How You Create

No matter how successful you become, when your insecurities are the motivation of your work, you will never be satisfied. Tyler Deeb, Founder of Misc. Goods Co., joins us this week to share his creative journey, experience as a designer, and the joy and pain of launching his own business.

Inspiration can truly come from anywhere, and in Joonbug’s case, this has ranged from the great Jamaican outdoors to the inside of a McDonald’s drive-thru. In this week’s episode, we sit down with Joonbug to discuss his fluid, yet intentional approach to art and creative, some of the latest tools driving his work, and how his perspective on money has shifted over the years as an artist.

What are NFTs, how do they work, and why should you care? In this episode, we invite Mason Nystrom, a Research Analyst at Messari, to help us understand the NFTs, social tokens, and Web3. We walk through the potential impact it has on creatives, and why and how to get involved in minting your own digital art.

In this week's episode, Ben and Joshua catch up with each other and debrief everything happening in the creative world. We talk about everything from the books we're currently reading, the freelance versus corporate hustle, and what listeners can expect from the podcast in the future.

Adrian Walker shares his creative journey from documenting the marches and protests in Ferguson to moving out west to work at VSCO and to now living in Chicago as a full-time artist and photographer. Ben and Joshua discuss with Adrian his creative process, the tools he uses and making money as an artist.

Alex Medina wears multiple creative hats. And if you haven’t seen one of his viral tweets, there’s a good chance you’ve listened to the music he’s produced or bought merch that he designed, or you've played Fortnite with him late at night. Grammy award-winning music producer, art director, and designer, Alex Medina can really do it all and we're excited to have him on the podcast this week to discuss how he creates, the tools he uses, and how to make money as a creative.

Driven by curiosity, Bethany Mollenkof stumbled into a career of photojournalism, ultimately fulfilling a desire to tell stores that are both personal and honest. Bethany joins us to discuss breaking the rules of photojournalism, what it was like to document her own birth experience during the COVID pandemic, and some of her upcoming photography projects.

Dana Tanamachi might live a quiet life, but her custom typography and illustrations speak volumes. Dana joins us to discuss how she went from creating murals to designing the Bible and more.

Your favorite creative's favorite podcast. Ben Terry and Josh Jean-Marie share a little about what you can expect from the new How You Create podcast.