Art Department Podcast

We're back. It's been a while, a lot has happened and we're here again to talk about it!

For this episode we have legendary artist and designer Craig Mullins as our guest. He shares with us how he navigated the commercial art industry throughout the last three decades, what drives him these days and where he sees himself and the industry going in the near future.

You’ve probably noticed that AI generated images are all the rage again these days in artists circles. Social media is full of it, some looks good (great even!), some not so much! New technologies see to emerge on a daily basis. In a follow up to our previous AI episode we examine the technical, moral and legal implications for commercial artists.

Come on a journey with Marceau Nakayama and us from his beginnings in Michelin starred restaurants to Minecraft, from start up companies and ultimately concept design and art direction.

Do you work very long hours? You can’t stand not checking your emails? You feel guilty when you’re not in front of the computer? If you can answer any of these questions with yes it might just be the case that you’re suffering from a modern day addiction called Workaholism.

It took a while but we’re back! Join us for an exlusive ‘making of’ of Emmanuels short film ‘Giselle’ that he did for the Epic Games Unreal fellowship and subsequently released online. Apologies for the bad audio, some technical issues made the original audio feed unusable to we had to use the backup. :(

During the pandemic, a lot of us have been quitting our jobs. Searching for new opportunities. Asking ourselves what is the meaning of it all. Is the work I do the right one for me? Join us for an honest and open look at our jobs, our art and the changes we want to make in our lives. We are joined by Neal Spackman, the CEO of Regenerative Resources Co and Artist, Director and Dog-A

Mieke Hutchins is currently an Art Director at Niantic. In this episode she takes us on a journey through her career as graphic designer, matte painter, concept artist, art director, artist, creative and mother! Join us for another great interview!

Kevin Baillie had an incredible start into a Hollywood film career, being hired out of high school into the Lucasfilm art department. From there on the path was set. Follow us along through an incredible journey full of motivation and inspiration that is far from over!

Darek Zabrocki is a well known concept artist who has worked on numerous big projects. Not only does he share stories and advice about he managed to amass a huge following online, but also how he started a hugely popular art podcast and lately art school!