CreativeMornings

Release Day 2026 Live

CreativeMornings — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0400

On May 29th, over 2,200 people around the world woke up with one shared intention: to stop sitting on their ideas and finally let them out into the world.

That’s the power of Release Day! A global rally cry to overcome procrastination, perfectionism, and fear of rejection. This collective deadline inspired the launch of so many amazing passion projects.

Release Day is a Creative Quests and CreativeMornings collaboration powered by Adobe.

Several CreativeMornings chapters held special events to put a spotlight on releasers in their communities!

Our Austin chapter had 7 people release their projects on stage. Watch their presentations.

^{Photos by David Price.}

Our Barcelona chapter had people display and present their projects. Watch this video from their event.

^{Photos by Claudia Schmidt.}

Our Philadelphia chapter did a show-and-tell and held small group discussions about procrastination.

^{Photos by Steve Weinik.}

Our Denver chapter had people display and discuss their projects. Watch their recap video.

^{Photos by Mio Sison III.}

Our Omaha chapter had an artist showcase.

^{Photo by Brae Stone.}

Our Chicago chapter had 5 people present their projects.

^{Photo by Elliot Powell.}

Our Santa Cruz chapter had five people showcase their work at a Release Day party.

^{Photos by Kimberly Gomes.}

Our New York chapter had 9 people release on stage. And Sam Furness, the creator of Release Day, acted as their MC. Watch their presentations.

^{Photo by Nelson Luna.}

You can see more Release Day projects from around the world in our online gallery.

LEVEL UP: Creative and Fun Ways to Promote your 'Thing'

CreativeMornings — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:12:00 -0400

In this session, we’ll explore how to take your creative project and actually get it seen (without it feeling awkward or salesy).

In this Virtual FieldTrip on promoting your work with writer, Lucy Werner, you’ll discover how to share your “thing” in a way that feels natural and you.

Watch the recording for three simple workflows using Adobe Express: creating scroll-stopping visuals, turning your process into content, and sharing your work.

This FieldTrip is a part of Level Up, a series of workshops and resources designed to help you grow, gain confidence, and take meaningful next steps in your creative career. This series is made possible by CreativeMornings’ global partnership with Adobe .

Want more helpful tips to level up your creative career? See all of our upcoming LEVEL UP Virtual FieldTrips.

Featured Talk: Myths About Creativity

CreativeMornings — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:45:00 -0400

“Being bad at something doesn’t mean that you were not meant to do it.”

As a street artist known for his wire sculptures, Reed Bmore challenges us to dismiss common myths about creativity, like the need for constant inspiration or innate talent. He explores creating as an act of rebellion, self-expression, and community building in his talk for our Baltimore chapter.

^{Photo by Laura Ferrara.}

Discover more inspiring CreativeMornings talks from our chapters around the world.

LEVEL UP: Turn Your Process Into Content

CreativeMornings — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:55:00 -0400

Most of us wait until the work is “done” to share it — but the process is often the most interesting part.

In this Virtual FieldTrip on creating behind-the-scenes content with Brand Strategist & Web Designer, Amy Chan, we’ll walk through simple, beginner-friendly approaches to documenting your work for social.

Watch the recording to see how to shoot on your phone without interrupting your flow and how tools like Adobe Express and Firefly can help you polish and share what you capture.

Want more helpful tips to level up your creative career? See all of our upcoming LEVEL UP Virtual FieldTrips.

Fun Stuff To Click On

CreativeMornings — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:15:00 -0400

Welcome to our joyful, little corner of the internet where we share our favorite links that we discover each week.

Diversify your creative income streams and do what feels right.

Why we need friction in our creative process.

Is AI getting dumber?

Reclaiming our connections from social media. †

A new way to encrypt your work for online privacy.

Why we need community.

Exploring 3 forms of printmaking.

Donating craft kits to kids. †

Mom was right. Why "just be yourself“ is your biggest creative advantage.

Just try selling something.

Will the future of wearables enhance your creativity?

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LEVEL UP: Create With Pride - A Toolkit For Visibility

CreativeMornings — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400

Create and share your Pride story with intention. This session is for community members and allies who want to use creativity to express, celebrate, and show support during Pride Month.

