With so many people in the world, the odds of you coming up with an idea, name, topic or concept that nobody else has touched on before are pretty slim.

How to go from clueless amateur to generational talent (or at least live life a little more creatively).

The sum total of a great creative feat is quantifiable, but the immense effort it requires is done invisibly behind the scenes, sometimes for decades.

A guide to finding the right day job, protecting your time, and building creative habits by Jeffrey Silverstein. Illustrated by Sunny Eckerle.

Unreal Engine 4 recreations are nothing new, however the Star Wars Mos Eisley spaceport project—which comes courtesy of a group of Obsidian developers—is pretty impressive. Headed by Jason Lewis, a total of 17 devs of varying rank are using the project to learn more about the engine, but of course being self-confessed “super Star Wars nerds” makes the undertaking that bit easier. Speaking to 80.lv, Lewis says he first started out with the desire to craft a three dimensional Millennium Falcon, however things quickly spiralled as the project grew in scope.

Benjamin Franklin knew he was smart — smarter than most of his peers — but he was also intelligent enough to understand that he couldn’t be right about everything. That’s why he said that whenever he was about to make an argument, he would open with something along the lines of, “I could be wrong, but…” Saying this put people at ease and helped them to take disagreements less personally. But it also helped him to psychologically prime himself to be open to new ideas.

Of all the no-win goals available to humans, perfection ranks as the most frustrating, soul-sucking, and impossible.

Content creators are motivated by passion but when the issue of making money gets involved, it leads to their inevitable burnout.

Are you creative? Did you consider yourself a creative kid? I didn’t. I never pursued what I was passionate about, I just wasn’t someone who made things. I aspired to perhaps be a photographer, writer, designer, musician, etc, but never put in the work.

The more creative work you produce, the better your chances of making a masterpiece.

There are many studies about how we process tonal music and figurative painting, but philosophers are just beginning to understand how our brains react to more abstract work.

The Compound Gallery was founded by Set Free Richardson, and he's making it happen in partnership with Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def). The first exhibition will feature the iconic work of photographer Jonathan Mannion.

Buying office furniture can make all of the difference when it comes to inspiring your workplace with creativity and productivity. So, here's a list of guidelines to help you choose wisely.

Learning from artists, scientists, and Nobel Prize winners.

Calendar Printing 4u marks its 10 years in the business of customization and branding.

I give up when the work I make sucks. When I hate it.

Let go of your misconceptions, or your creativity will never breathe. When someone identifies themselves as creative, or tells you that their biggest strength is their creativity, you instantly feel a certain level of respect for them. They’re creative! They take the world and everything in it and have the ability to turn it into something new, wonderful and incredible. We have been hard-wired to believe that people who are creative are better than other people who aren’t.

For many people, finding an art class that is both accessible and affordable can be difficult. Lieu launched Art Prof, a website that offers a wide range of art classes, captured in videos. Taught by professional artists and university art teachers, courses range from the basics, like drawing, to more complex or niche mediums, like types of sculpture, printmaking, and animation.

An exhibition of art collected from psychiatric hospitals between the two world wars examines the relationship between creativity and madness.

By day, D. Allan Drummond is Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at The University of Chicago, where he runs the Drummond Lab. After hours, his interest in evolution and cellular structure takes a different, tangible form. Drummond constructs exacting replicas of creatures fr