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Style is a commitment

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Style is a commitment

You don’t find style, you commit to style.

Adam Ming
Sep 21, 2021
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For the longest time I would say I haven’t found my style. The truth is, I wasn’t ready to commit. I wanted to explore and try new things. But if clients don’t know what I’m selling. How can they buy it?

So I committed in writing the kind of art I make. It was time to stop exploring and start producing.

“I make energetic and witty illustrations with a comic sensibility.”

Then I make a piece that shows that. And another. And another. I show the world what I’m selling.

And they start buying.

Before I committed to a style, I would feel envious of all the different styles out there. I would think, I could do that!

But after committing, I stopped being envious and am able to really enjoy the different styles of my peers and heroes.

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Ria Green
Writes Ria Green - Surface Pattern Des…
May 1, 2022Liked by Adam Ming

So true!!! Finally, after all the playing, trying, learning and practice, it is a commitment!

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Arundathi John
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Nov 9, 2022

Yes. Got me thinking. Great 🙌

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