In this Virtual FieldTrip on crafting and sharing meaningful Pride stories with Creative Director and Photographer, Saunak Shah, you’ll learn how to turn ideas into a cohesive visual narrative—across posters, social stories, profile updates, motion, and AI-generated artwork.

Watch the recording for tips and live demos using Adobe Express and Adobe Firefly.

Want more helpful tips to level up your creative career? See all of our upcoming LEVEL UP Virtual FieldTrips.

Featured Talk: Try And Fail

CreativeMornings — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:13:00 -0400

“That’s scary and that’s uncomfortable, but that’s usually where the magic comes from.”

Artie Sandstone learned the hard way that to achieve your goal, you have to do the work despite being uncertain of the outcome. His journey overcoming a challenging childhood to building biotech startups to pursuing his art is a testament to resilience and innovation. Artie shares why being willing to try and fail is essential for growth and creativity in his talk for our Boulder chapter.

^{Photo by Paul Juniper.}

Discover more inspiring CreativeMornings talks from our chapters around the world.

Fun Stuff To Click On

CreativeMornings — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:08:00 -0400

Welcome to our joyful, little corner of the internet where we share our favorite links that we discover each week.

Pick a color palette people will trust. 🎨 §

How to trick your brain into achieving your goals.

Use your creativity as a catalyst for community.

Commit to the process not the outcome. †

Go on a photo scavenger hunt.

Make your own rules and commit to following them.

We need radical softness.

How to make a living as an artist.

Make yourself uncomfortable.

Design a creative career on your own terms.

§ Curated by CreativeMornings HQ and brought to you by our partners.
† Thank you to Rose McAdoo for submitting these links.
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Featured Talk: You Have a Compass

CreativeMornings — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:45:00 -0400

“You have a compass. Sometimes we are in our head so much trying to figure something out, but in reality, we already know, and we just need to take the time to get quiet and reflect and connect to that.”

Kacie Lyn Martinez describes herself as a tumbleweed, a metaphor for her travels from a chaotic childhood to becoming an artist and creative facilitator. She shares five lessons on creating your own path to a fulfilling creative life in her talk for our Orange County chapter.

^{Photo by Michael Ward.}

Discover more inspiring CreativeMornings talks from our chapters around the world.

Fun Stuff To Click On

CreativeMornings — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:38:00 -0400

Welcome to our joyful, little corner of the internet where we share our favorite links that we discover each week.

Maintaining adult friendships.

Why sharing your passion projects truly matters.

Unplug and slow down.

Open calls, residencies, and grants for artists.

You can't innovate from a blank page.

Art lights up the darkness.

How to start guerrilla gardening. †

Design better events with two questions.

Tell your friends that you love them.

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June's Theme is CURATE

CreativeMornings — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:00:00 -0400

Our theme for June is CURATE. It was chosen by our Orange County chapter in California, illustrated by Fred Villa, and is presented by Adobe.

Our Orange County chapter had this to say about the significance of this month’s theme:

“To us, curate is about perspective. In a world overflowing with information, content, ideas, and tools, the ability to curate—to choose, shape, and sequence—has become more powerful than simply knowing or creating. It’s no longer just about the outcome, but about crafting a thoughtful and meaningful experience that reflects a deeper creative vision.”

Watch this video from our Orange County chapter for more on what curate means to them.

You can curate your wardrobe, the perfect playlist, and your instagram grid. But every creative act is an exercise in curation. The writer picks which sentence stays and which gets cut. The designer chooses the ideal font out of thousands available. The photographer frames the right shot at the right time.

But curation is not just selection. It’s about attention. What do you let in? What do you choose to care about? Each of us is a curator of our own inner museum: a gallery of the influences we honor and the collection of ideas we pursue.

We live in a time of overwhelming abundance. Instead of obsessing over what looks good together, contemplate why your choices belong together. Distill your taste into a point of view that is uniquely yours. Then ruthlessly express it in your work and how you live your life.

June Playlist: CURATE

CreativeMornings — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:15:00 -0400

Our theme for June is CURATE. It was chosen by our Orange County chapter in California, illustrated by Fred Villa, and is presented by Adobe.

We need YOUR help to curate our playlist for June’s global theme CURATE! You can also listen to the tracks already added by our global community.

Here’s how to your favorite song to the playlist:

Go to the playlist using this link on YouTube Music.

Click “join” on the pop up that appears.
Search for the song that you want to add.
Click the three dots next to the song title.

