I am honored that I get to present to you my chat with inarguably one of the most important graphic designers and design thinkers in history - the one and only Mr. Milton Glaser. Our talk found him ever-inspiring, often deeply philisophical and sometimes fiery and brutally honest with his critique of the modern design world and some hopeful advice on what can be done about it. This ones for the books folks.

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

Episode 11 finds Mike in a reflective mood, as he chats about accepting creative challenges as a way to work through personal fears of failure, rejection and judgement, an issue all artists deal with on a regular basis. Grab some tips along the way and share your stories on Instagram. Let’s start a conversation.

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

This week, we sit down with my friend, Lenny Terenzi. Lenny is the owner of Hey Monkey, (https://www.heymonkeydesign.com) a studio that produces screen printing, illustration and graphic design.

He is also the president of the AIGA Raleigh chapter (https://raleigh.aiga.org) and raising a daughter who is following her own creative outlets. 

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

Today we chat I had with the international star, the national treasure and my own new personal hero, Lisa Congdon. Lisa is an incredibly talented illustrator and fine artist who is prime example numero uno on how to successfully make a 180 degree career pivot.

Working with clients like Facebook and MoMa, writing numerous books and touring across the globe for speaking engagements, Lisa definitely has created a niche that is filled with passion and vision, with no sign of slowing down.

Listen in as we dive deep about her career, working through highs and lows and lessons that inspired her new book about Finding Your Artistic Voice.

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

It was an honor and a blast talking to the one and only Claire Keane. Claire, an ex Vis-Dev artist at Disney, talks about her continuing to work in her passions as a children’s book author and illustrator, what it’s like working at The Mouse House, and her life as a Keane (hint: her grandfather Bil is the creator of The comic strip The Family Circus and her Dad Glen is one of the most famous animators at Disney). Listen in and let us know your thoughts on the comments! @claireonacloud . . ****** 

Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

 Ok ladies and gents! Today we showcase the one and only Jordan Jameson @jordanjameson - Jordan’s a super talented designer and illustrator that I’ve gotten to know over the past couple of years and loved watching him crank out some killer work in the process. . . Listen in as we talk about how he splits his time working a full-time brand agency gig and side work, how Procreate has changed his work in fundamental ways and how you don’t have to be a master artist to use drawing as a critical thinking design tool. Find the new episode on iTunes, Google Play and Spotify! . .

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

Alright! Episode 6, coming in hot! We took Memorial Day off to rest and pay our respects - but we are back with a power packed conversation with muralist, teacher and serial sketcher, J Massullo.

. We had a great chat about his journey and how he made his way from being a kid in a small town who was thinking big from an early age. Now, he’s landing gigs left and right that showcase his amazing work that can be seen all around town. Listen in and learn how he’s balanced a full time art teaching gig with his almost equallyfull time side hustle passions. AND don’t forget to follow him on Instagram and say hello! . .

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

Episode 4 brings me to talk with the uberly talented illustrator and muralist, David Eichenberger. David is another talent hailing from my hometown of Raleigh, NC, and merges classical children's book stylings with surrealism leanings of M.C. Esher. Listen in as he talks about how he developed his career, studied under master Fresco Painter Ben Long and stayed in Toulouse Lautrec's batchelor pad. Yes, you read that correct. Dig in!

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/

 Tony White is a British Academy Award-winning animation director, animator, author and educator. Tony let’s us in to his career that spans decades and intermingles with some of the greatest animators of all time. We explore the path of a young apprentice finding his way via learning from notable animators such as Richard Williams, Ken Harris and Art Babbit. Tony explains to us how he channeled his creativity and experience into a life devoted to the art of animation.

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Y’all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I’ll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more.

- Mike Rosado https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/

Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/