Pencil Kings | Inspiring Artist Interviews with Today's Best Artists
Mitch Bowler
The Pencil Kings Podcast interviews today’s top artists to uncover the story behind their work. These interviews are created for you - the Aspiring Artist, the Hobbyist and the Professional Artist. If you are looking for inspiring and insightful interviews from artists all over the world, you’re in the right place to learn the behind the scenes stories of how these artists got started and how they turned their passion into creative art careers.
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Jan 13, 2016 • 24min
PK 073: How to finish what you started as an artist in 2016
Want to know how to finish what you started as an artist in 2016?
Frustrated by all those unfinished projects that started with all the best intentions....but then just fizzled out to nothing?
It's time to take action. And, making an impact with your art is much easier than you think - especially when you start reaching out to other artists and helping them with their artistic journey.
This episode also covers the 4 critical levels of artistic development, so you can see exactly where you are and what your next step is to improve. So make 2016 the year you make real progress as an artist and begin to reach your goals.
Jan 8, 2016 • 36min
PK 072: What is the life of a concept artist like and how do you get there? Pencil Kings instructor Ahmed Aldoori drops in to tell us what it's like.
Ever wondered how to become a concept artist or how to approach other artists to get feedback on your work? In this podcast, Pencil Kings tutor Ahmed Aldoori talks about his career so far and how you can start creating yours
Dec 30, 2015 • 38min
PK 071: How can you create opportunities as an artist? Learn how Grey Jabesi moved countries and hustled his way to his rewarding creative career.
You might feel that the odds are against you... there are so many artists out there, and not enough jobs. It might even feel a little hopeless at times, but it doesn't have to be this way at all and in this interview we'll show you a perfect example of how you can take charge of your career and start making things happen.
Dec 23, 2015 • 43min
PK 070: Update on starting a t-shirt business with Derek Rodenbeck.
Derek fills us in on what has happened with his new t-shirt business since the last time we talked with him and things are starting to turn around.
We cover an extremely important thing in this interview, which is why you need to meet your customers face to face, and why you need to select a niche that you are going after. As soon as Derek did this, everything changed.
Dec 16, 2015 • 42min
PK 069: How does a photographer see the world differently? Aaron Kupferman shares his experiences gained through a lifetime of love of photography.
This episode is a little different than the usual because we're covering photography here and there's so much that we can learn as artists by studying and understanding different mediums.
While listening to Aaron's story you'll also uncover some tips that you can use to improve your own art, as well as what makes the difference between good art and technically-good art.
Dec 9, 2015 • 32min
PK 068: This guide to buying tablets will help you understand which tablet is the right one for you.
Vicky Rubin from TabletsforArtists.com helps us to make sense of all the different tablets that are out there and why the age old wisdom of 'just buy a wacom' may no longer be the best advice depending on what your personal sitution is.
We go over a lot of different models here, so make sure to check out http://www.pencilkings.com/vicky-rubin to get all the deails on these models as well as a handy guide to buying tablets in 2015.
Dec 2, 2015 • 44min
PK 067: How to go from a job you hate to a creative job you love? Marco Plouffe explains how he took a leap of faith and found a rewarding career.
Sometimes you're stuck and you just need a big change, and the funny thing is that you can go from being stuck to being totally lit up in a very short time. That's what Marco did when he decided to leave his job, move to the city and go after his dream job to be a video game artist.
We'll dive into his past to see where his creative came from and look for clues along the way that you can use to spark your own career.
Nov 25, 2015 • 54min
PK 066: What exactly does a theme park artist do, and how do you balance personal projects with your day job? Hendrik Visser explains how theme park design works and why is so fulfilling.
Today we explore how artists create artwork for theme parks, and why theme park design is such an interesting challenging career.
We'll also cover how to make video games in your free time, and how to find a team of video game makers so that even if you're all alone at the moment you can find people to work with on exciting creative projects.
Nov 18, 2015 • 54min
PK 065: want to do even more with your art by printing your designs onto real objects? Dennis Brown lets us in on how he's prepping his printed works for a convention.
Where do you start if you want to start printing your work onto other surfaces to create things like tshirts, patches, buttons and stickers? We dive deep into the answers to these questions in this interview.
Nov 11, 2015 • 38min
PK 064: What does finding your voice as an artist really mean? Brendan Carroll explains how he found his way as a fine artist.
Finding your voice is one of the hardest things to do as an artist, and sometimes it's even harder to know when you're on the right track.
In this interview you'll learn what one artist did to find his voice by surrounding himself with other artists and continuing to work until he had something that he was ready to bring to the world.
