Draftsmen

After getting back from the very first Lightbox Convention in LA, both Draftsmen give their thoughts on the value of these conventions for artists. Includes advice on networking, etiquette, note taking, selling work, and portfolios. We elaborate on a caller’s question about drawing from imagination and why you can’t start out drawing like Kim Jung Gi.Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.comSan Diego Comic-Con - https://www.comic-con.org/Lightbox - https://www.instagram.com/lightboxexpo/?hl=enSiggraph - https://s2019.siggraph.org/Cutter Hayes - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/cutter-hays-artwork-s1e24.jpgJean Giraud (Moebius) - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jean-giraud-moebius-artwork-s1e24.jpgBernie Wrightson - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/bernie-wrightson-artwork-s1e24.jpgAlan Moore - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/alan-moore-s1e24.jpgWonder-Con - https://www.comic-con.org/wcaCTN - https://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/Marshall’s Draftsmanship Recommendations: http://www.marshallart.com/reviews/draftsmanship/Fun With A Pencil: How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw - https://amzn.to/33ziqgCDrawing the Head and Hands - https://amzn.to/2NDuXtWFigure Drawing for All It's Worth - https://amzn.to/2XbFJLeKim Jung Gi talk at Art Institute: https://youtu.be/VUFGe-4k6dU?t=1503Winsor McCay - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/winsor-mccay-artwork-s1e24.jpgGlenn Vilppu - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/glenn-vilpuu-artwork-s1e24.jpgLearn to Draw - www.proko.comMarshall Vandruff -www.marshallart.comStan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can you be a good parent and a successful artist? Is it even possible? We try to find answers to those questions and the ways you can incorporate art into your life while raising a child. We go through 3 voicemail questions including our opinion on painting before learning how to draw. Is Stan a mutant child of Chernobyl?Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453View show images at https://proko.com/361Learn to Draw - www.proko.comMarshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.comStan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marshall goes full on Walter Cronkite and does some investigative journalism, asking all about the inner workings of Proko. The system we use to prioritize tasks and stay organized, the importance of delegation - Walt Disney built an empire by being a diligent delegator. Stan describes the exercise that improved his line quality while he was a student at Watts Atelier!Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453*Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.comDorian Iten - https://www.instagram.com/dorianvisuals/Ivan Loginov - https://www.instagram.com/loginovart/Aaron Westerberg - https://www.instagram.com/westerberg/Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time - https://amzn.to/2pYMh39Online Scrum resources - https://www.scrum.org/resources/scrum-guide & https://scrumguides.org/ Fresh movie - https://amzn.to/2WiKMZOHow to Hold and Control Your Pencil - https://youtu.be/pMC0Cx3Uk84Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur Guptill - https://amzn.to/2BQC8rXJeff Watts - https://www.instagram.com/jeffreywattsart/Jacob de Gheyn II - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Jacob-de-Gheyn-II-Art-S1E22.jpgGuercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Guercino-Art-S1E22.jpgAlbrecht Dürer - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Albrecht-Durer-Art-S1E22.jpgMeditation for Artists - The Automatic Drawing Technique - https://youtu.be/MJYGFwGhHnADraw Using Reilly Rhythms - https://youtu.be/StRohW0Og3wGesture Quicksketch with Live Model - Tim Gula Part 1 - https://youtu.be/SvB3bnj63ocHow to Use YOUR Pencil for Dynamic Life Drawing - Tim Gula Part 2 - https://youtu.be/ZRnQcwKU9DELearning Gesture with Tim Gula - Part 3 - https://youtu.be/ECpZcgR1bgYHow to play Durak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DurakLearn to Draw - www.proko.comMarshall Vandruff -www.marshallart.comStan Prokopenko -instagram.com/stanprokopenko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thinking of creative ideas is actually not that hard, but executing them, bring them to fruition, and solving real problems is much harder and requires creative skill. We’ll define what it means to be creative and some ways you can stimulate and improve your own creative abilities. A listener asks how he can increase his passion for art and Stan shows off some drawings he bought from Steven Bauman.Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.comMarshall’s Dad - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Marshalls-Dad-S1E21.jpgSteve Anderson’s photo of Marshall - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Marshalls-portrait-S1E21.jpgStan’s Stephen Bauman drawings - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Stephen-Bauman-Art-S1E21.jpgSterling Clinton Hundley’s Ideation Course - https://courses.svslearn.com/courses/IDEADEVELOPMENTSteven Sondheim - Finishing the Hat - https://amzn.to/2P6SbtzSteven Sondheim - Look, I Made a Hat - https://amzn.to/2MAjFX1Steve Anderson photography - https://www.steveandersonphotography.comBrad Holland - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Brad-Holland-Art-S1E21.jpgMichelangelo - The Creation of Adam - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/The-Creation-of-Adam-S1E21.jpgStep by Step Graphics magazine - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Graphics-Magazine-S1E21.jpgVance Kovacs - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Vance-Kovacs-Art-S1E21.jpgBob Mankoff - The Naked Cartoonist - https://amzn.to/33HM5UCMihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Psychologist - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Mihaly-S1E21.jpgJohn Gardner - The Art of Fiction - https://amzn.to/31FAxzWGabriele Rico - Writing the natural way - https://amzn.to/2MYelM1Robert Rodriguez - Rebel Without a Crew - https://amzn.to/2J9o0ycRobert Sapolsky - Being Human lectures - https://amzn.to/2p1rD2iStephen Bauman - https://www.instagram.com/stephenbaumanartwork/Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows - https://amzn.to/2P4ezngBuster Keaton - https://amzn.to/35UKYTiLon Cheney - https://amzn.to/2P7eb7NLearn to Draw - www.proko.comMarshall Vandruff -www.marshallart.comStan Prokopenko -instagram.com/stanprokopenko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Breaking Bad movie just released on Netflix and because Stan is a huge fan, we’re redecorating the whole set, putting on costumes, and dedicating the episode to Drugs! We talk about our past experiences with drugs, if they can hinder or help an artist and some drug alternatives that you should look at to get those creative juices flowing. A caller asks what abstract artists should study.Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.comPicture of our set - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/breaking-bad-set-S1E20.jpgEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie - https://youtu.be/1JLUn2DFW4wRobert McKee’s TV Series GENRE Days - https://mckeestory.com/seminars/genre/#tv-dayTimothy Leary - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Timothy-Leary-S1E20.jpgReefer Madness - https://amzn.to/2OMD601Heinrich Kley - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Heinrich-Kley-Art-S1E20.jpgSalvador Dali - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Salvador-Dali-Paintings-S1E20.jpgTim Gula Meditation for Artists - The Automatic Drawing Technique - https://youtu.be/MJYGFwGhHnAAxe Cop - https://amzn.to/2Mei48QKim Jung Gi - How to Become a Master - https://youtu.be/aoqu5SEFqRISir Francis Bacon - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Sir-Francis-Bacon-Art-S1E20.jpgEgon Schiele - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Egon-Schiele-Paintings-S1E20.jpgWallace Smith - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Wallace-Smith-Art-S1E20.jpgChristoph Niemann’s Abstract-o-meter - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Abstract-O-Meter-S1E20.jpgPiet Mondrian - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Piet-Mondrian-Art-S1E20.jpgViktor Hartmann - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Viktor-Hartmann-S1E20.jpgThe Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Carnival-of-Animals-S1E20.jpgPictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Pictures-at-an-Exhibition-S1E20.jpgFranz Schubert - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Timothy-Leary-S1E20.jpgFlow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - https://amzn.to/2OMxjYlMan's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl - https://amzn.to/2ovwQPLGreat Courses - How to Make Stress Work for You - https://amzn.to/32i4abkLearn to Draw - www.proko.comMarshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.comStan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does copying from photo reference make you a fake artist? Is tracing considered cheating? Do you even have an art license?! We share our opinions about photobashing, tracing, and drawing from photos. We also discuss the debilitating effects of imposter syndrome and how it might sometimes be a good thing. Stan’s thang brings back childhood memories :)Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.comAndrew Loomis - Fun with a Pencil - https://amzn.to/2Vitr2GPhotobashing examples: David Kirk, Helio Frazao - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Photobashing-Examples-S1E19.jpgMaxfield Parrish - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Maxfield-Parrish-Art-S1E19.jpgClare Torry - Great Gig in the Sky - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd - https://amzn.to/2ATdvuqJessica Nguyen - @JessketchinLearn to Draw - www.proko.comMarshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.comStan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a voicemail marathon! We answer a bunch of questions from listeners of the podcast. Topics include the fear of being too old to be a professional artist, cosplay fashion design, and knowing when a painting is finished. Stan paid Karl Kopinski to do an original painting on his book cover. If you have a question for us, make sure to call and leave us a voicemail at 1-858-609-9453.Questions in this episode:How do you know when a painting is finished?What are the fundamentals for cosplay fashion design?Am I too old to become a professional artist?How do you deal with people that want you to help them with their big idea?How do you balance fun and work when working for a client?Will there be a Skelly app with muscles?Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.com Megatrends by John NaisbittWilliam StoutBerni Wrightson: A Look Back by Christopher Zavisa (Editor), Berni Wrightson (Illustrator)Barron StoreyClaire WendlingA History of Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes) by Carl Kohler -Shel SilversteinNew Yorker comicsWriting For Comics by Alan MooreMy Adventures as an Illustrator by Norman RockwellArt of Learning by Josh WaitzkinTo Think that I saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr SeussThe Big Kopinski by Karl KopinskiFullerton College Children’s Book Illustration CertificateWilliam SteigBeatrix PotterLearn to Draw - www.proko.comMarshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.comStan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how artists make money through freelancing, getting a job, and starting a business. Hear personal stories and advice on commissions. Discover the value of real-world experience and the significance of taking on client projects. Explore the new Proko 2.0 feature, selling artwork, and upcoming workshops. Analyze the hidden meanings in a drawing by Kim Jung Gi and reflect on the instructive nature of drawing.

The hosts discuss the importance of critical thinking in drawing and recommend books on the topic. They explore divergent and convergent thinking in creative pursuits, emphasizing the role of gesture drawing. The value of critiques for artists and the parallel between teaching and critiquing are also discussed. The hosts share their experience with a 5.6mm graphite pencil and explore the balance between history and the present in their artistic journeys.

Discussion on the benefits of studying art history and the challenges in teaching millennials. The hosts share personal experiences with a renowned artist and discuss the importance of biographies. They also talk about drawing supplies and hidden treasures in art history.