Breaking Walls

In episode 40 of Breaking Walls we sit down with UK-based Entrepreneur, Writer, and Creative Nigel Twumasi about his and his partner Lao’s experience creating and growing the anime-inspired comic book and clothing company Mayamada as well as the inspiration behind Mayamada’s #BeCreative2016 campaign.

Highlights

• Mayamada’s origins. How did two engineering students become comic book writers?

• How Nigel’s engineering background has helped him transition into a new creative field

• The importance of failure and having a good plan. Why patience is also so key

• Nigel’s different experiences with Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Patreon

• Samurai Chef: The origins behind this character

• How Nigel has transitioned out of the day job world and taken on Mayamada full-time

• The inspiration for #BeCreative2016 and how we can get involved

• What’s next for Nigel and for Mayamada

Mayamada Links:

http://mayamada.com

Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest: @Mayamada

Instagram: @mayamadatees

Youtube: @channelmayamada

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In episode 40 of Breaking Walls we sit down with UK-based Entrepreneur, Writer, and Creative Nigel Twumasi about his and his partner Lao’s experience creating and growing the anime-inspired comic book and clothing company Mayamada as well as the inspiration behind Mayamada’s #BeCreative2016 campaign.

Highlights

• Mayamada’s origins. How did two engineering students become comic book writers?

• How Nigel’s engineering background has helped him transition into a new creative field

• The importance of failure and having a good plan. Why patience is also so key

• Nigel’s different experiences with Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Patreon

• Samurai Chef: The origins behind this character

• How Nigel has transitioned out of the day job world and taken on Mayamada full-time

• The inspiration for #BeCreative2016 and how we can get involved

• What’s next for Nigel and for Mayamada

Mayamada Links:

http://mayamada.com

Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest: @Mayamada

Instagram: @mayamadatees

Youtube: @channelmayamada

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 39 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with tattooing icon, world traveler, and author Jonathan Shaw for a conversation about his life and where he's going next. This is a guy that's lived many lives—artist, author, world-traveler, fringe society member. He's very self-reflective about his experiences.

Highlights:

• Jonathan recently released a Vintage Tattoo Flash collection (the book is fantastic) http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Tattoo-Flash-Traditional-Collection/dp/1576877698

• Jonathan is the son of band leader Artie Shaw and actress Doris Dowling. He touches on why growing up in the lap of luxury was more like the American Nightmare than the American Dream

• The reasons behind Jonathan leaving home at 14

• Why we can't outrun our past or our DNA

• How the tattooing industry has grown and his thoughts on his own involvement in it

• Why he put together Vintage Tattoo Flash: 100 Years of Traditional Tattoos from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw

• The importance of paying dues in whatever field of passion we have

• How Jonathan tries to be a helpful public figure at this point in his life

• Why working in the light is no easy task.

• What's roads Jonathan's riding down in 2016

Links:

If you'd like to have Jonathan sign a personalized note in any book you buy directly from him, email him at:

Places to buy Vintage Tattoo Flash:

http://www.powerhousebooks.com/books/vintage-tattoo-flash-100-years-of-traditional-tattoos-from-the-collection-of-jonathan-shaw/

http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Tattoo-Flash-Traditional-Collection/dp/1576877698

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 39 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with tattooing icon, world traveler, and author Jonathan Shaw for a conversation about his life and where he's going next. This is a guy that's lived many lives—artist, author, world-traveler, fringe society member. He's very self-reflective about his experiences.

Highlights:

• Jonathan recently released a Vintage Tattoo Flash collection (the book is fantastic) http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Tattoo-Flash-Traditional-Collection/dp/1576877698

• Jonathan is the son of band leader Artie Shaw and actress Doris Dowling. He touches on why growing up in the lap of luxury was more like the American Nightmare than the American Dream

• The reasons behind Jonathan leaving home at 14

• Why we can't outrun our past or our DNA

• How the tattooing industry has grown and his thoughts on his own involvement in it

• Why he put together Vintage Tattoo Flash: 100 Years of Traditional Tattoos from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw

• The importance of paying dues in whatever field of passion we have

• How Jonathan tries to be a helpful public figure at this point in his life

• Why working in the light is no easy task.

