65: Character Design, Caricature, and Embracing a Creative Mindset with Stephen Silver

Mike talks about his recent mushroom ink piece and shares a view into his pencil case. Mike is then joined by Stephen Silver to talk about the creative journey that has allowed him to work at Disney, Nickelodeon, and many others. Stephen shares what inspires him and how he arrived at the point of being an artist as well as a teacher. He talks about what he has learned as a teacher and he shares what we can learn from having a positive creative mindset. Large mushroom piece What’s in my pencil case Tom and Jerry The Flintstones Norman Rockwell Mort Drucker Jack Davis Al Hirschfeld Famous Artists School J. C. Leyendecker Silvertoons ArtStation Titmouse Clerks: The Animated Series The Weekenders Kim Possible Danny Phantom Cintiq (by Wacom) Workshop November 12-14, 2021 Wallace Wattles Gorilla Marketing (book) Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines (book) ===== How to reach Stephen Silver ===== Instagram (@stephensilver7) SilverDrawingAcademy.com Silvertoons.com YouTube ===== How to reach Mike Hendley ===== MikeHendley.com Instagram @Mike_Hendley Twitter @MikeHendley Show notes at DrawingInspiration.fm ===== Support the Podcast ===== Support "Drawing Connections" on Substack Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Share the podcast with friends and family Podcast theme music is “Acid Jazz” By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/