https://www.karicemitchell.com/ Stories, art, and ideas from a creative life en Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:23:02 GMT https://www.karicemitchell.com/drafts-folder-of-boundaries-unsent-emails/ https://www.karicemitchell.com/drafts-folder-of-boundaries-unsent-emails/ Every creative professional has a drafts folder full of emails they'll never send — the angry ones, the honest ones, the ones that would've felt great for nine seconds. Here are five of mine, what they revealed, and the framework I now use before hitting send on anything. Karice Mitchell Business of Art Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:04:22 GMT https://www.karicemitchell.com/barista-focus-group-testing-rough-ideas/ https://www.karicemitchell.com/barista-focus-group-testing-rough-ideas/ Before any client sees a new concept, I float a half-finished version past strangers at my neighborhood coffee shop. It sounds unhinged, but the honesty you get from someone holding a latte is worth more than a round of polite revision notes. Karice Mitchell Creative Practice Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:04:22 GMT https://www.karicemitchell.com/the-number-youre-afraid-to-say-out-loud/ https://www.karicemitchell.com/the-number-youre-afraid-to-say-out-loud/ Quoting a price feels like confessing something. But clients aren't buying your hours — they're buying your judgment, and judgment doesn't clock in. A few frameworks, some honest fear-talk, and the exact words to use when it's time to name your number. Karice Mitchell Creative Practice Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:05:21 GMT https://www.karicemitchell.com/nobody-scrolls-past-story-rethinking-the-portfolio/ https://www.karicemitchell.com/nobody-scrolls-past-story-rethinking-the-portfolio/ The classic work grid is quietly losing to something messier and more human: the story of how the work got made. Here's what five creatives' sites reveal about what actually turns a visitor into a client — plus a checklist to restructure your own. Karice Mitchell Business of Art Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:05:21 GMT https://www.karicemitchell.com/wet-park-sharing-the-messy-middle/ https://www.karicemitchell.com/wet-park-sharing-the-messy-middle/ The finished piece gets a like. The in-progress shot gets a conversation. Why the unpolished middle of the creative process is the most underrated audience-building tool you have — and how to share it without giving away the whole store. Karice Mitchell Creative Practice Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:05:16 GMT https://www.karicemitchell.com/signature-lines-commissioned-work-credit/ https://www.karicemitchell.com/signature-lines-commissioned-work-credit/ A commissioned piece might live on someone else's wall, but does it live in someone else's voice? On the strange in-between of paid-for art, contractual ownership, and why the conversation about credit should happen before the ink dries. Karice Mitchell Business of Art Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:05:16 GMT https://www.karicemitchell.com/small-sparks-tiny-habits-personal-work/ https://www.karicemitchell.com/small-sparks-tiny-habits-personal-work/ Client work paid the bills, but it nearly erased the personal portfolio I'd spent a decade building. These ten-minute rituals — coffee-break sketches, voice memos, micro photo walks — are how I clawed it back. Karice Mitchell Creative Practice Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:05:39 GMT https://www.karicemitchell.com/one-project-twelve-paydays-guide/ https://www.karicemitchell.com/one-project-twelve-paydays-guide/ A single self-initiated project can fund a year of your career — if you stop treating it as one piece of work. Here's the exact breakdown of how I turned one photo essay into prints, pitches, commissions, and a workshop. Karice Mitchell Business of Art Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:05:39 GMT