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A drawing of Blade Runner, some words on how to approach self doubt, and an improv game for divergent thinking.
Rob Gale
A drawing, Abbas Kiarostami on Constraints, and Half-Life (an improv game)
Rob Gale

June 2022

Along with Taxi Driver and a practice in doing everything wrong.
Rob Gale
Recently, I’ve been playing with drawing as a kind of visual music making. I don’t know if any of these read that way to the viewer, but the direct…
Rob Gale

May 2022

First though, this is Nico! He’s a curious lad who often, to the chagrin of his caretakers, disappears for days on end, only to emerge mostly unscathed…
Rob Gale
The most overused word, creativity, should in fact be described as discovery. — Milton Glaser Whether we’re writing a short story, or creating an…
Rob Gale

April 2022

Quote “And I felt a bit better. Because if Neil Armstrong felt like an imposter, maybe everyone did. Maybe there weren’t any grown-ups, only people who…
Rob Gale
Quote What seems like the fast way in the moment is the long way in the end. — Via the Sunday Brainfood Newsletter from Farnam Street Just Show Up…
Rob Gale
Recently, I’ve realized that one reason I struggle with getting self-initiated projects off the ground, is that I get performance anxiety. Let me…
Rob Gale

February 2022

For a long time I’ve wanted to work on a short film or comic outside of client projects, but I’ve put it off again and again. You know how it goes, you…
Rob Gale
This timelapse of thumbnail sketches shows part of my process for exploring visual ideas for an illustration. It’s part of a personal project I’ve been…
Rob Gale
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