What are some good passive income options for artists with an interest in fantasy and sci-fi genres How do you get them started? What’s involved in creating you own game systems and how do you get them funded and marketed? How can you do all of this while working at a full time job in a busy studio?

Our guest this week is

Forrest Imel

Freelance Artist for Magic: The Gathering, Riot, Valve, Blizzard. Currently working for Wild Blue Studio, Creating his own games and tutorials.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/forrestimel

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/forrestimel

Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/forrestimel

Distraction Makers podcast on YouTube - Distraction Makers

Unity Store - https://assetstore.unity.com/publishers/15710

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/forrestimel

Game Makers Discord - https://discord.gg/YdgEuyqjtm

How a career as an art director and concept artist led to the creation of a new studio, developing an ambitious IP and the desire to mentor others toward success.

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Our guest this week is

Paul Scott Canavan

Paul is an Art Director and concept artist with a wide variety of high profile titles under his belt

From Paul:

“Hello! I am a Bafta award winning artist from Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Over the course of my 12 year career I have worked as an illustrator and concept artist for clients including Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons), Valve and Games Workshop, and as Art Director at Axis Animation creating AAA cinematics for studios like Bungie, Blizzard Entertainment, Riot Games, Skybound and ArenaNet.

I recently started my own studio, Grimoire, to develop my first game; a TTRPG called Pale Tides.

I am lucky enough to have had my work featured in Spectrum Fantastic Art and a bunch of other great publications, and I was honoured to be featured in Develop's esteemed '30 Under 30' spotlight. I illustrated a Dark Souls book one time, and sometimes give talks/workshops at events including Industry Workshops, IFCC, THU Berlin and IAMAG.

I am super passionate about my work and always happy to chat - please feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions or would like to work with me. Thanks!”

Personal site - http://paulscottcanavan.com/

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/paulcanavan

ArtStation - https://www.artstation.com/paulscottcanavan

Webstore - https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/abigbat

Twitter - https://twitter.com/abigbat

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/abigbat

How much should I be charging for my art?? Who should I be talking to to get accurate information about commissions and freelance work? Where should I find commissions? What are the best and worst ways to deal with clients?

This week we are asking hard questions about soft skills for artists

Our guest is Sam Fraser

Samuel Fraser is an Australian based freelance artist who works primarily in digital art and projection art. Samuel focuses on fostering safe and inclusive spaces in his online and local communities. He also works as an Art education facilitator in youth groups and schools, developing positive art practices that are accessible for a wide range of young people.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/SamJFraserArt

twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/samjfraser

There is a HUGE variety of niches an artist can fall into in the world of visual development, promotional art and commercial illustration. How wide is the field? What are the broad categories that an artist can start exploring to find the right fit for themselves? What can help you decide on what field to go after? If you choose a path to follow how hard is it to change course?

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Our guests this week are

Autumn Turkel

Autumn Rain Turkel was born in the midwest and raised on the Big Island of Hawai’i. Between junior college in Santa Barbara and a four year program at Art Center College of Design, he spent too many years in school. After college he took on work with Nickelodeon in their virtual worlds division. For four years, his day to day existence was character design and illustration for the much loved Neopets and other Nickelodeon IPs. When the opportunity arose for him to shift into another sector of art, he took it. Before even ending his work for Nickelodeon, he was freelance sketching for multiple advertising agencies across the greater Los Angeles area, while simultaneously taking on work for clients like Wizards of the Coast, and Disney publishing. Ten years later, he is the co-director of illustration with Daniel Landerman at BOND. He streams weekly to continue his personal progress in art. That art has a wide breadth of styles and approaches which leave him room to express in many ways and allow him to work on a variety of projects from whimsical and fun, to spooky, serious realism and figurative portraiture.

All the links - https://linktr.ee/arturkel

Daniel Landerman

Daniel loves to sketch. He always has. Whether it’s in ink, pencil, watercolor, oil paints or digital, sketching is near and dear to him. Down a meandering trail from computer animation at DigiPen Institute of Technology to concept art and painting at Art Center College of Design that led to a successful career in advertising as a sketch artist and illustrator, his love for sketching never failed. Along that road he worked on storyboards and concept designs for Power Rangers, illustrations for Dungeons and Dragons, comics for League of Legends and he helped visualize key art for… a lot of properties: Dark Siders, Elder Scrolls, Monster Hunter, Star Craft 2, Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, Simpsons, Jurassic World, Borderlands 2, 2.5 & 3, Justice League, Outlander, Vikings, Borderlands, Avengers: Endgame, Joker, Star Wars Squadrons… to name but a few. And what does he do for all these projects? He sketches. Sometimes he illustrates, but mostly he sketches. And outside of work? He likes to do sketches to unwind.

All the places - https://linktr.ee/daniel_landerman

Other points of interest:

Example sketch provided by Daniel - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bDAld

Mike Butkus - https://www.mikebutkus.pro/

Aeron Chair - https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chairs/

What is it like to transition from a comfy, secure job at a reliable company to full time independent freelance? What inspires that kind fo change? How do you balance your personal life with that much work in front of you?

Our guest this week will be Stephen Sitton, someone who did just that, all while streaming full time on Twitch!

