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A job that you love and enjoy can give you the extra motivation to meet all the goals. It keeps you feeling more fulfilled, productive, and accomplished.
For this episode, Luke welcomes Clinton Jones. They talk about pursuing new opportunities and what keeps Clinton inspired to move forward. He also mentions the different roadblocks he faced when he just started and how he stepped out of his comfort zone to where he is now: Building and helping his community, sharing tutorials, and creating content and art.
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In this episode of Ask An Artist, host Luke Thompson introduces guest Dustin "DJ" Johnson. DJ is the award-winning founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Undertone FX, a studio specializing in real-time visual effects for video games and VR/AR. DJ describes how it all started: From working on big titles like Call of Duty, to leading a team and building his own company.
He also discusses the latest projects their team is building, as well as the Ultimate Fire Pack—their collaboration project with ActionVFX.
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Passion and creativity are vital fuels for living. However, people have different approaches to retaining motivation and moving forward with work.
In this episode of Ask An Artist, host Luke Thompson welcomes guest Sam Gorski to talk about maintaining passion and creativity. Sam is one of the founding members of Corridor Digital Youtube Channel. Constantly having a hectic schedule can slowly fade that spark over time. Sam shares how he perseveres in his work to keep the fire of creativity and passion burning. He also shares how unique Unreal Engine is as a production tool with his team's projects.
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Indeed, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to achieving purposeful work in freelancing. However, systems created by individuals who came before us can be an effective tool for guiding us on our journey.
In this episode, Luke welcomes Hayley Akins to talk about finding meaningful work. Hayley is the founder of Motion Hatch and a motion designer and animator. She has nine years of motion design expertise and has worked with high-profile clients like Google, the BBC, the United Nations, and the Gates Foundation. Hayley wants to be a part of projects that positively impact the world. As a result, she founded Motion Hatch, an online learning hub for motion designers and animators that provides training materials, resources, community, and podcasts to help them do better business.
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Cinematic explosions are way more than what meets the eye. They only last for minutes or even seconds on screen, yet the process of making them is mind-blowing!
Luke welcomes guest Urban Bradesko to launch the first episode, all about CG explosions of the new series Anatomy of Segments. Urban is an ultra-talented 3D & VFX artist. With many years of experience in the creative medium of VFX, Urban has carved out a particular set of skills that elevates him as an expert in the industry. Because of his expertise, Luke reached him through LinkedIn by asking his thoughts on Netflix’s Red Notice explosion sequence.
Tune in to this episode to know more about Urban’s work on Rebelway and what it takes for an explosion to indeed boom its blow on screen and its audience.
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Creativity is never ending: just because you quit working on a certain project or company, doesn’t mean that you’ll stop being creative.
For today’s episode, Luke welcomes Mary Poplin to talk about her work, the makers, and Boris FX. Mary is not only a Senior Product Specialist at Boris FX, she’s also a VFX artist, a trainer, and a content creator. Together, Luke and Mary discuss the importance of being a maker and the other makings that Mary creates outside of Boris FX.
Mary also shares the things that she learned while working for the FX studio as well as the other things that people should look forward to: Including her quest to learn taxidermy.
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Ian Failes joins Luke to talk about building meaningful relationships in the VFX industry. Ian has written for magazines such as FXGuide, Cartoon Brew, VFX Voice, 3D Artist, 3D World, Thrillist, Syfy, Inverse, Digital Arts, Rolling Stone, Polygon, and more.
Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he traveled to different studios, events, and conferences across the globe and built relationships with various people. Now, due to restrictions, he shares how virtual space broadens his horizon when it comes to building relationships.
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What does it take to be a filmmaker? Do you need to have the right connections, the budget, and the skills?
For today’s Ask The Artist episode, Luke welcomes filmmaker Andrew Donoho. Andrew talks about how he started out young, watching directors make and directing music videos of his own. He also shared different stories about his experiences with high-profile videos and artists to his dreams as a director and his next trajectory with what he wants to eventually work on.
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What does it take to be a filmmaker? Do you need to have the right connections, the budget, and the skills?
For today’s Ask The Artist episode, Luke welcomes filmmaker Andrew Donoho. Andrew talks about how he started out young, watching directors make and directing music videos of his own. He also shared different stories about his experiences with high-profile videos and artists to his dreams as a director and his next trajectory with what he wants to eventually work on.
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Luke talks with Niko Pueringer of Corridor Digital. Niko has done a really great job over the years providing some educational VFX content, filmmaking tips, and more about visual effects! In their discussion, they covered things like the art of telling a story as well as getting into the history of Corridor Digital and how it got started.
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The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.