Art Heroes Podcast

Hakim Rafai is a freelance concept artist from Norway. Having been in the industry for over a decade, he cruised from being an animator to 3D artist, and finally returned back to 2D art. In this interview, we go in-depth in what it actually is like - being a freelance concept artist, especially when you live in one of the most expensive places in the world.

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Connect with Hakim:

https://www.artstation.com/kimraf

https://www.instagram.com/flynken/?hl=nb

https://www.facebook.com/hakim.rafai

Hakim's list of inspiration:

Hakim's list of inspiration:

Books:

-How to draw_Scott Robertsons

-how to render_Scott Robertsons

-Color and Light by James Gurney

-Imaginative Realism by James Gurney

-Anatomy for sculptors

-Figure Drawing For All It's Worth

-Michael Hampton- Figure Drawing - Design and Invention

Concept Artists:

-Feng Zhu

-Antony Jones

-Jaime Jones

-craig mullins

-Carla Ortiz

-Simon Stålenhag

-karl kopinski

Asian Artists:

-Ruan Jia

-Zeen Chin

-Face Zero

-Kim Jung Gi

-Z.W.Gu

-Wei feng

Old Masters:

-Jean leon gerome

-J.C Leyendecker

-Richard Schmid

-John Singer Sargent

When James Busby started using 3D scanning technology at his company Ten24 10 years back, he only wanted to speed up character creation. Who would think that this would lead to creating a thriving 3D-scanning business - Ten24 studio, Anatomy 360 and 3D Scan Store. In this episode we speak with James about 3D scanning technology, what it has for artists today and in the future. Tune in!

Get a special discount on your scans (courtesy James Busby and 3d scan store!) with this coupon code: ARTHEROS (valid until March 26).

Website :: www.ten24.info

Website :: www.3dscanstore.com

Website :: www.anatomy360.info

https://www.artstation.com/ten_24

Facebook :: https://www.facebook.com/jabusby

Instagram :: https://www.instagram.com/3d_scanstore

How do you react to negative feedback from your clients, your friends or your audience? Do you ever try to understand what exactly they mean? Do you know how to learn from it?

In this episode, industry icon Daniel Bel shares his strategies for accepting feedback, for digging deeper and building authentic relationships with clients, partners and colleagues.

What does it take to crowdfund a digital art project and get your followers or backers support you? What projects make the best crowdfunding material? Are there any platforms, except kickstarter and indiegogo, that work best for digital artists?

Mickael Lelievre is a 3D modeler with almost 10 years of experience in the industry. He currently works at PureArts Montreal as Senior Character sculptor in High quality Collectibles, and he has personal and professional experience with crowdfunding 3d printing projects. He crowdfunded his own art project, and works with a team that runs a crowdfunding campaign at PureArts. Mickael is our source of inspiration (and information!) this week.

Connect with Mickael:

Mickael on ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/lelievremickael

Mickael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickael-lelievre-74ba0645/

Mickael on Instagram: @mickaellelievre.abby

Mentioned in this episode:

https://www.zbrushcentral.com/u/AbbY-Art/gallery

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfaq-2udXbx8BNbuzRvc5sg

https://www.instagram.com/resinrookie/

https://ihaztoys.com/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/purearts/master-9-eyes-purearts-x-dtnr?fbclid=IwAR3HPG9hPG2Etgs1ToZQYFVL_1ZcY9HAcdckHRQam-JaiPZEdBohkLP7FRo

https://www.purearts.com/

https://houseofgog.com/

For some artists, path to success is not straightforward and doesn't go through art school, online courses or mentoring. Salim Ljabli is one of those who had to build his way through non-existing internet access in a Moroccan town, starting at the age of 16. Until today, Salim keeps military discipline when it comes to constant improvement, and the results are there. His work speaks for itself. Salim is definitely one of the people to learn from when it comes to acquiring tools and experience with minimum to no resources.

Valentine's Day edition at Art Heroes and our guests - star couple, Paloma Alperi and Carlos Sastre, a total #DoubleTrouple! We talk about managing a VFX studio, budgets for projects and collaborating in business and a relationship. Lots of great learnings!

Have you ever thought of an IP (intellectual property) with your art? How does it even work? Oscar Trejo went through the process of creating one just last year, all alone! In this episode we learn his story, how he got into it and what's the future of his art and his potential TV series for kids.

When you think sculpting, the most obvious application of your talent that comes to mind is likely sculpting collectibles, creatures, and making art for videogames. In this episode, we uncover another niche for 3D sculptors - 3D printing, and how you can utilise it to get more clients, in places you probably haven't thought of!

Maarten on Instagram: www.instagram.com/maarten_mutte_verhoeven

Maarten on ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/mutte

Learn a tool in one day and become one of the pioneers of it? We didn't know there's much to innovate in art until we had this chat with Dan Franke, who's a VR addict and a true fan. A Quill artist Dan shares all you need to know about virtual reality tools and communities, LOTS of learning resources and actionable tips to help you get started as a Quill artist (and create amazing pieces, with minimum to no learning curve!)

Dan's website: https://danfranke.myportfolio.com/

https://www.artstation.com/danfranke

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrPerfectPresent

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DANimating

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/d.animator/

VR Community for artists: https://www.facebook.com/groups/virtual.animation/

Learning tools and resources for Quill/VR:

Animbrush academy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChE4XSEgkww5wIUTpuhWNqQ

Goro's channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbTQ4StJhp1RDisqUTuJSZg

What does it take to be a kick-ass concept artist? In this episode, we explore career options of a concept artist, learn about Nico's path from being an art director to stepping down to become a junior concept artist back again, and learn about the differences of career in South Africa VS Europe, and all about working at a top studio like SixMoreVodka.

Tune in!

Bio: Concept artist from Johannesburg South Africa, Nico has been working in the video game and film industry for 5 years. After working as the art director at a mobile game studio, he is currently working as a junior at SIXMOREVODKA in Berlin, Germany

Art Heroes Stylized Characters program: https://academy.artheroes.co/

https://www.facebook.com/nico.l.lazarus

https://www.artstation.com/nicollazarus

https://www.instagram.com/nicoleelazarus

SixMoreVodka official website: https://sixmorevodka.com/