Tom Ray's Art Podcast

CJ Standal is an indie comic book writer living here in Madison WI. We met while he was at the Mighty Con here in Madison. CJ writes and publishes the comics Rebirth of the Gangster, B.A.E Wulf, and has also published a series of essays about graphic novel writing called Outside the Panels from a course he taught to his high school students.

Links

CJ Standal's Website 

https://www.cjstandalproductions.com

CJ Standal on Twitter 

https://twitter.com/cj_standal

Tom Ray's Podcast Website at https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Neil Moherman is an indie comic book writer living in Dayton, Ohio. We met while he was at the Mighty Con when it came through here in Madison. Neil contacted me to tell me about his Kickstarter campaign for his next issue of his comic Cog & Flame Issue #4.

Neil has been creating indie comics since 2017. He currently has two series in production, Cog & Flame and Doomspeaker. We talk about how he started his story while writing a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, how he finds people to draw and color his comics and also learned how to create lettering for comics too!

Links

Neil Moherman's Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cogandflame/cog-and-flame-issue-4

Neil Moherman on Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/neilmoherman

Neil Moherman on Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/Neilmohermancomics

Tom Ray's Art Podcast website - https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Zipporah Michel is an artist living in Florida. Zipporah has been painting and illustrating artwork highlighting underrated ancient figures, religious icons, and even current events in hues, and profiles as vibrant as known figures would be illustrated—lined with metallic and bold hues. We talk about gallery shows she has been doing, projects, and books she's worked on. Also, her love of anime sparks a discussion between us about the cartoon Sailor Moon.

Links

Zipporah Michel's website https://www.tzipora-art.com

Zipporah Michel on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tzipora.art.gallery

Tom Ray's Art Podcast website https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Emma Groom is a comic book artist and writer living in Florida. Emma is working on a comic book called Recursions End doing the writing and the artwork. Emma decided to try and see what it would be like to pitch it to actual comics and book publishers and is in the process of doing that. During the conversation, Emma tells me that the whole thing started out as a text RPG game. While doing all this Emma also runs a plant cloning business that pays the bills.

Links

Emma Groom's comic on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RecursionsEnd

Tom Ray's Art Podcast Website https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Chris Conidis is an artist that lives in Florida. Chris started out with an interest in animation and how it worked and that evolved into figure drawing and the art of high contrast from fantasy art and old school horror movies. Chris has been hitting the comic circuit and also created a collection of art and stories for a book of his work called Monsters & Madonnas.

Links

Chris Conidis Website https://monstersandmadonnas.com

Chris Conidis on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/conidisart

Tom Ray's Art Podcast Website https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Christine Merriman is an artist that lives in Vermont who is originally from here in Wisconsin. Christine has run an artist studio called Marry Woman Studios, created large-scale sculptures and tile artwork using a method called Raku to fire them, and has pieces that are in houses all over the US. And Christine is now focusing on art and trauma therapy.

Links

Christine Merriman on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/christine.merriman.79

Tom Ray's Art Podcast Website https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Dan Hardesty is an artist in Pennsylvania who does illustration and also makes computer 3D artwork that actually gets created and 3D printed for live stage sets for performances at the Sight & Sound Theatres a production the performs live stories from the bible. We talk about how Dan went from drawing to illustration to eventually creating these large set pieces. Dan is also starting a new webcomic on his Instagram page called The Almighty Sandwich.

Links

Dan Hardesty on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/danhardestyart

Dan Hardesty website http://www.danielhardesty.com

Tom Ray's Art Podcast Website https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Jamal Moore is a blind independent R&B artist that lives here in Madison, WI. We talk on this show about how in the past few years Jamal decided to pursue what he really wanted to do, make music. He's been recording song ideas and releasing them on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook and trying to promote what he does. His ultimate goal would be to find a group of other blind artists to help them too so he started his own label called No Sight Entertainment.

Links

DeeRay Music on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHKQ6CAU4ncYYSi1d8WHtA

DeeRay Music on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/deeraymusic

Tom Ray's Art Podcast Website

https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Joseph Arruda is an illustrator in San Jose, CA. We talk on this show about the work Joseph does and other things like Illustration influences, the pens he likes to use. Plus, new things in life like finding a creative space and how in recent years mixing traditional art along with digital is something he is growing to like more. Joseph makes large mixed media collages as well and has in the past worked for the art website DeviantArt.

Links

Joseph Arruda on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zeruch

Tom Ray's Art Podcast website - https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Art and Asanas is an art studio in Ringwood, NJ that teaches a combination of stretching and drawing/painting for kids and adults. The focus is on drawing, brush techniques, mixing paint, posture, form and breathing. The gallery is run by Lynda Edwards who I've had on the show previously and today she brings along Kait Carter works with Lynda at the gallery. We talk about how the Art & Asanas gallery is evolving and what it has been doing over the past year.

Links

Art and Asanas Website http://artandasanas.com

Art and Asanas on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/artandasanas

Kait Carter on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kaitleodesigns

Lynda Edwards on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lyndaedwardsart

Visit Tom Ray's Art Podcast website https://www.tomrayswebsite.com