Select “Save to playlist” from the menu that appears.

Select our CURATE playlist in the popup that appears.

Meet our CURATE illustrator: Fred Villa

CreativeMornings — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400

Each month, CreativeMornings has a different theme for the talks given at our local chapter events around the world. It is our tradition to work with an artist in our community to create an illustration for each monthly theme.

Our theme for June is CURATE. It was chosen by our Orange County chapter in California, illustrated by Fred Villa, and is presented by Adobe.

Fred Villa is a multidisciplinary graphic designer with a focus on branding, digital, and print design. He loves combining design and content creation into one to engage with the creative community. Aside from designing, he loves to take inspiration from dance classes or live music!

Fred shared the following reflection on his illustration for this month’s theme:

“Curating to me means tastefully combine different artistic elements and blend them into one cohesive experience. I immediately thought of how a DJ can alter the mood of the night at a club or event with the music that they chose. They set the tone and pace for an event’s vibe and I think that’s one of the dopest ways to curate music as an art form.”

Listen to how to pronounce Fred’s name.

You can see more of Fred’s work on his site and follow him on Instagram @freddymade__.

Selected Works

People Are Afraid to Share Their Work. It’s Time we Ditch The Algorithm And Embrace Human Creativity And Connection

CreativeMornings — Sun, 31 May 2026 22:09:00 -0400

Sam Furness and Tina Roth Eisenberg on why we need new rituals to connect and celebrate our humanness.

With an onslaught of AI-generated content, optimized newsfeeds, and collective despair, there’s never been a more important time for sharing our human creativity.

Putting your creative ideas into the world can change your life. It increases your surface area of luck. It opens doors. It helps you find your people, and better understand others.

Research on the links between creative expression and mental health has shown its positive influence on emotional regulation, cognitive flexibility, and social connectedness.

Yet crucially, for creativity to benefit society, it has to be shared.

As two founders of global creative communities, we’ve seen how transformative it can be when people nurture their innate creativity and curiosity. In 2008, Tina started what’s now the world’s largest face-to-face gathering, CreativeMornings, spanning 250+ cities in 70 countries. And Sam runs Creative Quests, a platform where people across the world join in shared explorations and experiments.

But we’ve also noticed a concerning trend. People are more afraid to share their creative work than ever, arguably when we need human expression and connection the most.

If this crisis of creative withholding is the symptom, a diminishing of optimism is the cause. We see this reflected in Edelman’s 2026 Trust Barometer, where only 32% of people globally believe the next generation will be better off.

Being creative relies on optimism. By definition, it’s the ability to imagine something that doesn’t yet exist, and bring it into being. To do that, we have to believe a better way is possible.

And yet, it’s understandable why people feel blocked by fear and its many guises, including doubt, perfectionism, and procrastination.

Making time for our creative ideas, let alone sharing something with the world, is an increasingly daunting task. We’re bombarded by distractions, judgement and division. To share is to open ourselves to criticism.

For those who manage to summon the courage to share something online, all too often their precious work is swept up in the algorithm, disappearing sooner than initials written in sand.

Something that should be a celebration feels deeply unfulfilling and isolating. Now, instead of creating, we simply consume. And we don’t even decide what we consume—the algorithm does. With each mindless scroll, we’re further lulled into passivity, becoming further disconnected from ourselves, and others.

We don’t think it’s a coincidence that this crisis of creative withholding coincides with the epidemic of loneliness and isolation, affecting millions of Americans. The two are intertwined: creativity does not flourish in isolation; and people don’t flourish without creativity.

Being open to new experiences not only boosts creativity, but also brings us into connection with other people—which we need for a thriving democracy. As social scientist Robert Putnam’s famed “Bowling Alone” research found, American social capital has plummeted since the 1960s, evidenced by decreased civic participation, volunteering, and socializing.

The best way to reverse this trend is to bring people together—and creativity is one way to do just that. As Pete Davis says in the documentary Join Or Die based on Putnam’s research, “Community is what happens when you do what you love together.”

When we do things together, we can begin to shift from the individualism that is damaging to mental health and exacerbating loneliness, toward a more connected, cooperative and optimistic future.

This unwavering belief in a better, less lonely future is what drives the work we each do. Every day, through our virtual and in-person gatherings, we see the desire people have to overcome various blocks and bring their creative ideas to life. We just need more supportive opportunities to do so.

