VOICE

/ˈvoɪs/

noun

1. the total sum of all of an artist's creative decisions.

2. the novel and authentic creative approach that separates an individual artist from others.

LESSON OO: Start Here

To learn is to solve a maze from the center. 

To teach is to retrace your steps. 

Between the teacher and the student there is the unspoken contract: an exchange of knowledge for passion. That is the price. No more, no less. 

Let’s begin.

Welcome to Voice.

I'm Sterling Hundley, and I built Voice to teach you how to find your personal voice in the artificial age. Voice is one chapter of Think Louder- a guidebook for the creative mind. You can find out more at www.thinklouder.co

ABOUT THE COURSE

I. Delivery

Voice was designed to be taken over a six-week period. The syllabus and lessons reflect a proposed schedule that begins on a Friday, with orientation over the weekend and Lesson 1 beginning on a Monday. Feel free to take the course at your own pace, but the lessons, assignments and information were created to be processed over a six-week period.

METHODS: We receive information through distinctly different channels. This course will ask that you read, watch, listen, and take action at different times. There is specific information that is best understood when read, while other information must be seen, listened to, or applied.

• WEEK 1: Orientation & Priming. The first week will teach you to self-orient, as well as to understand the fundamentals of VOICE, which will be applied throughout the course. You'll be starting on Project O1. 
• WEEKS 2-6: Projects. If you follow the six-week timeline, you'll complete three lessons each week during weeks 2-6.  

II. Structure

• Syllabus: A structured overview of the course content and schedule. This is the primary document that you should reference for the schedule, assignments and course expectations. You should have received this as a download in Lesson 00: Welcome. You can also find the syllabus attached as a download to this lesson in case you missed it!
• Lessons: Articles and written explanations of key principles.
• Videos: Demonstrations to support lessons.
  1. Lectures: Brief explanations of core principles within the lessons.
  2. Case Studies: Illustrate the application of lessons through specific examples.
  3. Demonstrations: Show techniques in material and tool use.
• Downloads: Documents to support lessons and overall development.
• To Do List: Each lesson comes with its own To Do Checklist to make sure that you've completed all tasks before moving on to the next lesson. 
• Assignments: Challenge you to apply course lessons to your own work.
  1. Minor Assignments: Your Minor Assignments will focus on media studies. Choose a single subject matter to focus on for the duration of the course. Example- faces, hands or kitty cats. These studies should take no more than an hour to an hour and a half. Complete 1 or 2 minor projects each week, keeping in mind the approach you might take for the Major Project. Keep consistent with page size.
  2. Major Assignments: You will receive three major assignments over the six week course. Your Projects will challenge you to work through a five step process including Research, Sketches, Reference, Final Drawing and Final Artwork.

III. Outcomes

• (8) Eight Minor Assignments that will challenge you to create 1 to 1.5 hour media studies.

• (12+) Dozens of ideation sketches and drawings for each Major Assignment.

• (9) Nine value-based thumbnails. (3) Three will be selected from each Major Assignment.

• (3) Three full-color portfolio pieces.

• (3) Three black-and-white spot illustrations or designs.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

From rock stars to rocket ships, film to fashion, I've worked with clients across a spectrum of creative projects to help shape vision, voice, direction, and communication. I cut my teeth as an illustrator driven to build authentic, thought-provoking ideas and one-of-a-kind creative solutions. Above all, I've strived to leave an authentic mark.

My Portfolio

www.sterlinghundley.com

Find me here

Substack

Instagram

YouTube

Think Louder website

Clients & Collections

NASA, Luma Pictures, StudioCanal, Wild Blue Studio, Image Comics, Rolling Stone, RedBull, Broadway, Criterion Collection, Mondo, Folio, Grammys, USPS (stamps), Major League Baseball, UPS, New Yorker, Abrams, Hyperion, Penguin, Tor, New Yorker, New York Times, Martin Agency, Target, Marvel, Topps, Amazon, Capital One.

Teaching & Appointments

• Professor, VCUArts, Department of Communication Arts
• Mentor, Visual Arts Passage
• Instructor, Illustration Academy
• Artist Ambassador for Daler-Rowney, Lyra, and Strathmore Brands
• Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, VCUHealth
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts- Professional Fellow
• Professor, VCUArts, Department of Communication Arts
• Mentor, Visual Arts Passage
• Instructor, Illustration Academy
• Artist Ambassador for Daler-Rowney, Lyra, and Strathmore Brands
• Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, VCUHealth
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts- Professional Fellow
• Founder, Legendeer
• Co-Founder, Applied Arts Lab at VCUArts