Draftsmen

Our guest this week is animation and gaming industry veteran Flint Dille! He’s been involved in a wide range of projects from the 80s animated Transformers movie to games like Diablo III and Pokemon GO. We sit down with Flint to find out how artists can use methods valued in game design and writing to take their study routine and education to the next level. Flint shares how you can use familiar concepts familiar to gamers, like grinding for levels, as a form of practice in order to enter a propulsion loop where you feel rewarded and fulfilled while moving forward in the “main quest” of your art journey.

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The Gamesmaster (book) - https://amzn.to/3ye1L0F

Sagard the Barbarian - https://amzn.to/3zc0Wa7

A Line in the Sand - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Line_in_the_Sand_(board_game)

Strike Series - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_(video_game_series)

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Riddick:_Escape_from_Butcher_Bay

Dead to Rights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_to_Rights

Uncharted - https://amzn.to/3sEsfak

Ghostbusters The Video Game - https://amzn.to/3y9jdmP

Ingress - https://www.ingress.com/

Pokemon GO - https://pokemongolive.com/en/

DARPA - https://www.darpa.mil/

Caravaggio - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/carvaggio-calling-of-st-matthew-s3e19.jpg

Leonardo da Vinci - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/leonardo-da-vinci-s3e19.jpg

Michelangelo - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/michelangelo-s3e19.jpg

Transformers the Movie (animated) - https://amzn.to/387D5MK

The Dark Knight Returns - https://amzn.to/2Wnffdv

300 (comic) - https://amzn.to/2WlmcMj

Flint Dille 300 character Dilios - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/flint-dille-dilios-s3e19-1.jpg

Paul Gauguin - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/paul-gauguin-s3e19.jpg

Jack Kirby - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/jack-kirby-s3e19.jpg

Clapton The Autobiography - https://amzn.to/2WnbmVS

Spacewar! prototype - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar!

Avalon Hill games - https://www.avalonhill.com/

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Having difficulties figuring out how much to charge for your art? Do you feel like you’re undervaluing yourself and your work? There’s a lot that goes into pricing and selling fine art. We’ll show you how to break down the process into stages, and share a variety of ways we’ve found to negotiate and determine prices for your art. You’ll then get to see an example as we negotiate over the cost of a few Marshall Vandruff originals.

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It’s that time again! Marshall and Stan are back to answer some of your burning questions about artist and mentor friendships, horror art, getting your foot in the door as an instructor at Universities, balancing your interests and marketability, dealing with regret in an art career, finding fun alongside study, pricing commissions, and understanding spot blacks and shadows.

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This week, Marshall talks to Stan about how artists can borrow from a writer’s toolbox of exercises and thought processes and use them in their work. Using Gabriele Rico’s book “Writing the Natural Way” as a starting point, the two talk about techniques that can help boost creativity and help artists develop exciting work. Learn how to brainstorm more effectively, leverage creative tension, properly revise your work, and ultimately get more in touch with the creative process.

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Marshall interviews the clinical performance psychologist Dr. Eddie O’Connor, whose course “The Psychology of Performance: How to Be Your Best in Life,” was the subject of repeated references throughout season 1 of Draftsmen. They discuss the course, and Dr. Eddie shares valuable tips to help overcome anxiety surrounding your work as an artist and individual. Dr. Eddie also brings to light some of the road blocks that keep us from understanding how we can grow.

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Dr Eddie O’Connor - https://dreddieoconnor.com/

The Psychology of Performance - https://www.wondrium.com/the-psychology-of-performance-how-to-be-your-best-in-life

Dr. Eddie’s Sleep to the Top - bit.ly/sleeptothetop

Success Stories Membership - https://dreddieoconnor.com/membership/ email [email protected] and mention Draftsmen

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud - https://amzn.to/3kUHPgp

Robert McKee - https://mckeestory.com/

Dr. David Viscott - https://amzn.to/3iLdSwu

Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz - https://amzn.to/3eVXOqM

Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim - https://amzn.to/3kY7gO0

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Stan and Marshall discuss the importance of understanding expressionism and the purposeful rule breaking that comes with the territory. They both examine the work of notable expressionists like Kandinsky and Mondrian, and share their own personal experiences and opinions on the movement. Marshall also includes a few exercises that can help you discover and implement expressionism in your own work.

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Marshall sits with Stan to chat about the wonderful world of cartooning. They spend time defining what a cartoon is, looking at some of the history and cultural differences behind cartoons and reviewing some work from famous cartoon artists. You’ll also hear some of the skills an artist would need to hone in order to be a good cartoonist.

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We return to answering voicemails left by listeners! In this episode Marshall and Stan dive into a range of topics from entering the “Flow State” to thinking in words vs images, the tools for perseverance, when it’s appropriate to remove a piece from your portfolio and more! If you have an art question that you’d like us to answer, call 1-858-609-9453 and leave a voicemail! 

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We're going live again and taking more questions from the community! This time we'll be taking live voice calls via Discord. We will start at 12pm PDT June 30th.

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In this episode, Marshall and Stan discuss the topic of identifying one's strengths and how to utilize it to learn more about yourself. They both share their personal paths to discovering their strengths, how important input from friends and family can be for discovering your strengths, Marshall gives a review of the book “Strengths Finder 2.0” and shares what he got out of the book for both himself and Stan.

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How to Shape Your Art Career - Draftsmen S3E01 - https://youtu.be/pibnSVOoi0M

Neil Gaiman commencement speech - https://youtu.be/2OwRUyZMKwI

Meyers-Briggs Test - https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

Strengths finder 2.0 - https://amzn.to/3vKKBqk

Mixergy Interview - https://mixergy.com/interviews/proko-with-stan-prokopenko

Learn to Draw - www.proko.com

Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com

Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko

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