Alena Wooten was the artistic outlier in her family. Like Bobby, she studied business in college because she didn't know art was a career option. Then all her fidgeting with Super Sculpey paid off. In this interview, she shares her origin story, how...

#159 Disney Character Modeler, Alena Wooten

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Independent artist and illustrator, Djamila Knopf, keeps TONS of reference handy for her work. In Part 3 of this mini series, she talks about how to use (and how NOT to use) reference, and how to get the absolutely perfect reference for whatever you're...

#186 Catching Lightning with Djamila Knopf: Part 3 - Using Reference

Michael Kurinsky's current job is to take an iconic property like Scooby Doo, and make it "different" from any other version in the last 50 years, and yet "familiar" to old and new fans alike. This sounds difficult on paper and, in this interview,...

#185 Michael Kurinsky: Say Yes and Figure It Out

A lot of artists say that one of the two hardest things in art is art is starting. (The other, of course, is finishing.) In Part 2 of this mini series, independent artist, Djamila Knopf, explains how writing helps her drawings, and her other strategies...

#184 Catching Lightning with Djamila Knopf: Part 2 - Generating Ideas

Bobby didn't realize at first that he had actually taught Respawn Lead Concept Artist, Jordan Lamarre-Wan, in college! As a result, this interview partly becomes a reunion as Jordan talks about what he learned from Bobby besides life drawing, how he...

#182 Jordan Lamarre-Wan: The Life in Life Drawing

Independent artist, Djamila Knopf, is loved by her 300,000+ Instagram followers and other social media fans for her evocative paintings and illustrations. In Part 1 of this mini series, she talks to Bobby about her new Schoolism class, "Story-Driven...

#159 Disney Character Modeler, Alena Wooten

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