Should You Change Your Name?

Jake Parker

Is an art career for me? Should I use a nom de plume? Why are products better than projects? Join Jake Parker, Lee White, and Will Terry for the answers to these questions and more!

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carlianne

Great podcast today I've thought a lot about of the questions you went over.

With the last name "Tipsey" I was worried about if that would be an issue for Children's media. I made my social media accounts "Carlianne Creates" because I thought my full name was more special (than just Carli) and "creates" didn't lock me into a specific type of art but I have had people think "creates" is my last name and everyone has trouble pronouncing my name

danielerossi

This episode made me sit up and realize that I’ve been making products, not projects. That is, the perspective Ive had all along was “I have a day job so can keep drawing. I draw for my side projects which I happen to sell on Etsy”. Never truly seeing the forest for the trees as I’m not making any substantial income from my Etsy shop. So my mindset was always stuck in the box of “side projects”. Thanks for that @Jake-Parker!

It was also a nice surprise to find that new episodes have been coming out on a weekly basis lately. At first I thought it might have been a mistake A nice highlight for each week.