• What's roads Jonathan's riding down in 2016

Links:

If you'd like to have Jonathan sign a personalized note in any book you buy directly from him, email him at:

Places to buy Vintage Tattoo Flash:

http://www.powerhousebooks.com/books/vintage-tattoo-flash-100-years-of-traditional-tattoos-from-the-collection-of-jonathan-shaw/

http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Tattoo-Flash-Traditional-Collection/dp/1576877698

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 39 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with tattooing icon, world traveler, and author Jonathan Shaw for a conversation about his life and where he's going next. This is a guy that's lived many lives—artist, author, world-traveler, fringe society member. He's very self-reflective about his experiences.

Highlights:

• Jonathan recently released a Vintage Tattoo Flash collection (the book is fantastic) http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Tattoo-Flash-Traditional-Collection/dp/1576877698

• Jonathan is the son of band leader Artie Shaw and actress Doris Dowling. He touches on why growing up in the lap of luxury was more like the American Nightmare than the American Dream

• The reasons behind Jonathan leaving home at 14

• Why we can't outrun our past or our DNA

• How the tattooing industry has grown and his thoughts on his own involvement in it

• Why he put together Vintage Tattoo Flash: 100 Years of Traditional Tattoos from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw

• The importance of paying dues in whatever field of passion we have

• How Jonathan tries to be a helpful public figure at this point in his life

• Why working in the light is no easy task.

• What's roads Jonathan's riding down in 2016

Links:

If you'd like to have Jonathan sign a personalized note in any book you buy directly from him, email him at:

Places to buy Vintage Tattoo Flash:

http://www.powerhousebooks.com/books/vintage-tattoo-flash-100-years-of-traditional-tattoos-from-the-collection-of-jonathan-shaw/

http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Tattoo-Flash-Traditional-Collection/dp/1576877698

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 38 of Breaking Walls we hear from Steve Jobs and Milton Glaser on getting over the fear of failure, Paul Rand and Saul Bass on the importance of creativity and knowing oneself, and from TEDxWandsworth's speaker Daniel Doherty on Engineering Serendipity.

For the full Daniel Doherty TEDxWandsworth talk, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-sZIWRvqk

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 38 of Breaking Walls we hear from Steve Jobs and Milton Glaser on getting over the fear of failure, Paul Rand and Saul Bass on the importance of creativity and knowing oneself, and from TEDxWandsworth's speaker Daniel Doherty on Engineering Serendipity.

For the full Daniel Doherty TEDxWandsworth talk, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-sZIWRvqk

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 38 of Breaking Walls we hear from Steve Jobs and Milton Glaser on getting over the fear of failure, Paul Rand and Saul Bass on the importance of creativity and knowing oneself, and from TEDxWandsworth's speaker Daniel Doherty on Engineering Serendipity.

For the full Daniel Doherty TEDxWandsworth talk, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-sZIWRvqk

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 37 of Breaking Walls we sit down for a chat about musical growth with Guillermo Varillas and Jeremy Levy of London-based band Crash Island (@CrashIsland).

Highlights:

• Where Crash Island's self-described "Dark Tropical" sound originates from

• How the members of Crash Island met in 2011

• Where the emotive and honest quality to their music comes from

• Current Inspirations

• How Crash Island feels growth can be sustainable

• Why their EP titles (Strange Shores, Stormy Nights, Dreamwaves) have an aquatic theme

• How to fall in love with your art again if you've fallen out of love with it

• Why Crash Island feels it needs to create its own sound and following

• What's next and how far down the road the guys are looking

Crash Island's Links:

https://soundcloud.com/crashisland

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/crash-island/id733084644

https://twitter.com/crashisland

https://www.facebook.com/CrashIsland/

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 37 of Breaking Walls we sit down for a chat about musical growth with Guillermo Varillas and Jeremy Levy of London-based band Crash Island (@CrashIsland).

Highlights:

• Where Crash Island's self-described "Dark Tropical" sound originates from

• How the members of Crash Island met in 2011

• Where the emotive and honest quality to their music comes from

• Current Inspirations

• How Crash Island feels growth can be sustainable

• Why their EP titles (Strange Shores, Stormy Nights, Dreamwaves) have an aquatic theme

• How to fall in love with your art again if you've fallen out of love with it

• Why Crash Island feels it needs to create its own sound and following

• What's next and how far down the road the guys are looking

Crash Island's Links:

https://soundcloud.com/crashisland

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/crash-island/id733084644

https://twitter.com/crashisland

https://www.facebook.com/CrashIsland/

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2