That’s what led Sam to create Release Day, an invitation for people around the world to share their work simultaneously on May 29.

Having spent ten years working in the music industry, Sam always loved the day an album was released. It was customary to wish somebody a “Happy Release Day,” to recognize the hard work everyone put in.

Now in its second year, Release Day extends this feeling of celebration to all types of human expression. Rather than getting lost in the algorithm, creative ideas get their moment to shine. Suddenly, what was daunting becomes exciting.

Last year, the collective deadline gave people permission to finally begin. In just a few weeks, participants moved through years of procrastination to release songs, essays, paintings, films, websites, zines, first drafts, and long-overdue projects.

While research shows that public commitments and structured deadlines produce better outcomes than private goals, the psychology of accountability is secondary to the feeling of belonging a shared moment creates.

Instead of feeling isolated and alone, with Release Day, you’re part of a community of thousands of participants who are also invested in your success, because they’re sharing and celebrating alongside you. Perhaps for the first time in someone’s life, they can feel like their creative ideas are worth sharing. Such opportunities can change people for the better, bringing more connection, resilience, and confidence.

We need to protect these avenues for optimism, because they are the very antidote to the fear, passivity, and loneliness we are witnessing. We need to create opportunities to flourish together, so we can move towards a better way of being in the world.

Optimism is not only central to our creativity, it’s contagious. When people put things into the world that light them up, it lights up everyone around them. Just like a fireworks display is made more spectacular with each spark, so is the world with each varied and dazzling contribution of human expression.

Sketch Notes on CREATE

CreativeMornings — Sun, 31 May 2026 12:45:00 -0400

Each month, CreativeMornings chapters around the world host talks on a theme – and members of our local communities take sketchnotes (visual notes created with a mix of handwriting, drawings, hand-lettering, and other doodles.)

Our theme for MAY was CREATE. It was chosen in collaboration with our global partner Adobe and illustrated by Ana Grigorovici.

Petra Sonnenberg captured our Reel Squad cohort powered by Adobe.

Andrew James captured Tamara Buckland’s talk from our Wellington chapter.

^{Photo by Carolina Flora Diaz.}

Emily Garfield captured the Release Day event at our New York chapter.

Sara Nuttle captured Kate Houlihan’s talk and Dub Equis’ performancefrom our Austin chapter.

Lauren “Bambi” Reid captured Dennis Reed’s talk from our Charlotte chapter.

Caroline Ferrero captured Milan Zori’s talk from our Milwaukee chapter.

Petra Sonnenberg captured manamolotov’s talk from our Cologne chapter.

If you create your own sketch notes at a CreativeMornings event, share a photo of them with the hashtag #CMsketchnotes and tag us, so we can include them in our next roundup.

Fun Stuff To Click On

CreativeMornings — Sun, 31 May 2026 10:25:00 -0400

Welcome to our joyful, little corner of the internet where we share our favorite links that we discover each week.

Why every creative professional should track their time. §

Curation is a vital critical creative skill.

Life is about the people you met and get to know.

Curate your own creative rituals to boost your originality.

Search like a librarian.

Parent like a librarian.

A curated list of free product design resources. †

One man recorded 10,000 concerts live.

Collecting tote bags as status symbols.

Curate moments of gratitude. †

Try appreciating art slowly.

Curate who influences you.

Is having good taste enough to future-proof your career against AI?

§ Curated by CreativeMornings HQ and brought to you by our partners.
† Thank you to Darshan Gajara and Ian McAbee for sharing these links.
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Chapter Highlights: From Vikings to Llamas

CreativeMornings — Sun, 31 May 2026 10:15:00 -0400

Every CreativeMornings chapter is organized by a team of local volunteers who pour their hearts into creating fun and interesting events that foster meaningful connections. Check out these recent highlights from around the world.

Our Poulsbo chapter had Nordic Vikings light a fire for our EMBER theme.

^{Photos by Camlyn Anderson.}

Our Islamabad chapter drew cute self portraits.

^{Photo by Concept One Studios.}

Our Denver chapter held a making morning for our CREATE theme.

Love this adorable singalong at our Montclair chapter.

Our Chennai chapter learned how composting turns what we discard into something that sustains at their April talk.

Our Indianapolis chapter did a hot wing eating contest during their April talk.

