Welcome to Pieced Together

Resources, stories, and freebies for you

You’ve got ideas. Art to make. Stories to tell. Maybe even a few strange, beautiful projects bouncing around your head that you’ve been meaning to start—once the timing’s better, the audience is bigger, the tools are clearer.

But that perfect moment doesn’t show up on its own.

Pieced Together is for creative people who are done waiting. Not for permission, not for inspiration, not for algorithms to finally favor them. It’s for people who want to make something real and get it into the world, even if the first version is messy and imperfect.

You’ll find me sharing the behind-the-scenes of my work, what I’m making, what’s working, and where I’m stumbling. I’ll give you the honest version, not the polished highlight reel.

Whenever possible, I’ll break down the steps so you can apply them to your creative path, whether you’re selling your art, building an email list, or just trying to get one person to pay attention and care.

Who am I?

I’m Dave Conrey, an artist and graphic designer, and I love sharing stories, art process, and ideas on how to attract your ideal audience.

What you will find:

Creative momentum, a few helpful shortcuts, and someone who gets what it feels like to chase the thing you love while trying to stay productive and making sense of the surreal dystopia we’re all living through.

What you won’t see:

Empty hype, generic success formulas, or me pretending to have it all figured out, because I don’t. I’m running on the same hamster wheel as you, but together, we can share the load.

Some resources for you:

👉 Digital Tools and Story Archive - Creative tools and templates to help you get your next idea out of your head and into the world. Plus, direct access to all stories and how-tos to keep you making and hitting the publish button—you’re gonna want to bookmark this one.

👉 Funnel Cake Challenge - A cheeky name for a story-driven walkthrough for turning strangers into subscribers, and subscribers into buyers, especially with Substack’s limited sales funnel capabilities. [Coming Soon]

👉 Click here to Subscribe and get your FREE Digital Asset Pack - Get instant access to a stacked collection of digital assets to use in your own art and design projects.

So if you're tired of:

• Making things you're proud of, but unsure how to get anyone to notice.

• Feeling stuck between “creating for fun” and “creating for money.”

• Wondering how other artists seem to effortlessly grow their audiences.

• Letting tech, tools, or FEAR slow you down.

• Putting off your big ideas because you’re not sure what Step One looks like.

Then welcome to Pieced Together.

Let’s get to it.

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Become a Pieced Together Member

If you spend any reasonable amount of time on Substack, then you might be a paid subscriber to one publication or many. Pieced Together also has a membership level. However, while others share yet another podcast or more posts you don’t have time to read, PT members get:

• Monthly royalty-free digital assets for art/design/craft projects

• Access to the entire back catalog of assets for as long as you’re a member

• Digital zine every other month (6x per year)

• Member-only discount on all goods in the shop always

• Extra random goodies depending on my whims (and I’m feeling whimsical)

You can test drive a membership for a week and see how it feels. PT may not be an exotic sports car, but it does come with leather seats.