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3 Point Perspective: The Illustration Podcast — 307 episodes

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1

Honor the Craft: An Interview with Alan Barillaro

2

When to Pivot

3

The Infinite Feedback Loop

4

Let’s Talk About Studio Setups

5

How Can I Compete?

6

What Books Actually Sell?

7

Cracking the Creativity Code

8

Art Is the Easy Part: Why You Struggle with Business

9

You Need to Get out of the House

10

Raissa Figueroa: Turning Serendipity into a Prolific Career

11

Are You a Puddle-Jumper or a Train-Tracker?

12

Mind-Shifting Marketing Ideas for Your Art Business

13

We Went to SCBWI: Here’s How it Went

14

Claudia Rueda: Entering the Child’s World

15

The One Where Lee’s Friends Thought He Died

16

Creative Seasons

17

Too Many Ideas, Not Enough Time

18

Can Artists Use AI Productively?

19

The Best Picture Books of 2025

20

Can Chronic Illness Kill Your Art Career?

21

Why You Should Meet Your Heroes

22

The Top Five Questions Artists Ask Pros

23

Destination: Inspiration

24

How Much I Made at NYCC

25

How to Make Your Portfolio So Good It Can't Be Ignored

26

Do What Scares You

27

We Talk to a Caldecott Winner

28

6 Things Pros Embrace That Amateurs Fear

29

The 6 Business Skills Every Artist Needs (That Art School Never Taught)

30

The Hidden Mistakes Killing Your Illustration Progress

31

Illustrators React to Google's Storybook AI

32

Reinvent Your Art in Four Months

33

Rediscovering the Joy of Creating

34

Illustrators: Allow Yourself to Play!

35

Make Art for Your Audience, Not for Approval

36

Illustrators: Don’t Sleep on Branding!

37

Help! I Have Too Many Ideas!

38

Best of 3PP: Am I Ready?

39

How to Succeed at Art Fairs (and Who Should Avoid Them)

40

Bad Art Advice

41

Why Most Artists Stay Broke (and How to Escape It)

42

Why You Need a Mentor and How to Get One

43

The Hidden Cost of Being Too Precious with Your Art

44

Getting Ahead Despite AI

45

All About Online Shops

46

What is a Starred Review and Why Does It Matter?

47

Saying Goodbye to Will Terry

48

Do You Find Your Art Style, or Does It Find You?

49

My Coworker Used AI Art in Her Children’s Book

50

Am I Wasting My Time?

51

Is It Time to Go All In?

52

Will They Steal My Idea?

53

Breaking into Comics in 2025 with Shawn Crystal

54

The Nine Lives of Art

55

James Gurney: Life is an Adventure

56

Painting vs. Parenting

57

Follow Your Passion (Project)

58

Sell a Story, Not a Product

59

How Can I Slow Down?

60

Will This Contract Rip Me Off?

61

Love, Money, and Art

62

How Mistakes Make You a Better Artist

63

Art Career Expectations vs. Reality

64

All About Agents

65

How Can I Survive the Hard Parts?

66

Year in Review: 2024 Edition

67

The Creative Misogi

68

How Can I Overcome My Fears?

69

What’s Your Illustration Level?

70

Should I Make a Christmas Book?

71

Tactile World-Building with Samantha Cotterill

72

Am I A Business Or An Artist?

73

What’s Wrong with My Portfolio?

74

Illustration Ah-Ha Moments

75

How Do I Create a Joyful Career in Illustration?

76

Am I Too Young to Start?

77

How Can I Be Productive as a Neuro-Divergent Person?

78

Maintaining Positive Momentum: Interview with Robb Mommaerts

79

How Do I Grow My Network?

80

How Do I Hire an Illustrator?

81

Should I Compete?

82

Do I Have to Pick One Style?

83

Am I Too Old for Illustration?

84

How Do I Stop Procrastinating and Start Drawing?

85

Why You SHOULDN’T Self-Publish

86

How Do I Overcome Comparison?

87

11 Questions to Ask Your Art Director

88

A Career in Comics with Sanford Greene

89

Is Your Mindset Holding You Back?

90

What Has Failure Taught You?

91

AI is NOT Your Enemy

92

Is Going Pro Worth It?

93

Is My Work Ready for Market?

94

When Can I Make What I Want to Make?

95

Should You Join The Exodus To Cara?

96

I’m Doing Everything Right, Why Can’t I Get Ahead?

