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3 Point Perspective: The Illustration Podcast — 315 episodes

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Danielle McGeough: Keys for a Generative Creative Life

2

How Your Personality Affects Your Art Career

3

Can You Stay Productive During Summer?

4

Sophie Blackall: Creating Community

5

Three Illustrators Shooting the Breeze

6

Philip and Erin Stead: Staying True to the Vision

7

Dynamic Comic Covers with Shawn Crystal

8

Gemma Correll: Using Art to Face Anxiety

9

Honor the Craft: An Interview with Alan Barillaro

10

When to Pivot

11

The Infinite Feedback Loop

12

Let’s Talk About Studio Setups

13

How Can I Compete?

14

What Books Actually Sell?

15

Cracking the Creativity Code

16

Art Is the Easy Part: Why You Struggle with Business

17

You Need to Get out of the House

18

Raissa Figueroa: Turning Serendipity into a Prolific Career

19

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

20

Mind-Shifting Marketing Ideas for Your Art Business

21

We Went to SCBWI: Here’s How it Went

22

Claudia Rueda: Entering the Child’s World

23

The One Where Lee’s Friends Thought He Died

24

Creative Seasons

25

Too Many Ideas, Not Enough Time

26

Can Artists Use AI Productively?

27

The Best Picture Books of 2025

28

Can Chronic Illness Kill Your Art Career?

29

Why You Should Meet Your Heroes

30

The Top Five Questions Artists Ask Pros

31

Destination: Inspiration

32

How Much I Made at NYCC

33

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

34

Do What Scares You

35

We Talk to a Caldecott Winner

36

6 Things Pros Embrace That Amateurs Fear

37

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

38

The Hidden Mistakes Killing Your Illustration Progress

39

Illustrators React to Google's Storybook AI

40

Reinvent Your Art in Four Months

41

Rediscovering the Joy of Creating

42

Illustrators: Allow Yourself to Play!

43

Make Art for Your Audience, Not for Approval

44

Illustrators: Don’t Sleep on Branding!

45

Help! I Have Too Many Ideas!

46

Best of 3PP: Am I Ready?

47

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

48

Bad Art Advice

49

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

50

Why You Need a Mentor and How to Get One

51

The Hidden Cost of Being Too Precious with Your Art

52

Getting Ahead Despite AI

53

All About Online Shops

54

What is a Starred Review and Why Does It Matter?

55

Saying Goodbye to Will Terry

56

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

57

My Coworker Used AI Art in Her Children’s Book

58

Am I Wasting My Time?

59

Is It Time to Go All In?

60

Will They Steal My Idea?

61

Breaking into Comics in 2025 with Shawn Crystal

62

The Nine Lives of Art

63

James Gurney: Life is an Adventure

64

Painting vs. Parenting

65

Follow Your Passion (Project)

66

Sell a Story, Not a Product

67

How Can I Slow Down?

68

Will This Contract Rip Me Off?

69

Love, Money, and Art

70

How Mistakes Make You a Better Artist

71

Art Career Expectations vs. Reality

72

All About Agents

73

How Can I Survive the Hard Parts?

74

Year in Review: 2024 Edition

75

The Creative Misogi

76

How Can I Overcome My Fears?

77

What’s Your Illustration Level?

78

Should I Make a Christmas Book?

79

Tactile World-Building with Samantha Cotterill

80

Am I A Business Or An Artist?

81

What’s Wrong with My Portfolio?

82

Illustration Ah-Ha Moments

83

How Do I Create a Joyful Career in Illustration?

84

Am I Too Young to Start?

85

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

86

Maintaining Positive Momentum: Interview with Robb Mommaerts

87

How Do I Grow My Network?

88

How Do I Hire an Illustrator?

89

Should I Compete?

90

Do I Have to Pick One Style?

91

Am I Too Old for Illustration?

92

How Do I Stop Procrastinating and Start Drawing?

93

Why You SHOULDN’T Self-Publish

94

How Do I Overcome Comparison?

95

11 Questions to Ask Your Art Director

96

A Career in Comics with Sanford Greene

97

Is Your Mindset Holding You Back?

98

What Has Failure Taught You?

99

AI is NOT Your Enemy

100

Is Going Pro Worth It?

101

Is My Work Ready for Market?

102

When Can I Make What I Want to Make?

103

Should You Join The Exodus To Cara?

104

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

105

The Key To A Successful Art Career with Simona Ceccarelli

106

How To Get Your Art Noticed By Agents

107

Starting Illustration Late with Eric Castleman

108

Am I Ready for Patreon?

109

Saying Yes To Illustration with Karen Schipperr

110

Can I Be More Productive in Less Time?

111

Should I Quit My Day Job?

112

Seasons of Creativity with Samantha Cotterill

113

200 Episode Celebration! ⭐ LIVE Q&A ⭐

114

200 Episodes!

115

The Intentional Art Career

116

Risking It All For Art with Joe Sutphin

117

How To Do Murals with Brandt Woods

118

How Do I Tell Good Stories?

119

Is Social Media That Important?

120

Bringing Joy and Vision to Your Work with Lisa Bardot

121

Why You Should Ask for a Critique

122

Think Like A Business Owner

123

Can I Delete My Social Media?

124

How Do I Grow My Email List?

125

Is My Idea Worth Pursuing?

126

Prioritize Your Art in 2024

127

The Best Advice We Got All Year

128

Inappropriate Children's Books

129

The Year In Review

130

The Most Common Art Mistakes

131

How To Be Productive with Ryan Claytor

132

What Should I Sell?

133

Cons and Conferences: What To Know Before You Go

134

Starving the Content Machine

135

The Human Touch

136

Help! My Client Never Paid!

137

What If You Could Go Back In Time?

138

10 Sins of Art School

139

Stop Practicing Start Making

140

From Sketch To Final

141

*PATREON CLIP* How To Annihilate Artistic Imposter Syndrome

142

Art and Comedy with Doogie Horner

143

Am I In The Right Illustration Field?

144

How To Be Prolific with Benji Davies

145

Making Money Online as an Illustrator

146

Should I Quit My Day Job for Art?

147

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

148

Finding Inspiration with Benjamin Schipper

149

AI Can Never Be Original

150

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

151

Artistic Resilience with Nathan Fowkes

152

Not All Practice Is Created Equal

153

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

154

The Problem With Preachy Art

155

The Comics Industry with Tony Cliff

156

Can I Use AI For My Art?

157

*TEASER* Are School Visits Worth My Time?

158

*TEASER* How Do I Finish Faster?

159

Sacrificing for Art with KeshArt

160

All About Self Publishing

161

*TEASER* The Advice We Wish We Had

162

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

163

Youtuber Illustrator Masterclass with Kelsey Rodriguez

164

How Do I Refine My Portfolio?

165

Is My Portfolio Too Focused?

166

How Do I Raise My Rates?

167

Drawing History with John Hendrix

168

Marketing 101 for Artists

169

How To Build A Fanbase

170

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

171

Pop Culture Mastery with Jason Edmiston

172

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

173

The Year In Review

174

3PP BONUS | Pickleball Fights, Avatar 2, Andor

175

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

176

*Teaser* Focusing Your Portfolio

177

Mastering Your Career with Travis Hanson

178

Is My Art Director Doing This Right?

179

*TEASER* The Life of an Artist Entrepreneur

180

From Corporate America to Making Art with Anthony Wheeler

181

*TEASER* How To AI-Proof Your Art

182

What If Freelance Isn't For Me?

183

*TEASER* Putting Passion Projects First

184

Everything About Agents with Kelly Sonnack

185

*TEASER* Should I Drop My Agent?

186

What Kind Of Dummy Should I Be Taken For?

187

Directing Animated Films with Brandon Jeffords

188

Where Do I Fit? Advice For 40 Year Olds

189

Will AI Art Kill Artist's Careers?

190

Deep Dive: 1000 True Fans, Myths and Realities

191

Breaking In To Animation With Stephen Silver

192

The Illustration Checklist

193

Kyle Webster: The Accidental Expert

194

Teaser: How Kyle Webster Started at Adobe

195

How Do I Get To The Next Level?

196

Art of Caricature with Tom Richmond

197

Are Caricatures Considered Real Art?

198

Art of Lettering with Mel Cerri

199

Are Illustration Job Websites Worth the Money?

