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Welcome! You’ve arrived at the latest and greatest art podcast! Art Condition will be interviewing industry experts, freelance professionals and serious hobbyists to discuss a wide variety of art related topics with a focus on the practice and the business of art, and how we can maintain mental health and well being in the face of all the challenges that artists must confront. Our hope is to expand the pool of resources and information for artists as well as inform (and entertain!) consumers and aficionados who may benefit from learning more about the inner workings of the art world and how much work it takes to make it work.
How do you become a working fine artist? Do you have to be Picasso to be successful? How do you break into the gallery world? How do you create revenue streams to supplement gallery sales? NFTs are all the rage now but can traditional art be connected to an NFT? How can traditional artists use NFTs? Will NFTs benefit traditional artists or hurt the art world?
Read MoreWhat does it really mean to “do what you love”? If you choose to leave a career of freelance for studio employment what are you sacrificing and what are you gaining? Whether you work for yourself or for a large studio, How can you equip yourself to negotiate confidently and be fairly compensated for your art?
Read MoreWhat are the options for fine artists outside of galleries? How can traditional artists find their niche and create self sustaining revenue streams? When we have a full schedule how do we balance family time and avoid burnout?
Read MoreThere is a HUGE variety of niches an artist can fall into in the world of visual development, promotional art and commercial illustration. How wide is the field? What are the broad categories that an artist can start exploring to find the right fit for themselves? What can help you decide on what field to go after? If you choose a path to follow how hard is it to change course?
Read MoreWhat is it like to be an artist in the publishing industry? How do you get into that field? How do you balance personal projects with client and contract work?
Read MoreThis is it, your crash course in marketing. For many artists, marketing is an utterly foreign and incomprehensible language. We are going to get it figured out!
Read MoreEverything you need to know for getting Patreon up and running while setting yourself up for maximum long term success
Read MoreA dozen different projects and don’t know which one you should focus on? How do you do them all? How being a “jack of all trades” can be more fulfilling than “master of on
Read MoreWhat is it like in the world of concept art? How do you get started and/or advance your career? We will talk to Mike, a senior artist in the Game dev industry and Peter a junior freelance artist trying to build his career
Our guests this week will be
Mike May
Mike May is an artist/illustrator who has contributed artwork to many printed media, including D&D magazines & books, & since 1996, has worked on 16 published video games, where he has worked as modeler, texture artist, animator, figure artist, UI artist, and is currently a concept artist on The Elder Scrolls Online, where he has worked for the past 13 years. Mike was the Keynote speaker for the Art Institute graduating ceremony in 2013, and recently did a live art demo for Quake Con At Home (Aug 2020).
https://www.twitch.tv/mikemayart
https://www.instagram.com/mikemayart/
https://www.artstation.com/thefeeb
Pater Lin
Peter is currently freelancing concept art, illustration, character design, creature design as well as building a new personal ip
https://www.artstation.com/peterlindesign
https://www.instagram.com/peterlindesign
https://www.twitter.com/peterlindesign
Other artists mentioned in the show:
https://www.artstation.com/natalia_stolarz
https://www.artstation.com/nimlot
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Tattooing, painting, saving the world
Upcoming Guests
I have been drawing and painting since the first time mullets were cool. Since then, I have built a successful, 25-year long career as a tattoo artist and freelance illustrator. In recent years I have taken my personal and professional experiences and applied them to teaching and mentoring others to build strong technical skills as well as useful business planning.
