Senior concept artist and illustrator Kekai Kotaki joins us this week to discuss the early beginnings of his career in art, drawing inspiration from all different sorts of media, his experience with education and learning, and lots of juicy discussion about artists and video games we love. SPOILER WARNINGS: Game of Thrones, God of War III, Journey GUEST LINKS: Kekai’s Website: http://www.kekaiart.com/ Kekai’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kekaikotaki Kekai’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kekai_kotaki ------------------------------ Subscribe on iTunes: www.thecollectivepodcast.com/itunes Subscribe via RSS: www.thecollectivepodcast.com/rss Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecollectivepodcast Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thecpodcast Merch Store: www.thecollectivepodcast.com/store ------------------------------ SHOW NOTES: Ryan Lang: https://www.artstation.com/ryanlangdraws Dune: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel) Lessons from the Screenplay: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErSSa3CaP_GJxmFpdjG9Jw Yoshitaka Amano: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitaka_Amano Simon Bisley: https://www.simonbisleyart.com/ Bill Sienkiewicz: https://billsienkiewiczart.com/ Heat: https://amzn.to/314hG1K God of War 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_War_III Journey: https://thatgamecompany.com/journey/ Raf Grassetti: https://www.artstation.com/grassetti Zelda Windwaker: https://www.zelda.com/windwaker/ Mike Mignola: https://www.artofmikemignola.com/ The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers.