This is a special bonus episode of the podcast, with my guest is Hebah. Hebah is an alternative designer, based out of San Diego. We talk about how culture and diversity influence her design, and finding common ground with people from different cultures by trying to set aside your biases and not judging people based on their religion, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. Hebah is giving away a ticket to Creative South over on her website, hebah.me/bydesign. You have until March 31st to enter. Good luck!

My guest this week is Matt Dawson of Stay Gray Pony Boy. We talk about growing up in South Louisiana, Type Combo Tuesdays, splitting time between Atlanta and Baton Rouge, and his upcoming conference Crop in Baton Rouge, which is close to selling out in it’s first year.

My guest this week is the master of thick lines — Aaron Draplin. We talk about growing up in the midwest, his busy work and speaking schedule, family, Aaron Teases his talk at Creative South, and we discuss his up coming book Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything available at DDCbook.com.

Danielle is an award winning Designer and lettering artist, specializing in food typography, She has worked with Clients like Target, Cadillac, and Bath and Body works. I talk with Danielle about how working through being depressed led to her start in such a specialized niche and collaborating with other designers and artists right after this.

My guest this week is Brian Manley of Fun With Robots Design Company. He has worked with bands like Manchester United and Taking Back Sunday, as well as To Chef Kevin Gillespie. I talk with Brian about everything from starting off working in youth ministry in southern California, to punk music, to dealing with imposter syndrome and figuring out wear you fit in, to BBQ

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm – @jfrostholm on Twitter. Creative South is coming up in just under two months and tickets are going fast, I you haven’t picked up your ticket yet, or you still need to sign up for a workshop – head over to creativesouthga.com and register today.

My guest this week is Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn. Shauna is an award winning Hand Lettering Artist and Illustrator, and has worked with clients like International Delight, Publix, Fortune Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. I talk with her about everything from studying opera in cCollege, to figure skating as an adult, to dealing with anxiety.

My guest this week is Fraser Davidson. Fraser is a London-based animator and designer where he runs Cub Studios and Field Theory, his sports branding company. He’s worked with the likes of Tim Minchin, Bill Mahrer, Facebook, Nike and ESPN. We talk about how he collaborates with his clients and other designers, getting death threats, Z and Zed, and sports branding.

This episode features Lenny Terenzi of Hey! Monkey Design out of Raleigh, North Carolina. We talk about his life, how he was creatively lost and found his way back with the help of AIGA, and what the future holds for him.

Welcome to the first episode of the Creative South Podcast. We talk with Mike Jones, co-founder of Creative South about how the conference got started, what we can look forward to in 2016 and what the future may hold.