The secret to creative breakthroughs | Victoria Tentler-Krylov | TEDxLosAltosWomen

Описание: Acclaimed illustrator and children's book creator Victoria Tentler-Krylov beat brutal odds to go from unknown illustrator (and a practicing architect and designer) to creating multiple iconic New Yorker covers. She competed with thousands of others and persisted despite many rejections until one "undeniable" idea landed her first cover.
Victoria explains how to silence the "this is the best I can do" mindset and filter ideas, focusing on creative rigor over hustle. She explores how to cultivate a brutally honest inner voice through rigorous study and self-critique, and nurture ideas of highest
potential. Audiences will be inspired to hone that demanding internal critic until it can be trusted — unlocking work that demands to be
seen and recognized. Victoria is a trained architect turned children's illustrator and author, as well as editorial illustrator.
She grew up in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and studied architecture and urban design at Cooper Union and Columbia University. Victoria's inspiration is fueled by urban life, but also by fantasy, possibility, and imagination.
Victoria's first author-illustrator book, Building Zaha: The Story of Iraqi-British Architect Zaha Hadid, came out in 2020 to starred reviews. She is now working on new books dedicated to introducing young readers to architecture.
The covers that Victoria regularly creates for The New Yorker magazine tell stories of what it's like to be alive in the current moment. She also collaborates with major media and corporate clients such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Louis Vuitton, and many others. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx