Commissioning illustrations for a Complice page

commissioned some art by @this_is_silvia for this new page on the Complice site! I wanna share our creative process so I'm gonna thread about it below! complice.co/intentionality

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean · Dec 13, 2022

Have you noticed? Productivity systems go stale. Focus on tasks makes lists aversive because they lose touch with what matters. Orienting by intentions helps you access your creativity in each moment, to move towards what matters. Read more: complice.co/intentionality

Dec 13, 2022

here's the first bit: my proposal, complete with a color palette based on the Complice landing page + "read the article to get a sense of the vibe"

initial sketches and feedback

hashing out details with the icons—the intentionality image doesn't have enough rest & play vibes

me thinking out loud about whether I want the lil ppl to be different colors, and realizing that it's best if they're the same color, to emphasize that this can be the same person in different modes, rather than the idea of fundamentally different people

so yeah! that was the collaboration here's a bit of how I think about collaboration, self-energizing motivation, win-wins, etc

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean · Oct 19, 2020

Wanting to write a thread on the larger meta-vision I have that inspired me to make this move. Initially wrote this in response to @andy_matuschak's response "Y'all, this attitude is rad", but wanted it to be a top-level thread because it's important and stands on its own. twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/…

I noticed, going thru this, that "prod guy sorta looks from the outside like they're doing a good job" got slightly lost not sure how to visualize that + the shoulder/jaw/forehead tension that shows up in forcy productivity tho 🤔 ideas? it's subtle stuff