It's a taboo topic for some, but if you're trying to succeed as an artist AND make ends meet at the same time, this is something you need to hear: in this episode, veteran entertainment industry artist, Nathan Fowkes, talks money with Bobby. How to...

Even Craig Mullins admits that he's trolling us when he says that "color is not important". In Part 6 of this mini series, Craig stresses to Bobby the idea that color and value are completely different things; if the shape and the values are correct,...

Bobby is joined in the studio today by his good friend, Jim Bryson. Jim and Bobby go way back: they went to school together, won an Emmy together for "Niko and the Sword of Light", and did the JimBob Drawing Show (Instagram: @jimbobdrawingshow)...

Blockbuster film concept artist, John Park, figures the average art student uses about 30% of their education in their eventual job. Does that sound right? John and Bobby talk about their own college experiences, share what they've learned from starting...

Nathan Fowkes worked in-house at DreamWorks Animation for 15 years before going out on his own as a freelancer. In part 3 of this mini-series, Nathan gets to the core of something that they don't teach in school: quality of life as a studio artist, the...

Rafael Grassetti started his career in advertising in his native Brazil before working his way into the gaming industry with BioWare in Canada and eventually to the US with Sony Santa Monica. Rafael talks to Bobby about his career and how he was able to...

Today we talk heavily about the importance of textures with artist Jonathan Hardesty. We also discuss Jon's 8 aspects of textures that will help you understand and catergorize textures easier. Jon has a new class on Schoolism "Understanding Textures"...

Schoolism, Artist Interview, Stan Prokopenko, Bobby Chiu

Schoolism, Artist Interview, James Paick, Bobby Chiu

You don't need mystical materials to paint like the old masters. In Part 5 of this mini series, Craig Mullins talks with Bobby about classical lighting, what kind of lighting gives a "classical" look, what you can discover when you compare an image of a...