📬 Let's Link-Up ~ Issue 01

Here's a everything we saw happening on the internet...

If you didn’t know, we are publishing a new How You Create episode every other week. And on the off weeks, Joshua and I are creating other types of content like photo stories or a long list of interesting articles.

Here’s our first issue of the Link-Up. I’ve put together some of the many articles, resources, and jobs that have caught my attention recently. Let me know if there’s something interesting that I might have missed in the comments.

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Creative

Config is a free global conference during April 21-22 (Figma)

In-house vs freelance commissioning, and telling a story through imagery (nice)

75 artists talk about their creative wins/losses during a pandemic. (New York Times)

‘Street Portraits’ are a radical recentering of the Black community (Vogue)

3 steps to tackling your productivity fatigue (FastCo)

The diminishing returns of overwork (New York Times)

Lessons learned from a young director in Hollywood (tw)

Inside the unstoppable rise of Verzuz (gq)

The future of events/conferences will be a hybrid of online and in-person (digi)

8 reasons why crypto art > art (Scott Belsky)

Blurred faces and ethics of protest photography (document)

Adrian Walker on building creative community (Studio)

NFTs and the ‘Art’ world: panic and possibility (art newspaper)

Tools

Create, collaborate, and monetize your videos on your own terms (Along)

Fortnite users can now live stream gameplay to Houseparty (TechCrunch)

2020 review of media and entertainment tech (Maxime Eyraud)

60% surveyed felt more connected to others when they watched a live event on social media (vb)

How to capture cinematic shots with any camera (Corridor)

Pinterest’s new rules hold creators accountable for posting brand-safe content (digi)

People are rethinking their Clubhouse usage (modernretail)

Augmented reality isn’t in gaming: it’s the face filters on social media (techreview)

How Bandcamp is changing the conversation around payments (billboard)

Unsplash acquired by Getty Images (unsplash)

Money

A brief NFT timeline of the ever-expanding market (NYmag)

Investing in the future of creative work (Hidden)

The ins-and-outs of music catalog sales (Variety)

Web3’s Q1 2021 Review: NFT’s, Metaverses, and DAOs (messari)

What is the meaning of all this money? (NYmag)

Tips for creatives getting into crypto (Patrick Rivera)

Know your worth: setting your rates (99u)

How to raise your freelance rates, get paid and make more money (Creative Boom)

How to apply for grants (Creative Independent)

5 ways freelancers can become financially confident (wnw)

Jobs

Senior Content Strategist – VSCO

Marketing Lead – Eco

Senior Manager, Social Media & Programming Springhill Company

Social Media Manager – Monthly

Creator Community Manager – Karat

Product Designer – Collective

Video Producer – Descript

Content Director – Kapwing

Illustrator / Digital Artist – Landr

Director of Music Marketing – Splice

Senior Creative – It’s Nice That

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That’s it for this week’s link-up. Feel free to hit reply or drop in the comments some links we might have missed! Enjoy reading.