It’s a voicemail marathon! We answer a bunch of questions from listeners of the podcast. Topics include the fear of being too old to be a professional artist, cosplay fashion design, and knowing when a painting is finished. Stan paid Karl Kopinski to do an original painting on his book cover. If you have a question for us, make sure to call and leave us a voicemail at 1-858-609-9453.

Questions in this episode:

How do you know when a painting is finished?

What are the fundamentals for cosplay fashion design?

Am I too old to become a professional artist?

How do you deal with people that want you to help them with their big idea?

How do you balance fun and work when working for a client?

Will there be a Skelly app with muscles?

Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.com 

Megatrends by John Naisbitt

William Stout

Berni Wrightson: A Look Back by Christopher Zavisa (Editor), Berni Wrightson (Illustrator)

Barron Storey

Claire Wendling

A History of Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes) by Carl Kohler -

Shel Silverstein

New Yorker comics

Writing For Comics by Alan Moore

My Adventures as an Illustrator by Norman Rockwell

Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin

To Think that I saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr Seuss

The Big Kopinski by Karl Kopinski

Fullerton College Children’s Book Illustration Certificate

William Steig

Beatrix Potter

Learn to Draw - www.proko.com

Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com

Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko 

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