Mark Anthony Green: How to Brand Yourself

As an artist or designer in the 21st century, all we want to do is channel the millions of people with social media accounts at their finger tips to our sites (besides create of course). However, this is much easier said than done. Naturally, I was intrigued by the topic of branding yourself because it just sets you a step further than everyone else. Upon arrival three minutes before the lecture, I was surprised that I had a sea of seats to choose from.

As someone who is always seeking advice about growing and building a brand, whether it be from business owners or other teenagers who have managed to grow a large following on instagram, the talk started out with stuff that I have heard before; this is not to be confused as a con of the whole talk because I think repetition is key, to hear these things again drills them into your mind so you become more conscious of yourself and your actions.

What I found the most profound from the talk, something that I had never heard before or thought of, was that your source of insipiration needs to be "obscure". I'm sure that there are many other words that could have sufficed to get his purpose across, but by using the word "obscure" Green really forced the audience to think about what obscure even means... is my source of inspiration obscure? Overall I loved this presentation because Green really forced me to think about how I was finding and usining inspirations weeks after his presentation.