The Learn Squared Podcast

Feb 04 2025 89 ep. 94 mins 36

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The Learn Squared Podcast takes a closer look at the students, instructors, and friends of Learn Squared.

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Episode 89 - Leo Avero

Feb 04 2025 81 mins

Concept Artist and Art Director Leo Avero is your guest for this episode. He gives a very honest and revealing account of how he became the creative he is today, which includes not only making cutting-edge imagery at One Pixel Brush but also founding his own game studio and developing his own team and game. From profound life experiences and being diagnosed with ADHD, Leo pulls no

Episode 88 - Vaughan Ling

Jan 24 2025 92 mins

Heavy Paint creator Vaughan Ling joins us for this fabulous episode to share his exemplary career as a creative, from starting out designing toys, to working in TV & FILM and his collaborations with Alberto Mielgo. Alongside this, Vaughan shows his creativity knows no bounds with his ventures into the realms of programming, which evolved into his beautifully simple and creative pai

Episode 87 - Gabriel Björk Stiernström

Jan 15 2025 103 mins

Our Brand New Learn Squared Instructor, Gabriel Björk Stiernström, reveals all about his love of Space, Design and Art, as well as what went into his trilogy of courses STARSHIP DESIGN, PLANETS & STARS and GALACTIC CONCEPT ART. Gabriel is vastly experienced as a Lead Concept Artist at Goodbye Kansas who has worked on IPs such as Call of Duty, Elden Ring, Destiny 2, Secret Level,

Episode 86 - Danny Chan

Jan 08 2025 88 mins

In this episode, Concept Artist Danny Chan shares his love of specializing in sci-fi and hard surface design and takes us through his incredible journey from crafting Minecraft worlds as a kid to walking the red carpet as a nominee at the BAFTAs before he even discovered the world of Concept Art! From going on to work at the likes of Cloud Imperium Games and now at Build a Rocket B

Episode 85 - Carlos Pecino (Colorsponge)

Jan 05 2025 135 mins

The mighty Colorsponge, aka Carlos Pecino, joins The Learn Squared Podcast to share how he became one of the industry's leading CG artists. From graphic design and VFX to automotive design and co-founding Make Haste Corp with Ash Thorp, Carlos reveals his journey of mastering multiple disciplines. He opens up about his work ethic, highs and lows, learning from mistakes, and creatin

Episode 84 - Antonio Esparza

Nov 28 2024 69 mins

Our BRAND NEW Learn Squared instructor, Antonio Esparza, drops by this episode to reveal all about his BRAND NEW course 3D Character Art (Available Now). Antonio also shares what it takes to be an elite professional, the traits you need to be a great collaborator, and how working with the likes of Sava Zivkovic Ben Mauro and on projects such as League of Legends, Destiny 2, Huxley,

Episode 83 - Jeremy Hunter

Nov 20 2024 82 mins

Concept Artist Jeremy Hunter is your guest for this episode. He joins us to reveal how he switched careers, gaining his teaching qualifications and becoming a Concept Artist working in Game, TV, and Film. Not letting the rollercoaster of life derail him, Jeremy has also used his understanding of the industry to build a service catering to more original characters for artists to use

Episode 82 - Marco Gorlei

Nov 06 2024 86 mins

Concept Artist Marco Gorlei joins us for an amazing episode where he reveals the very nature of what makes him tick as an artist, how he became a Concept Artist and got work on projects such as Ghost In The Shell, Halo, Magic the Gathering and many more, how History influences his art and how he navigated the jump from studio to freelance and much more. - FOLLOW MARCO https://www.

Episode 81 - Harshanand Singh

Oct 16 2024 103 mins

In this podcast episode, we dive deep into the creative journey of the wonderful Harshanand Singh, aka Harsh. Hailing from Pune in India, Harsh reveals his unique experiences growing up in a family with a deep connection to the arts and creativity, how he built the career of his dreams as a Concept Artist and the sacrifices he had to make along the way. - FOLLOW HARSH https://www.a

Episode 80 - Darren Bartley

Sep 05 2024 102 mins

Darren Bartley is your next guest on the Learn Squared Podcast, and Darren’s artistry is a joy to behold! Although, if you ask, he will state he is not an artist at all, as Design and world-building are where Darren’s creative mind is at! In this episode, Darren shares what he believes is critical to being able to be your best creative self and how he can give each of his world