^{Photo by Maximino Eslava.}

For our theme LOCAL, our Raleigh chapter asked their community, “What is your favorite woman-owned business in Raleigh?”

^{Photo by Emily Bennett.}

Our Antalya chapter dined outside at a communal table for their April event.

Our Buenos Aires chapter had talking lamas accompany their April speaker..

Want in on the fun? Find a CreativeMornings chapter near you.

Fun Stuff To Click On

CreativeMornings — Thu, 21 May 2026 18:27:00 -0400

Welcome to our joyful, little corner of the internet where we share our favorite links that we discover each week.

The color palette isn’t the finish line. It’s the first thing your audience feels. Here’s the science behind why. §

Creativity is stronger than keywords.

Turn 🍋 job rejection emails into lemonade. †

Which of these new typefaces do you love most?

Your body is art.

Proof that dancing is good for you.

Otherworldly lamps made from 🍌🍌🍌.

Make people care.

Brand building in the age of AI.

Strangers are mailing each other good books. †

Stop disappointing yourself.

§ Curated by CreativeMornings HQ and brought to you by our partners.
† Thank you to Daniela Mondragon and Melanie Palishen for sharing these links.
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Release Day: Sam Furness on Moving From Procrastination to Celebration

CreativeMornings — Thu, 21 May 2026 09:30:00 -0400

What if sharing your creative work didn’t feel like a chore, but a celebration? That feeling is why Sam Furness created Release Day.

Born from his own struggles with procrastination, Release Day on May 29th is a collective deadline for launching your personal project and a ritual of accountability and support.

This story is part of a series celebrating people who participated in Release Day 2025. We hope their stories inspire you to join us this year.

Sam Furness is a cultural producer and the founder of Creative Quest, a global community and playground for people fueled by curiosity. In 2025, he launched the first Release Day.

(Please note that this interview has been edited for length and flow.)

Interviewer: What is Release Day?

Sam: In simple terms, it’s a 24-hour celebration where creative people collectively release their work. It’s a shared deadline for individual projects.

But the bigger ambition is to establish a new day in the creative calendar like World Book Day or Record Store Day. It’s a shared ritual of sharing the things that we’ve been working on and celebrating our creative lives.

Interviewer: How did the idea for Release Day come about?

Sam: It came in fragments. Part of it was realizing I was procrastinating on my own projects. I wanted a way of putting creative projects out in the world that feels less lonely.

Then I remembered working in the music industry. The day an album was released was always special. People would say “happy release day,” and it felt like a shared moment.

I missed that.

So, I started wondering: what would it look like if we created that feeling for all creative work?

^{Fragments of inspiration that lead to Release Day.}

Interviewer: Why do so many of us struggle to share our work?

Sam: There are so many reasons. Fear of what people will think, perfectionism, procrastination. A lot of it comes down to wondering if what we’ve made is “good enough.”

And often with personal creative projects, we don’t give them deadlines, because we associate deadlines with work. And we don’t want our personal projects to feel like an obligation.

What we’re trying to do with Release Day is reframe the deadline, not as something looming and stressful, but as something exciting. Like a festival you’re looking forward to.

Interviewer: You mentioned procrastination and perfectionism. Do those fears show up in your own work too?

Sam: All the time. I don’t believe anyone who says they don’t feel some kind of fear around sharing our work.

Every single thing that I’ve put out into the world that has felt fulfilling or has been successful is because I didn’t wait for the thing to be perfect before going for it.

It’s about publicly experimenting. Playing with an idea and seeing what happens.

It’s like being a runner. I did a marathon a few years ago. And you don’t just go straight to the marathon. You have to train, right? And actually, part of what makes you a better long-distance runner is getting better at running short distances faster.

And I think the same applies for working on creative projects. ‘I’m going to give myself a week to deliver this thing’ and I’m gonna learn some stuff along the way.

Interviewer: The funny thing about training for a marathon, you can’t do it just by thinking about running.

Sam: You have to run! In creative terms; getting to that book manuscript, or the art show, or the new website, or whatever it is that you’re working towards - it gets easier if you release things along the journey.

Dismantle the enormity of feeling like you have to run the entire thing right away.

Interviewer: You also run Creative Quests. What is a creative quest?

