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Mauro Ramalho set to lead the prestigious ABBY Awards 2026 Jury! Explore the latest in advertising excellence under his expert guidance.
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Wonderland | A Short Form Doc on Creative Commerce
I struggle with the question of art vs. commerce. How do you create something personally satisfying, while paying the bills?
Some options I see:
1) Work a day job, do your art on the side (until one day it can sustain you)
2) Work a day job related to your art, do your art on the side
3) Do your art full-time, and just live on very little
4) Do art that is commercial, do your art on the side
5) Have a patron
Option 2 seems pretty good. 4 as well, as you get paid to hone your craft and when inspiration strikes you have the skills and resources to let it flow through you. The risk is if a day job or commercial art saps you of time and inspiration. Todd Rundgren is a good example of pulling 4 off though - he got paid as a producer, honed his skills, met a bunch of musicians - and then made whatever the hell music he wanted to, solo and with his band Utopia.
Phil Cody once said to me, doing music is 1 of 3 things:
1) A hobby
2) A job
3) A calling
To be honest, I'm still not sure which of those 3 I am. I enjoy it immensely, and do feel like it's always been something I've been pulled to, but also want to take it seriously and be very serious about it, but also want to have fun. Haha, I guess it's all part of the process, experimenting until you know for sure why you're doing it, and how and what you want to do.
Anybody else have any thoughts or ideas on how to do art but fund it?
Wonderland - a short form doc on creative commerce
Wonderland - "A Short Form Doc on Creative Commerce"
David Lewondowski (says in the video):
"The commercial space is very much about letting go of all your vision and giving people what they want and not being precious about it. Because whatever you're doing is not cool. No matter how cool it is, it's still a commercial"
This piece addresses age-old themes about Art and Commerce: or using your day job to fund your creative outlet. I've never understood this disparity. There is a scenario where it is a straight shot: good work begets good results. So I find this on one level, incredibly depressing, but on another level, I get where they're coming from. I get the grind that Advertising can be. The thing that separates us is my belief that it can be better, that it can be great, and that you should accept nothing less from your day job.
Wonderland | A Short Form Doc on Creative Commerce
In Spring 2013 we set out for a month to make a short educational piece providing a glimpse of what it is like to work in the creative industry. The idea was born out of our own questions and struggles on how to deal with things that may seem out of your control.
The themes we decided to focus on were those of creativity, relationships, the pursuit of financial profit, and the many directions you can intentionally or unintentionally find yourself taking. We hope the short provides direction in helping others pursue their own creative and personal goals by hearing first hand experiences. Thank you to everyone involved for your transparency and willingness to be involved.
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To get engaged is very easy, you know, and if you're committed, you just make work and get better and better at your craft. and when you're good enough at your craft people start to recognise that and they start to ask you to do your craft for them... and then I guess thats the transition where it becomes a profession.
wilson brown.
wonderland | a short form doc on creative commerce
If you're a designer, artist, musician, photographer, videographer just starting out in the creative industry, you should watch this.
Perfectly captures the craft vs. career question I'm struggling with at the moment.
Wonderland - A Short Form Doc on Creative Commerce.
Wonderland | A Short Form Doc on Creative Commerce (by Eskimo)
In Spring 2013 we set out for a month to make a short educational piece providing a glimpse of what it is like to work in the creative industry. The idea was born out of our own questions and struggles on how to deal with things that may seem out of your control.
The themes we decided to focus on were those of creativity, relationships, the pursuit of financial profit, and the many directions you can intentionally or unintentionally find yourself taking.