From Stephen:

Hey there! I am Stephen Sitton, known online as Stumpyfongo or just Stumpy. I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in illustration in 2012. As part of my graduate program I interned at Picture Plane Imaging, a creative studio providing visual assets for leading brands with studios located in both CA and TX. I was immediately hired after graduating and continued working with the studio for 8 years creating artwork for all sorts of intellectual properties including: Video Games, Toys, Movies, and more. Some the clients I have worked with include Disney, Ubisoft, Activision, EA Games, Sega, Lucas Arts, Hasbro, Mattel, and many more. In the summer of 2020, I made the tough decision to transition to full-time freelance and have been having a blast streaming, building up my personal portfolio, and creating awesome images ever since! For NDA and overly vague legal reasons I am not permitted to post any of the studio work I’ve done on my personal sites. But you can check out the studio’s website at: http://pictureplaneimaging.com/

However you can find all of my personal artwork/socials here:

Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/stumpyfongo

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stumpyfongo

Twitter - https://twitter.com/stumpyfongo

And watch my live streams here: https://www.twitch.tv/stumpyfongo

Other points of interest:

https://nomadlist.com/

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How do you find the best Social Media platform for your content? What works for one persona may not work for another. Even when two people are putting out similar content, they may find their respective markets in completely different places. What influences the decisions artists make in sharing their content?

Our guests this week are

Dave Cave

Dave is a comic artist and burgeoning indie animator on YouTube. He is perhaps best know for his Instagram account which has managed to break the 100k follower mark and continues to rise.

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/davecavedraws/

YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/yycvq7du

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/davecavedraws

Webtoon (SuperNeigboors) - https://tinyurl.com/yymyaaue

Twitter - https://twitter.com/DaveCaveDraws

Megan Phonesavanh

Megan is a professional Character Designer and Visual Development Artist for animated television. Currently she is developing content for Cartoon Network Studios and She recently achieved partner status with twitch.tv, a very impressive feat for an art streamer!

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/meganimation

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/meganimation/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/meganimation

Behance - https://www.behance.net/meganimation

savanconcepts.com

Other points of interest:

Anatomy of a Story - https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Story-Becoming-Master-Storyteller/dp/0865479933

RedLetterMedia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs13fJuP0F4 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAlnLnxeIOI

The Dan Harmon Story Circle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtk-XBauqro , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XGUVkOmPTA , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG4WcRAgm7Y

What has it been like trying to make it through 2020 as an artist? How do you compensate when so much of you livelihood is connected to large social events like conventions

Our guest this week is

CaveGeek

The man known best as Cave Geek Art (aka Kfir Mendel) is a former primitive skills instructor turned artist. He produces fantasy maps that are not just art, but artifacts. Using a unique combination of ancient materials and techniques that create authentic feeling maps in actual 3D relief.

CaveGeek.com - https://www.cavegeekart.com/

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/FlavorTextAdventure

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/cavegeekart

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cavegeekart/

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What does it take to launch a successful Kickstarter? What research should you do before hand? How can you budget and plan for expenses so you don’t come up short? We are going to talk about these questions and more!

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https://tinyurl.com/yxtebcqk

Our guests this week are Gavin and Blake

Gavin Gray Valentine

Gavin is an illustrator and game designer, he has released “Bullets and Teeth” and is working on its sequel.

“A casual zombie card game for 3-5 players where you don't have to outrun the dead if you can outrun the living.”

Website - https://www.ggvart.com/

Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lastditchgames/bullets-and-teeth

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/gavin_gray_valentine

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gavin_gray_valentine/

Deviant Art - https://www.deviantart.com/gavin-valentine

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk1hPhyO9y9dH8UTutNfpgw

Discord - https://discord.gg/jPqxsam3yK

Blake Davis

Blake is the creator of OmenShard, an ever-growing medieval sword-and-sorcery universe inspired by nitty-gritty, classic fantasy black and white imagery

The Kickstarter he crated for the Omenshard illustrated playing card deck featuring characters from the Omenshard universe, fully funded in 9 hours!

Blakedart.com - https://www.blakedart.com/

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/artofblake

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/artofblake

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/omISKI

SkillShare - https://www.skillshare.com/site/join?sku=340216438&t=Beginners-Unorthodox-Guide-to-Drawing-Characters-Part-1&teacherRef=569976&utm_campaign=teacher-referral&utm_medium=teacher-referral&utm_source=ShortUrl&via=teacher-referral

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/artofblake/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcqRDy3pRKre4-UQUne2_w/featured

Artstation - http://www.artstation.com/blakedavis

What is it like to be an artist in the publishing industry? How do you get into that field? How do you balance personal projects with client and contract work?

Our guest on this episode is

Rengin Tumer

Rengin is a fantasy & YA illustrator from the Netherlands, known for her rich storytelling, vibrant colors and intricate lighting. She has over a decade of experience with all kinds of clients, from multi-million dollar foundations to small start-ups and private commissioners. Recent clients include Tor Books, Monte Cook Games and #1 NYT Bestselling Author V.E. Schwab. Meanwhile, she’s also working on her own IP called Netherrealms, and bringing it to life through illustrations.

Portfolio: rengintumer.com

Twitter: twitter.com/artofrengin

Instagram: instagram.com/artofrengin

Patreon: patreon.com/rengin

Other points of interest we discussed

Chris Oatley

DearArtDirector Tmblr

Strong female peer group: Daria, Spectrafea, Brittany

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This is it. Your crash course in Marketing as it relates to your art.

This week our guest is Farly

Farly is a freelance traditional artist with a background in marketing and sales. With almost a decade’s worth of experience in the aviation industry, she decided in March 2019 to pursue her dreams and become a self-sustainable artist. Farly strives to be completely honest with her communities about her journey and isn’t shy to talk about the stumbles, share the resources she has acquired along the way, and celebrate the triumphs! Creatives are all in this together and with advice, mentoring, and our own determination, we can focus on the “why” of marketing and learn what will work best for our own individual needs.

https://www.twitch.tv/farlycreates/about

https://www.etsy.com/shop/farlycreates

Youtube

https://www.instagram.com/farlycreates/

You can also hire Farly as a consultant to help guide through the nebulous realms of marketing through her Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/FarlyCreates

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