During these crazy times when we find ourselves stuck at home, it’s important to try and find ways to stay productive. This might be a good time to learn a new skill, and Bloop offers a wide variety of premium …
They Wanted Me to Buy bloop.com for a Quarter Million Dollars
This is why domain or brand names don’t really matter. If you ever started a new business/company, or thought about doing so, you probably spent a good amount of time coming up with the “perfect” name. Naming your brand is hard. …
5 Reasons You Should Learn Animation with Online Courses
Online courses have become insanely popular in recent years, and they keep getting better and better. We’ve come a long way since the days of random YouTube tutorials. Online video courses are now highly-produced, and a very effective alternative to …
My Process for Choosing My Next Project
There are 2 major creative tragedies: Starting a project, and not finishing it. Doing something well that shouldn’t have been done at all. This is why, for me, choosing an idea to pursue is a BIG DEAL. It should be …
Goals vs. Milestones
There’s a lot of talk about setting goals. I’ve heard people define a yearly plan for their business with certain goals such as “reaching 5000 email subscribers before the end of the year” or “10% increase of traffic every month”, …
2 Things to Remember When Starting a New Project
I had lunch with a friend recently who told me he had a great idea for a small business. This friend has been stuck in a 9-5 job for a few years now and has been playing with the idea of starting a …
I Can’t Believe They Made Me Do Algebra
Warning! Rant ahead. When I look back at my days in high-school, I can’t not feel like I was cheated. Can someone tell me why, on earth, did I spend so many years trying to master Algebra? I wasn’t gently introduced …
Animator’s Block
Writers get a bad rap for being the only creative professionals to have their own unique illness. I’m referring to the “writer’s block”. Let me clarify something real quick: There’s no such thing as writer’s block. Writing is just like any other art …
You Are Not Your Work
People, artists especially, associate themselves with their creation. It’s very common to feel that if people don’t like their work, it means they are bad artists, or even bad human beings. That is a very unhealthy way of approaching your work, …
