Andrei & Ivan are joined by a special guest: Amanda, a lighting artist with experience at Pixar and Activision. Together they discuss how Amanda found herself in her non-sheeplike career path and try to understand what exactly she does as a lighting artist. Check out her work below:

https://www.instagram.com/amandajyp.art

https://www.amandajayapurna.com/

0:00 Intro

2:32 What is a lighting artist?

3:50 How much of your work was degree vs self taught?

5:08 Where do artistic tendencies come from in your family?

12:24 Storytelling through the medium of light: mesh between traditional painting and weather science NOT animation

15:02 Is your job more technical or artistic?

17:01 How do you measure how good lighting is?

21:08 Can you also work on live action films?

22:14 Skill, networking & personal brand in a niche artistic field

32:24 Shape language

34:39 Fears before studying art? Journey on how you got to your career point right now

42:08 Can you be replaced by AI? // Randomness as a creative tool

50:27 Importance of role models who are relatable (gender & culture)

53:57 Life principles of engineers vs artists

58:21 Plugs

More about us:

- Wing (https://wingvasiksiri.com): "Founder and Managing Partner at iSeed SEA"

- Ivan (https://ivanfj.com): "PhD researcher in Biodegradable Plastics at UC Berkeley"

- Andrei (https://andrei.ai): "PhD researcher in Machine Learning at University of Cambridge"