Ugh. Goal Setting.
It's that time of year and I don't know about you but 'goal setting' is something that fills me with dread and reminds me of school. The...
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Molly Newport
- Nov 4
- 3 min
A Photowalk In My Home Town
(audio coming soon!) A bleak, grizzly (grey and drizzly) day in Stockport, Manchester and as I was loading up on layers and debating...
Molly Newport
- Oct 26
- 2 min
What's In Your Unique Marinade?
Back out now if you're looking for a sensible recipe for your dinner. How often do you add new flavours into your unique marinade? The...
Molly Newport
- Sep 28
- 3 min
How Important Is Idle Time?
(audio coming soon!) Our Busy World In our busy, productive and hard working world where you could and probably feel like you should be...
Molly Newport
- Aug 25
- 2 min
'Single-Tasking'
(audio coming soon) A busy brain jumping from one thing to the next. Walking the dog and listening to a podcast and Googling something...
Molly Newport
- Jul 28
- 3 min
Four Hours. An Experiment
I don’t know about you but I still live in a world where ‘time is money’ and working long hours is seen as a badge of honour. I can feel...
Molly Newport
- Jun 30
- 3 min
Is There A Better Way To Use A To-Do List?
Ah, the humble to-do list, sitting patiently waiting for you to dump all of your mental clutter onto it before finding something more fun...
Molly Newport
- May 26
- 3 min
Is It Becoming More Difficult To Achieve ‘Flow State’?
The Good Old Days of Concentration A few months ago I started to think about my school days. I would get home, dig out all of my art...
Molly Newport
- Apr 26
- 4 min
How Are You Spending Your Energy?
Are we spending our energy in a way that works for us or are we just throwing it away and using up tomorrow's fund as well? When I say...
Molly Newport
- Mar 29
- 6 min
Will Digital Detoxing Bring Back My Attention Span?
Clicking, swiping, scrolling, ignoring, swiping, clicking, scrolling.... I got to a point last year in my illustration and design...
Molly Newport
- Feb 22
- 4 min
Do Creatives Really Need Instagram?
Read below or listen along on the sound player If you've clicked on this post, I'm going to guess that you're also a creative who feels...
Molly Newport
- Jan 25
- 4 min
Why I Took a Break From My Business
Please note that this post has a *trigger warning - talk of illness* so if that's something you're not comfortable reading right now,...
Molly Newport
- Nov 23, 2021
- 5 min
Can A Drawing Challenge Actually Help?
Can drawing challenges actually help us as creatives to produce more work? In the past, some creative challenges have actually put the...
Molly Newport
- Oct 12, 2021
- 4 min
5 Ways To Follow A Small Business Without Using Social Media
A World Without Social Media On 4th October 2021 the Facebook owned apps crashed and failed to work, this included Facebook messenger,...
Molly Newport
- Apr 19, 2020
- 1 min
Creating a Little Zine
What is a Zine and why should I make one? A Zine (pronounced "zeen") is a homemade publication that can be filled with anything you're...
Molly Newport
- Nov 15, 2019
- 2 min
Creating a Repeat Pattern on Photoshop
How to create a repeat pattern Repeat patterns can be used for all sorts of things, I use this simple method on Photoshop when I'm...
Molly Newport
- Jul 3, 2019
- 5 min
Why I Quit Facebook - As a Small Business
Why Did I Make a Business Page in the First Place? It's Facebook, everyone has a profile, right? I've had a personal Facebook profile for...
Molly Newport
- May 8, 2019
- 3 min
4 Things I Learnt From A Fashion Illustration Workshop
Recently, I took part in a Fashion Illustration workshop run by Derbyshire based artist Tracy Fennell. Tracy has worked using a wide...
Molly Newport
- Apr 16, 2019
- 3 min
Giant Inspiration Rests in Sheffield
An Industrial Sized Exhibition On a typically British cold, wet and windy day in April 2019, I adventured across to the northern city of...
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