The 50th Episode

This is our 50th Episode! To celebrate, Giuseppe Castellano compiled short highlights from each guest. Through 49 episodes, illustrators, agents, art directors, and others talked about starting an illustration career, launching an art agency, understanding the history of children‘s publishing, living with depression, finding one’s artistic style, fighting in World War II, and… starting a podcast.Our first 47 guests (two of them were double episodes) were (in order): Kelly Light, Yuko Shimizu, Mohamed Danawi, Erin Hunting, Lisa Brown, Ben Zhu, Stephen Kroninger, Krystal Lauk, Mark Mills, Jim Hoover, Leila Sales, Jess Brallier, Floyd Cooper, Jon Cockley, Leonard Marcus, Emily Keyes, Peter Jaszi, Leo Espinosa, Javaka Steptoe, David Goldman, Olimpia Zagnoli, Kayla Wasil, Will Terry, Barry Blitt, Francesca Gambatesa, Jean Dahlgren, Meghan McCarthy, Kelly Murphy, Betsy Lewin, Peter Glassman, Kevin Eastman, Jay Cooper, Zina Saunders, Kelly Delaney, Chad Reynolds, Betsy Peterschmidt, Stephanie Plunkett, Seymour Chwast, Charles Santoso, Gabriel Alborozo, Pamela Zagarenski, Betsy Bird, Anna Goodson, Steve Simpson, Dave McKean, Ashley Bryan, and Ania Marcos.Giuseppe wrote a blog post about the top 10 things he learned after producing 35 podcast episodes. You can read it on his website, here. If you find value in this podcast, consider becoming a paid subscriber on Substack, or a supporter on Patreon. On either platform, you will gain access to bonus episodes we call “Extra Credit”—among other perks and benefits. | Visit illustrationdept.com for offerings like mentorships and portfolio reviews, testimonials, our alumni showcase, and more. | Music for the podcast was created by Oatmello. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.