97

The Key To A Successful Art Career with Simona Ceccarelli

98

How To Get Your Art Noticed By Agents

99

Starting Illustration Late with Eric Castleman

100

Am I Ready for Patreon?

101

Saying Yes To Illustration with Karen Schipperr

102

Can I Be More Productive in Less Time?

103

Should I Quit My Day Job?

104

Seasons of Creativity with Samantha Cotterill

105

200 Episode Celebration! ⭐ LIVE Q&A ⭐

106

200 Episodes!

107

The Intentional Art Career

108

Risking It All For Art with Joe Sutphin

109

How To Do Murals with Brandt Woods

110

How Do I Tell Good Stories?

111

Is Social Media That Important?

112

Bringing Joy and Vision to Your Work with Lisa Bardot

113

Why You Should Ask for a Critique

114

Think Like A Business Owner

115

Can I Delete My Social Media?

116

How Do I Grow My Email List?

117

Is My Idea Worth Pursuing?

118

Prioritize Your Art in 2024

119

The Best Advice We Got All Year

120

Inappropriate Children's Books

121

The Year In Review

122

The Most Common Art Mistakes

123

How To Be Productive with Ryan Claytor

124

What Should I Sell?

125

Cons and Conferences: What To Know Before You Go

126

Starving the Content Machine

127

The Human Touch

128

Help! My Client Never Paid!

129

What If You Could Go Back In Time?

130

10 Sins of Art School

131

Stop Practicing Start Making

132

From Sketch To Final

133

*PATREON CLIP* How To Annihilate Artistic Imposter Syndrome

134

Art and Comedy with Doogie Horner

135

Am I In The Right Illustration Field?

136

How To Be Prolific with Benji Davies

137

Making Money Online as an Illustrator

138

Should I Quit My Day Job for Art?

139

Can I Make Money As An Illustrator? (PATREON FREEBIE)

140

Finding Inspiration with Benjamin Schipper

141

AI Can Never Be Original

142

How Do I Fire My Agent? ft. Anthony Wheeler *TEASER*

143

Artistic Resilience with Nathan Fowkes

144

Not All Practice Is Created Equal

145

*TEASER* Adobe Firefly Won't Take Your Job... Yet

146

The Problem With Preachy Art

147

The Comics Industry with Tony Cliff

148

Can I Use AI For My Art?

149

*TEASER* Are School Visits Worth My Time?

150

*TEASER* How Do I Finish Faster?

151

Sacrificing for Art with KeshArt

152

All About Self Publishing

153

*TEASER* The Advice We Wish We Had

154

*TEASER* Do I Need To Learn Traditional Art Techniques First?

155

Youtuber Illustrator Masterclass with Kelsey Rodriguez

156

How Do I Refine My Portfolio?

157

Is My Portfolio Too Focused?

158

How Do I Raise My Rates?

159

Drawing History with John Hendrix

160

Marketing 101 for Artists

161

How To Build A Fanbase

162

*TEASER* I'm Slow At Art, Help!

163

Pop Culture Mastery with Jason Edmiston

164

I Struggle With Medical Problems, Can I Still Make It As A Pro?

165

The Year In Review

166

3PP BONUS | Pickleball Fights, Avatar 2, Andor

167

MFA's Are A Bad Idea, And Here's Why

168

*Teaser* Focusing Your Portfolio

169

Mastering Your Career with Travis Hanson

170

Is My Art Director Doing This Right?

171

*TEASER* The Life of an Artist Entrepreneur

172

From Corporate America to Making Art with Anthony Wheeler

173

*TEASER* How To AI-Proof Your Art

174

What If Freelance Isn't For Me?

175

*TEASER* Putting Passion Projects First

176

Everything About Agents with Kelly Sonnack

177

*TEASER* Should I Drop My Agent?

178

What Kind Of Dummy Should I Be Taken For?

179

Directing Animated Films with Brandon Jeffords

180

Where Do I Fit? Advice For 40 Year Olds

181

Will AI Art Kill Artist's Careers?

182

Deep Dive: 1000 True Fans, Myths and Realities

183

Breaking In To Animation With Stephen Silver

184

The Illustration Checklist

185

Kyle Webster: The Accidental Expert

186

Teaser: How Kyle Webster Started at Adobe

187

How Do I Get To The Next Level?

188

Art of Caricature with Tom Richmond

189

Are Caricatures Considered Real Art?

190

Art of Lettering with Mel Cerri

191

Are Illustration Job Websites Worth the Money?

