Closer&Closer Podcast

Nick Liefhebber is deep, insightful, and honest on this week’s episode of the Closer&Closer Podcast. He talks rejection, positive confrontation, personal work, and more. Can you believe we fit all of that in under 45 minutes? (We are still in awe ourselves!)

Hosted by Drew Melton and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.

Plenty of creatives use their work as therapy, but that doesn’t mean you couldn’t benefit from actual therapy. 

Janie Glassmith, a licensed marriage and family therapist and relationship specialist, joined the Closer&Closer Podcast this week to discuss how therapy and mental health work can benefit creatives in all aspects of their lives. 

Janie Glassmith is a licensed marriage and family therapist and relationship specialist. Janie spends a lot of time helping stressed out women, millennials in quarter-life-crises, and men working on relationship issues. She is also trained in Brainspotting, which is used in tandem with talk therapy.

She loves helping creatives—people who see the world through their own lens. A gentle and collaborative style pairs well with those who need a little help transitioning from the hopes in their head to their daily reality. 

When not in the therapy office, you can often find Janie trying every coffee shop in the Greater LA area, psychoanalyzing The Office, or sipping on wine with her husband.

Hosted by Drew Melton and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.

Carmi Grau is super nice and her work speaks from the heart. Everything about it, from her journey to commercial art to the themes she illustrates, is organic and authentically Carmi. Hear more of her story and heart-felt advice on this week’s episode of the Closer&Closer Podcast.

Hosted by Dave Arcade and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.

It’s easy for animation studios to feel like a big mystery. How do they create such amazing work? How do they get connected with the coolest clients? How many people does it actually take to run the operation? 

Luckily, Ian Sigmon of Gunner was kind enough to share his answers to all of these questions and more on the Closer&Closer Podcast this week. Click the link in our bio to listen in. Who knows, you might just learn something, like how the big dogs are not that different from you and me. 

Ian Sigmon is a creative director and partner at Gunner in Detroit, Michigan. Gunner is an award-winning animation studio whose team has worked with fantastic clients both large and small. Ian never went to college, is a notoriously bad speller, and is never totally sure what he’s doing. 

Hosted by Drew Melton.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.

In the world of commercial illustration, digital seems to be the law of the land. Which would make Roberts Rurans and his work a bit of an outlaw. Roberts creates gorgeous analog pieces and holds beauty as a core value of his work, which feels like a lost art in a culture of simplicity and utility.

Hosted by Dave Arcade and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.

Bárbara Malagoli‘s work is in a world of its own. This week on the Closer&Closer Podcast, she explains the inspiration behind her utopian, dream-like illustrations and shapely, feminine subjects. To hear how she builds these magical worlds, and why they’re so important to her, listen in.

Hosted by Dave Arcade and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.

David Leutert is one for speaking his mind and bringing people together. He has a way of building community and staying positive even when things get tough. Tune in to this week's episode of the Closer&Closer Podcast and get to know the man behind the myth, the real and authentic David Leutert. 

Hosted by Dave Arcade and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.

This week on the Closer&Closer Podcast, we’re introducing you to C&C’s resident Meditation Teacher and Creative Coordinator, Kelsey Zahn Melton. She spent an hour schooling Andrea, Dave, and all of you listeners on how meditation can be a practical tool to help creatives and non-creatives alike (did you know that if you can breathe you can meditate?!)

Hosted by Dave Arcade and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.

Janice Chang knows what it’s like to be a young freelancer in 2021 because… well… she is one. She brought all her insider knowledge and advice as our resident “young, successful creative” to the Closer&Closer Podcast this week! Insights include (but are not limited to): inspiration, art school, freelancing, agency life, etc.

Hosted by Dave Arcade and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co

Alejandro Parrilla and Dave Arcade are two peas in an illustrative pod, and they spent some time bro-ing it out on the C&C Podcast this week. They share some of their common highs and woes and explain how they’re able to commiserate with and relate to each other instead of competing (which is pretty major). 

Hosted by Dave Arcade and Andrea Mejia-Madriz.

Podcast Art by Dave Coleman.

To learn more about Closer&Closer, visit www.closerandcloser.co.