Warrior Painters Podcast

Our guests Simon Lok and Calvin Liang have a lot of things in common, but the most important experience they share is switching to a fine art career after working in the animation industry for many years. Find out about these two fine art painting masters’ journeys through this talk hosted by Q (Qianjiao) Ma and Nikita Chan.

Guests:

Simon (Saiping) Lok @_simon_lok_ 

Calvin Liang @calvin_liang_ 

Hosts:

Q (Qianjiao) Ma @q_sketches 

Nikita Chan @chanikitaa 

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Caroline lights up every conversation with her positive attitude. She’s worked very hard at the things she does and her “just-do-it” spirit pushes her further in her art and life. Working in animation now, Caroline has a very good reason to consume manga and anime to stay motivated!

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Featured Artist: Caroline Chiou @bleachedsnow 

Host: Kayleigh Ma @kayleighx 

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Concept designer and background designer Cynthia shares her experience working across animation, theatre, and theme park design. She also talks about how plein-air painting fulfills her need of “creating in the real world”.

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Featured Artist: Cynthia Ignacio @cynthiadesignstudio 

Host: Michelle Lin @michelleinteal 

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Chinese-native Lynn Chen came to the US for her MFA in Illustration, discovered a career path in which she could just do what she liked for a living - making art for the entertainment industry. Now she works as a visual development artist in animation while doodling corgis on the side. Lynn tells us how she got to where she is right now, and also shares her thoughts on becoming a first-time mom.

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Featured Artist: Lynn Chen @lynnchen66 

Hosts:

Michelle Lin @michelleinteal 

Kayleigh Ma @kayleighx 

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What is a climate artist, and what does plein-air painting have to do with one’s journey to creating climate art? Sean has some very insightful ideas about this topic. Switching career from fine art to entertainment, Sean finds LA to be the perfect place to pursue both concept art and plein-air painting.

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Featured Artist: Sean Bodley @seanbodley 

Host: Kayleigh Ma @kayleighx 

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How do concept artists work in live action films? How does it compare to working in game or animation? What are some industry basics that only the insiders know about? In this episode, four concept artists who work at Marvel Studios share their individual trajectories, and chat about their experiences working in live action and beyond.

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Featured Artists: 

Anthony Francisco @anthony_francisco_art

Jana Schirmer @janaschirmer 

John Staub @johnstaubart 

Host: Justina Son @justinasonart 

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Eric Prout is a Concept Artist in games and visual effects who also does digital plein-air painting. In this interview, he shares how he got his start as a Concept Artist, his favorite programs to paint in, and tips for outdoor painting with a digital set up. Eric also talked about how he got his first studio job through not having a plan B.

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Featured Artist: Eric Prout @rinthe

Host: Michelle Lin @michelleinteal

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As someone deeply interested in people, Ramon Hurtado considers himself a “person” first above being the successful artist and teacher that he is. Ramon’s independent spirit and core values have defined his approach to life and style of teaching. Ramon strives to make art education accessible as well as approachable to all and loves to dig up funny anecdotes of artists from centuries ago. It was difficult to fit all that Ramon had to share in this conversation full of fun stories and musings on life from a proud Cat Dad.

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Featured Artist: @ramon.alex.hurtado 

Host: @michelleinteal 

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Architect David Miller spares some time to do plein-air painting almost every day. He says he cannot imagine a life without art. In this episode, he shares how he reignited his passion and rebuilt the routine for painting after years of inactivity. His thoughts and experiences are so inspiring and so relatable to many of us who are in pursuit of a creative life.

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Featured Artist: David Miller @davidmiller5664 

Host: Kayleigh Ma @kayleighx 

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The one and only Laura Price (a.k.a. lulusketches) is our guest for this ARTrepreneur Interview, in which she shares her very busy life as a full-time VisDev artist and a part-time YouTuber. You will learn about Laura’s dream career path in animation, her thoughts on YouTubing and many helpful tips and tricks for starting in animation and YouTubing.

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Featured Artist: Laura Price @lulusketches

Host: Mark David Teo @historiamemoria

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