it seems I’m still Trapped in the Cycle of Buying Video Games, Feeling Guilty and Selling Them, only to than want to Buy Them Back Again.

I really have no idea what is going on, or what I’m supposed to do about it, but I know Talking About Stuff Helps.

And some of the stuff I talk about on this one, includes:
The Flow State,
How Racing Games are like Drawing,
Feelings of Guilt,
Are Video Games Sociable or Anti-Sociable,
My herstory with Video Games,
and Dancing on the Dance Floor at University :)

Hope you find this one interesting.

Character Design Quarterly ARTICLE 'THE LANGUAGE OF SHAPES, WITH TOM HÄNNI' : Episode 106 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

106 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘THE LANGUAGE OF SHAPES, WITH TOM HÄNNI’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 11 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘A Quick Guide To Composing Characters, with Katarzyna Olbromska’ is the topic of this weeks episode; and it’s a super fascinating one about the importance and power of a Characters Backstory.

This one covers stuff like

Thumbnailing,
Creating Characters Backstory,
Shapes,
Balance,
Colours,
Silhouettes,
and Katarzyna Olbromska’s Cool Characters.

Funny the cat joined us for this one and decided to sit on the computer during recording lol, but I do hope you enjoy this one :)

COLOUR THERAPY by Sue Lilly : Episode 105 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

105 – COLOUR THERAPY

This one was fun. I dive into the book Colour Therapy by Sue Lilly, and talk about all the different colours, and how they affect us on an energy level.

There’s lil Art Tips too, like how Yellow and Brown are good colours to have around while Studying to help focus the mind!

Hope you enjoy this lil ramble about Colour Therapy, which covers stuff like:

The Power of Colour,
Society & Beliefs around Colour,
Feelings vs Colour Theory,
Balance,
Character Design,
Crystals,
Using Colour to Tell Stories,
Energy,
Chakras,
and Chocolate Cake :)

And that’s that lol

Lucid Dreaming Podcast

104 – LUCID DREAMING : MY RECENT LUCID DREAM EXPERIENCES 5

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is about Lucid Dreaming, and some of my recent Lucid Dream Experiences.

Entities are the main Focus with such Lucid Dreams as:
It’s Nan! Part 2,
The Swamp,
and Smoke In Me Face.

I also talk about: The Out Of Body Experience book by Anthony Peake, Talking Animals, Egregores, Becoming Lucid, Facing Fears, Communicating with Dead People, and False Awakenings on this one.

Hope you like it :)