Juicy Brush Podcast

Creating a unique and personal voice is a question all artists face at one point. Today we invite our guest Grady Frederick to help join us in exploring that question. We discuss how to balance the need to be authentic when working for others and as well as its relationship with outside influences.

Grady Frederic is a concept artist and illustrator working in the video games, animation & card art industry. He has worked for many companies such as Wizards of the Coast, Paramount, Eidos Montreal, Ubisoft, & more. He is also the creator of Black Shore, his personal IP, and runs a Patreon.

Show notes:

Grady Frederick

https://www.artstation.com/gradyart

https://www.instagram.com/gradyfrederick/

https://x.com/gradesfrederick

https://www.patreon.com/cw/GradyFrederick

Sean Vo

https://www.artstation.com/seanvo

https://www.instagram.com/seanvoart/

Nicolas Gosselin

https://www.artstation.com/nickg

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In this episode, we dive into the world of comics and storyboarding. Léo Chiola, an experienced comic book/storyboard artist, joins us to help us understand more about what it means to work in the field.

Léo Chiola is a comic book artist, storyboard artist & illustrator. He is working in the video game, animation and comic industry and has worked on projects such as Marvel Snap! Fortnite, Flash Gordon and Transformers: Cyberverse.

Show notes:

Léo Chiola

https://www.artstation.com/leochiola

https://www.instagram.com/leo.chiola

https://x.com/leochiola

Joe Madureira

James Harren

Matteo Scalera

Sean Gordon Murphy

Dan Mora

Sean Vo

https://www.artstation.com/seanvo

https://www.instagram.com/seanvoart/

Nicolas Gosselin

https://www.artstation.com/nickg

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Who are the most influential concept artists? And what does it mean to be influential? We discuss our thoughts on the artists that have made the biggest impact on us today and in history.

Sean Vo

https://www.artstation.com/seanvo

https://www.instagram.com/seanvoart/

Nicolas Gosselin

https://www.artstation.com/nickg

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Does talent exist? How does it effect us as artists?

Sean Vo

https://www.artstation.com/seanvo

https://www.instagram.com/seanvoart/

Nicolas Gosselin

https://www.artstation.com/nickg

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As tools and workflows continue to grow and improve, VR is steadily becoming more of a popular choice among concept artists. Andre-Lang Huynh(also known as Mechnuggets) sits down with us and shares his knowledge and process in Adobe Medium as well as his thoughts on where the tool is headed. 

Andre-Lang Huynh(aka Mechnuggets) is a concept artist working in the video games industry. He has worked on several projects which include Gotham Knights, Injustice 2 and other unannounced projects. He also teaches a course at Gnomon called ‘Designing Mechs in VR using Medium” and is actively developing his personal IP project ANIMO.

Show links:

Andre-Lang Huynh - Art:

https://www.artstation.com/alhuynh

https://www.instagram.com/mechnuggets/

ANIMO:

https://animo.art/

Izmo Juki

Gundam

Sean Vo

https://www.artstation.com/seanvo

https://www.instagram.com/seanvoart/

Nicolas Gosselin

https://www.artstation.com/nickg

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We sit down to talk about the role FEAR plays in the lives of artists.

Show links:

Hicham Habchi: https://www.artstation.com/hichamhabchi1

Danny Gardner: https://www.artstation.com/dannygardner

Sean Vo

https://www.artstation.com/seanvo

https://www.instagram.com/seanvoart/

Nicolas Gosselin

https://www.artstation.com/nickg

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What can we learn from anime as concept artists? We dive into all the great things about anime and how it’s influenced us as artists.

Show links:

Hicham Habchi: https://www.artstation.com/hichamhabchi1

Danny Gardner: https://www.artstation.com/dannygardner

Sean Vo

https://www.artstation.com/seanvo

https://www.instagram.com/seanvoart/

Nicolas Gosselin

https://www.artstation.com/nickg

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In this episode we sit down with our very first guest Efe Vardar! Efe is a good friend and fellow concept artist and we take the time in this episode to talk about the realities of moving far away from home to pursue a career/dream in concept art.

Efe Vardar is a concept artist/illustrator and works in the video game industry. He has worked on Gotham Knights as well as some unannounced projects. He has also taught digital painting and is an interior design content creator.

Show links:

Efe Vardar - Art:

https://www.artstation.com/efevardar

https://www.instagram.com/efevardar/?hl=en

Efe Vardar - Interior Design:

https://www.tiktok.com/@efe.var.dar

https://www.instagram.com/efe.var.dar/

Sean Vo

https://www.artstation.com/seanvo

https://www.instagram.com/seanvoart/

Nicolas Gosselin

https://www.artstation.com/nickg

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Going down the journey of concept art has many roads one could take. In this episode we talk about how to go about choosing your direction and making the best of your journey in becoming a pro.

We dive into the many nuances of specializations in the field, which include the main three categories of concept art: characters, environments and props. We also talk about the many benefits of different methods of schooling & education.

Show links:

Cedric Peyravernay (https://www.artstation.com/cedricpeyr...)

Walter Everett

Dishonored, Arkane Studio

Golden Age Illustration, Howard Pyle, Sargent, Leyendecker

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In this episode, we go deep into our artistic journey and how we became the artists we are today. We also discuss the many pivotal moments throughout our lives that shaped our direction, as well as the many crucial lessons we learnt that helped us become working concept artists.

Show links:

Shogun (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788316/)

Syn Studio: https://synstudio.ca/

Shaddy's Rock Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NygkJEc3yu4&list=PLdGgv1i1eaAk0Z7wb7Cf3XcW3RemGc8Ec

Eytan Zana: https://www.artstation.com/eytan

Fred Bennett: https://www.artstation.com/frederic_bennett

Thierry Doizon: https://www.artstation.com/barontieri

Fred Rambaud: https://www.artstation.com/fredrambaud

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