Sam: It’s a global community for people fueled by curiosity. We host learning programmes, live creative experiences and last year we released our first book. In our flagship Quest programme we set a theme for one calendar month and challenge people to immerse their curiosity in a shared theme. We host workshops, invite guest speakers, and set creative missions along the way.

^{Each Creative Quest explores a different theme.}

The world looks incredibly different when you channel your curiosity in a certain direction.

And when you have other people exploring with you, it multiplies your creativity.

Release Day became a natural extension. Questers take their explorations and the output becomes a release.

Interviewer: What makes creating in a community so powerful?

Sam: If we’re all working towards the same deadline, you’re actually growing an audience for your work, because suddenly Brian’s invested, Tina’s invested, all these people participating are invested in my project because they’re putting projects out too. And I’m invested in their projects too.

It’s like skateboarding.

At a skate park, everyone’s working on their own trick, but you’re cheering each other on, learning from each other. Seeing someone else nail their trick raises the bar for everyone.

Interviewer: Do you think it helps for people get past the self-consciousness of talking about their work?

Sam: I think it absolutely does. It’s a way of starting a conversation around being part of something bigger than yourself.

Interviewer: The default setting for a lot of creatives these days is just making an Instagram post. What are some other ways people can think about releasing a creative project?

Sam: Start with why you’re releasing. Think about what you want. Is it growing your profile as a creator or artist? Or maybe it’s because you just need to let this idea go. Or maybe it’s about building community where you live or online.

A release isn’t just the mechanical process. A release is a feeling. I did it! I did the thing that I wanted to do.

If you finish a painting, don’t just post a picture of it. Throw yourself a reception in your home. Invite your neighbours!

Depending on your goal, there’s all kinds of things you can do. You can put posters up around your town, you can make a zine, or put on a performance at a park.

One time, I took a giant laminated world map and sat on the steps by the sea in my town and asked people to tell me a story about places they’re been. We had amazing conversations and I met new friends.

^{An IRL release that fostered new connections.}

Interviewer: What are you most excited about Release Day this year?

Sam: Well, obviously the collaboration with CreativeMornings and Adobe.

Last year was a small experiment.

This year, we have all the programming in the lead-up to Release Day. Co-working sessions to help you focus and workshops with Adobe experts to help you develop your skills to actually bring your idea to life.

It culminates in Release Day but we’re traveling on a journey together to get there. It’s the road to Release Day!

We’re honouring each other’s their ideas and the act of putting them out in the world. Because the world needs what you’re making.

Interviewer: Speaking of bringing things into the world, you have a new baby. How has becoming a father changed how you think about your creative output or how you approach your creative practice?

Sam: Time is a very different resource now. My creative practice has always been very exploratory. Following my curiosity and seeing where it leads me.

There’s less opportunity right now while we have such a small child because I want to be around, support my partner. So, it’s making me re-evaluate, how do I still live a curiosity-fueled life?

Because there’s a lot of negative narrative that your own life stops when you become a parent.

But if questing has taught me anything, it’s hold your assumptions lightly.

What kind of creative life do I want my daughter to see? I want her to see me making things, being playful, taking risks. Not just sitting on a laptop and looking at my phone.

One day we’re going to explore together. That’s a big motivator.

^{This new Dad is still exploring.}

Interviewer: What are you releasing on Release Day this year?

Sam: I’m hoping to put out two things.

One is a song for my daughter that I’ve been writing for a while.

And I’ve been questing for 10 years, so I want to make a zine about 10 lessons from 10 years of living a curiosity-fueled, creative life.

Interviewer: I can’t wait to see that.

Sam: Seeing what everyone else releases in one of my favorite parts!

What are you going to release on May 29th?

Learn more about Release Day and join us

Release Day is a Creative Quests and CreativeMornings collaboration, powered by Adobe.

LEVEL UP: The Power of Doing What You Love

Kyle Baptista — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:03:00 -0400

Get inspired by Rich’s creative journey from editorial illustrator to creative director & designer on global campaigns.

In this Virtual FieldTrip on doing what you love with Executive Creative Director, Rich Tu, you’ll hear about his creative journey beginning as an editorial illustrator to a successful career providing creative direction for global campaigns and working with brands such as Nike, FIFA, MTV, Paramount, HOKA, and the WNBA, among others.

Watch the recording for practical tips, creative inspiration, and techniques you can apply straight away.

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