200

The World of Science Illustration with Mesa Schumacher

201

Staying in Your Lane

202

Michael C Clements: The Adaptive Illustrator

203

How To Stay On Track

204

Kazu Kibuishi - The Unstoppable Illustrator

205

Games, TV, or Movies? Where Your Story Fits

206

Samantha Cotterill - The Focused Illustrator

207

No More Skull Tattoos!

208

How to Negotiate

209

Amy Kibuishi - The Patient Illustrator

210

Should You Change Your Name?

211

Where Do You Fit In The Picture Book Landscape?

212

Vesper Stamper - The Resilient Illustrator

213

Kill The Algorithm

214

Catia Chien - The Intuitive Illustrator

215

⭐️ EPISODE 100 ⭐️

216

Larry MacDougall - The Persistent Illustrator

217

Is Ugly Art Actually Good?

218

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

219

Cam Kendell: The Balanced Illustrator

220

When Should You Abandon A Project?

221

Rebecca Green: The Deliberate Illustrator

222

How Do I Find Time To Do The Art?

223

What's the Point...alism?

224

The Future of Self Publishing

225

Do You Need To Have Talent?

226

Should I Teach?

227

How to STAY in the Biz

228

Watch Out For These Art Scams!

229

How To Deal With Fear Of Success

230

Fanart in a Portfolio!?

231

The Style Conundrum

232

Do I Need To Go Digital?

233

The Dangers of Inspiration

234

Storytelling and Marketing Your Book

235

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

236

How To Turn Down A Project

237

To NFT Or Not To NFT

238

How Do I Deal With Constant Failure?

239

Should I Copyright My Work?

240

Working With Kids At Home

241

Does It Matter Where I Live?

242

5 Important Steps to Becoming A Full Time Artist

243

Am I On The Right Path?

244

Building A Team

245

When Should You Abandon A Project?

246

Are There Shortcuts To Making Great Art?

247

Should You Work With A Small Publisher?

248

Slowing It Down

249

Burnout

250

Finding a Mentor

251

How To Do Inktober

252

Contracts vs. Reality

253

How To Launch Your Kickstarter Like A Rocket

254

Roadblocks To Finishing Your Projects

255

Why Am I Not Winning Art Contests?

256

What To Do After College

257

What To Do When You're Between Jobs

258

Heck Yes! Or it's a NO!

259

Dreaming Big

260

Books Every Illustrator Should Read

261

Risky Business

262

10 Mistakes Beginner Illustrators Make

263

How to Navigate Your First Illustration Jobs

264

How We Actually Make The Art

265

10 Lessons from Starting SVSLearn

266

Websites and Online Portfolios

267

How to Evaluate your Art Foundation

268

How to Launch a Book

269

What Are You Working on This Year?

270

Difficulties of Being an Illustrator

271

The Year in Review

272

Agents and Reps

273

Cultivating Creativity

274

The Best Illustration Assignments

275

Illustration Horror Stories

276

Starting an Online Shop

277

Listener Questions

278

Creating a Great Concept For Your Illustration

279

The Style Episode

280

Transitioning to a Career in Art

281

When Did You Know You Would Make It?

282

How to Social Media

283

How to Change

284

Pricing Your Work

285

Post Graduate Advice

286

Building A Strong Portfolio

287

How to Convey a Message or Story With Your Art

288

Work / Life Balance

289

How to Become a Better Children's Book Artist

290

How to Make an Impact With Your Art

291

Roadblocks to Success

292

How to Be the Best Art Student

293

Tools of the Trade

294

Successfully Failing

295

A Year's Worth of Lessons

296

The Stories We Tell

297

The Life Cycle of a Children's Book

298

How to Work with Art Directors

299

10 Skills Every Illustrator Must Have

300

Why You Should Do an Art Challenge

301

Comic Cons & Art Fairs

302

The Caldecott

303

A Day in The Life of An Illustrator

304

Networking for Artists

305

Critiques

306

How Much Will You Make in Illustration?

307

Your Creative Bank Account

308

10 Reasons I Won't Illustrate Your Childrens Book

309

Listener Q&A

310

Should You Do Fanart?

311

Our Most Embarrassing Stories in Illustration

312

Ship Happens

313

Am I Too Old to Get Started?

314

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

315

Introducing 3 Point Perspective