192

The World of Science Illustration with Mesa Schumacher

193

Staying in Your Lane

194

Michael C Clements: The Adaptive Illustrator

195

How To Stay On Track

196

Kazu Kibuishi - The Unstoppable Illustrator

197

Games, TV, or Movies? Where Your Story Fits

198

Samantha Cotterill - The Focused Illustrator

199

No More Skull Tattoos!

200

How to Negotiate

201

Amy Kibuishi - The Patient Illustrator

202

Should You Change Your Name?

203

Where Do You Fit In The Picture Book Landscape?

204

Vesper Stamper - The Resilient Illustrator

205

Kill The Algorithm

206

Catia Chien - The Intuitive Illustrator

207

⭐️ EPISODE 100 ⭐️

208

Larry MacDougall - The Persistent Illustrator

209

Is Ugly Art Actually Good?

210

To Ado-be, Or Not To Ado-Be?

211

Cam Kendell: The Balanced Illustrator

212

When Should You Abandon A Project?

213

Rebecca Green: The Deliberate Illustrator

214

How Do I Find Time To Do The Art?

215

What's the Point...alism?

216

The Future of Self Publishing

217

Do You Need To Have Talent?

218

Should I Teach?

219

How to STAY in the Biz

220

Watch Out For These Art Scams!

221

How To Deal With Fear Of Success

222

Fanart in a Portfolio!?

223

The Style Conundrum

224

Do I Need To Go Digital?

225

The Dangers of Inspiration

226

Storytelling and Marketing Your Book

227

How Do I Finish My Children’s Book in 2 ½ Months?

228

How To Turn Down A Project

229

To NFT Or Not To NFT

230

How Do I Deal With Constant Failure?

231

Should I Copyright My Work?

232

Working With Kids At Home

233

Does It Matter Where I Live?

234

5 Important Steps to Becoming A Full Time Artist

235

Am I On The Right Path?

236

Building A Team

237

When Should You Abandon A Project?

238

Are There Shortcuts To Making Great Art?

239

Should You Work With A Small Publisher?

240

Slowing It Down

241

Burnout

242

Finding a Mentor

243

How To Do Inktober

244

Contracts vs. Reality

245

How To Launch Your Kickstarter Like A Rocket

246

Roadblocks To Finishing Your Projects

247

Why Am I Not Winning Art Contests?

248

What To Do After College

249

What To Do When You're Between Jobs

250

Heck Yes! Or it's a NO!

251

Dreaming Big

252

Books Every Illustrator Should Read

253

Risky Business

254

10 Mistakes Beginner Illustrators Make

255

How to Navigate Your First Illustration Jobs

256

How We Actually Make The Art

257

10 Lessons from Starting SVSLearn

258

Websites and Online Portfolios

259

How to Evaluate your Art Foundation

260

How to Launch a Book

261

What Are You Working on This Year?

262

Difficulties of Being an Illustrator

263

The Year in Review

264

Agents and Reps

265

Cultivating Creativity

266

The Best Illustration Assignments

267

Illustration Horror Stories

268

Starting an Online Shop

269

Listener Questions

270

Creating a Great Concept For Your Illustration

271

The Style Episode

272

Transitioning to a Career in Art

273

When Did You Know You Would Make It?

274

How to Social Media

275

How to Change

276

Pricing Your Work

277

Post Graduate Advice

278

Building A Strong Portfolio

279

How to Convey a Message or Story With Your Art

280

Work / Life Balance

281

How to Become a Better Children's Book Artist

282

How to Make an Impact With Your Art

283

Roadblocks to Success

284

How to Be the Best Art Student

285

Tools of the Trade

286

Successfully Failing

287

A Year's Worth of Lessons

288

The Stories We Tell

289

The Life Cycle of a Children's Book

290

How to Work with Art Directors

291

10 Skills Every Illustrator Must Have

292

Why You Should Do an Art Challenge

293

Comic Cons & Art Fairs

294

The Caldecott

295

A Day in The Life of An Illustrator

296

Networking for Artists

297

Critiques

298

How Much Will You Make in Illustration?

299

Your Creative Bank Account

300

10 Reasons I Won't Illustrate Your Childrens Book

301

Listener Q&A

302

Should You Do Fanart?

303

Our Most Embarrassing Stories in Illustration

304

Ship Happens

305

Am I Too Old to Get Started?

306

My Art is Great, Why Won't Anyone Hire Me?

307

Introducing 3 Point Perspective