Warrior Painters Podcast

Kate had worked in game studios and Pixar before she become a full-time mom, but her passion for plein-air painting never went away. She manages to find time to paint outside of her responsibilities, help organize paint sessions for the SF Warrior Painters, and also actively seek remote employment opportunities in the entertainment art industry. Kate is smart and witty, super fun to talk to, which probably explains why she’s so good at handling all her 7-yo daughter’s existential questions.

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Featured artist: Kate Liu @lemonikate 

Host: Kayleigh Ma @kayleighx 

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Amanda works as an Art Director at Nickelodeon, but just nine years ago, she was working her way up in an architecture firm. What compelled her to make the switch and move to LA without a job offer? How does her architecture background help with animation work? What tips can she offer to people who are looking for a career switch? You'll find out about all these after listening to this episode, plus some awesome tips on job hunting/ portfolio building.

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Featured artist: Amanda Li @amandaliart 

Host: Angela Sung @angothemango 

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David Merritt works as a BG designer in animation, teaches digital painting, and also creates excellent plein-air paintings. He has taken lots of art classes and he offers great tips on how to take advantage of the higher art education the right way. He believes that artists can’t outdo nature, and that plein-air painting strengths the understanding of light and color tremendously for any painter.

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Featured artist: David Merritt @merrittartwork 

Host: Kayleigh Ma @kayleighx 

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The entertainment industry in the US attracts many international artists. We invited two artists working at Netflix and one at Marvel to share their stories. They talked a lot about struggles, from tangible struggles like getting a work visa in the US, making new friends, to mental struggles like staying true to yourself and your art after working at studios where you are trained to perform.

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Featured Artists:

Q Qianjiao Ma @q_sketches 

Lip Comarella @lip_comarella 

Justina Son @justinasonart 

Host:

Linden Li @lindenpaints 

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Wayne Tsay works as a Vis Dev Artist in animation. He contributes a lot of his current career success to plein-air painting and his past architecture school training. He also unfolds how painting with Warrior Painters really helped him get into animation!

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Featured artist: Wayne Tsay @waynetsaywhat

Host: Michelle Lin @michelleinteal

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Artists find joy in making art, and they have to constantly practice to get better. But how does that impact their love life? Do they feel guilty for not spending enough time with their significant other? How does their significant other feel about this? What's a compatible date for a very driven artist? In this episode, we invited three guests to chat about their stories on balancing art life and love life.

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Featured artists/guests:

Host: Shelly Liu @shellythings

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Lus Sun (Lus Martinez Cortes) went to school for art and she now works on art related projects outside of her day job at a bank. She has been painting with us since 2017 and she also helps organize paint sessions. In this interview, she shares her experience participating in various art groups, why she enjoys plein-air painting, and how her business-minded husband has been helping her along the way.

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Featured artist: Lus Sun @useitorlusit

Host: Michelle Lin @michelleinteal

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Introducing our #ARTrepreneurInterview Series, where we chat with artists who have already established solid art business ventures!  

Gumroad has been providing strong support for thousands of artists/creators for years, and its Founder and CEO Sahil Lavingia, who is an artist himself, has been an occasional warrior painter and painted with us many times before. This time, we had the honor to chat with him in our podcast to discover more about Gumroad, creator economy, art education, and more!

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Featured guest: Sahil Lavingia @shlpaints

Host: Vaughan Ling @heavypoly

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Joy Han works in the animation industry as a Background Designer, and she has been painting with us for years. In this episode, she shares her plein-air journey as well as her "stress-free" approach towards making art.

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Featured artist: Joy Han @joyfanghan

Host: Michelle Lin @michelleinteal

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The current entertainment art education system often trains artists into thinking that the best way-out is to work for some big name studio so that a non-starving artist life is possible. What if an artist wants to be their own boss? They tend to start from developing art-related side hustles. In this episode, we invited Vaughan Ling and Kirk Shinmoto to share their experience turning side hustles into their main job or art entrepreneurship.

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Featured artists:

Vaughan Ling @heavypoly

Kirk Shinmoto @therobuts

Host:

Caroline Ji @carolinejiart

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