Episodes
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The Truth About “Do What You Love” // Peter Lyon
Find Michael Hampton's content here: https://figuredrawing.info/products/d... You have to love the process more than the product to succeed as an artist. Putting yourself in the way of luck means showing up to do the tedious work. This talk explores how sweat equity and failure turn a hobby into…
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The Work Ethic That Built Wētā Workshop
Ultimate Sketching Course! https://www.proko.com/s/rMQf?af=706140 In this episode, I sit down with a master builder of high-fidelity collectibles to break down what it actually takes to create hard, complex creative work at scale. We talk about why discipline isn’t “anti-creative” — it’s how you...
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Career Advice from the Man Behind Lord of the Rings
Ultimate Sketching Course! https://www.proko.com/s/rMQf?af=706140 In this episode, I sit down with Richard Taylor, co-founder of Wētā Workshop, to talk about what it actually takes to build hard creative things at scale. We get into anxiety, self-doubt, and why those feelings never really go…
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Does Fan Art Actually Get You Hired? (TB Choi Explains)
Ultimate Sketching Course 20% presale ! https://www.proko.com/s/rMQf?af=706140 In this episode, I sit down with TB Choi, character concept artist and illustrator, to talk about why fan art is not a waste of time, and how most of her professional opportunities actually came from personal work she...
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The Creative Burnout No One Talks About
If you want to help me keep making these, you can support me here (thank you so much if you do ❤️): https://www.patreon.com/KristianNee And here’s my website with my courses and other stuff I’m working on: https://www.kristiannee.com Some courses I recommend if you’re looking to improve your art:...
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The Business Side of Art School You Never See
If you want to help me keep making these, you can support me here (thank you so much if you do ❤️): https://www.patreon.com/KristianNee And here’s my website with my courses and other stuff I’m working on: https://www.kristiannee.com Some courses I recommend if you’re looking to improve your art:...
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Why the Difficult Path is Always Worth It __ Slew
If you want to help me keep making these, you can support me here (thank you so much if you do ❤️): https://www.patreon.com/KristianNee And here’s my website with my courses and other stuff I’m working on: https://www.kristiannee.com Some courses I recommend if you’re looking to improve your art:...
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Why Technique Alone Won’t Make You a Great Artist __ Michael Hampton_2
If you want to help me keep making these, you can support me here (thank you so much if you do ❤️): https://www.patreon.com/KristianNee And here’s my website with my courses and other stuff I’m working on: https://www.kristiannee.com Some courses I recommend if you’re looking to improve your art:...
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Why Even Good Portfolios Get Ignored __ Alpay Efe
If you want to help me keep making these, you can support me here (thank you so much if you do ❤️): https://www.patreon.com/KristianNee And here’s my website with my courses and other stuff I’m working on: https://www.kristiannee.com Some courses I recommend if you’re looking to improve your art:...
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The Harsh Truth About Making It as a Comic Artist – Whilce Portacio Tells All
If you want to help me keep making these, you can support me here (thank you so much if you do ❤️): https://www.patreon.com/KristianNee And here’s my website with my courses and other stuff I’m working on: https://www.kristiannee.com Some courses I recommend if you’re looking to improve your art:...
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What Every Artist Needs to Hear (But Nobody Says) // Marshall Vandruff
If you want to help me keep making these, you can support me here (thank you so much if you do ❤️): https://www.patreon.com/KristianNee And here’s my website with my courses and other stuff I’m working on: https://www.kristiannee.com Learn from marshall: https://www.marshallart.com/HOME/ Some...
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Career Advice from Former Riot Art Director // Dan Norton
Gesture Lessons from me: https://kristiansknees.gumroad.com/l/gesture Mentorship: https://www.kristiannee.com/projects/mentorship Portrait painting in oil with Morgan Weistlin g https://www.proko.com/s/ruu4?af=706140 Introduction to Drawing by Ryan Benjamin https://www.proko.com/s/nkat?af=706140...
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Does Technical Skill Kill Creativity? // Jeff Watts
Learn Gesture Drawing https://kristiansknees.gumroad.com/l/gesture Mentorship: https://www.patreon.com/join/KristianNee Join my Discord: https://discord.com/invite/gRzTWbS2Bb Edited by Ash https://www.instagram.com/vital_ash/ #drawing #sketch #podcasts
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How do you know when you're good enough? - Morgan Weistling
Morgan Weistling is one of the best living painters around (in my opinion). He started his career doing movie posters, and then transitioned full time into western fine art. He displays work at some of the most prestigious galleries around the U.S. and sells paintings for upwards of $100,000 and...
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Creativity and Making it Work Practically - Sir Richard Taylor
Sir Richard Taylor is most well known for co-founding Wētā Workshop with his wife Tania Taylor. He has won dozens of awards, and has worked on some of the biggest film, TV and game projects. In this episode we talk about what he feels the most important attributes are for having a creative…
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Do you Need a Mentor to Be an Artist? - Patrick Ballesteros
Follow https://www.instagram.com/patrickballesteros/ Introduction to Figure Construction by Michael Hampton: https://www.proko.com/s/FLC2?af=706140 Introduction to Drawing by Ryan Benjamin https://www.proko.com/s/nkat?af=706140 Mentorship: https://www.kristiannee.com/projects/mentorship…
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How to become a PRO artist without Art School - Peter Han
Follow Peter https://www.instagram.com/peterhanstyle/ Mentorship: https://www.kristiannee.com/projects/mentorship Tutorials: Mini Course on Gesture Drawing: https://kristiansknees.gumroad.com/l/gesture Introduction to Figure Construction: https://www.proko.com/s/FLC2?af=706140 Introduction to...
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He made $25,000 in a month from a Gumroad tutorial - Ben Eblen
Ben Eblen is a software developer turned artist. He transitioned from programming as a day job to making a full time living as an artist and art teacher. He spent most of his 20's working in tech doing art on the side and building an instagram following. Over two years, Ben's following rocketed…
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This is the #1 Problem for Artists - Greg Broadmore
At Wētā Workshop in New Zealand, I talked with Greg Broadmore, a concept artist for District 9 and Avatar. Greg stressed beating self-doubt and finding a drawing rhythm. He shared how his graphic novel blends structure and intuition, sometimes using alcohol to beat creative blocks. Greg…
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Practical Living as a Freelancer - Sketchy Van Podcast #65 Jon Jags Nee
Jon is a visual effects artist, YouTuber, body builder and foodie. He's also my brother. He's worked with tons of big brands in the entertainment / hobby game space doing visual effects. In this episode we talk a bit about how he made his career sustainable financially, and emotionally. Follow…
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From film sets to drawing anime boys for a living - Sketchy Van Podcast #64 Bryce Kho
Follow Bryce https://www.instagram.com/brycekhodraws/ Bryce is an artist who makes most of his living off selling prints of his artwork at conventions. He started his career in film, working on sets for things like reality TV and commercials. While doing that he was drawing in his free time. Over...
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Finding a Job in Games - Sketchy Van Podcast #63 J Hill
Follow J: https://www.instagram.com/artofjhill/ https://www.youtube.com/@artofjhill J is 3d modeler and designer known for his work on Apex Legends, Back 4 Blood, and Evolve. In this episode we talk about how he got his start and the importance of finding what you care about as an artist....
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Independent comics and making it work - Sketchy Van Podcast #62 Daniel Warren Johnson
Mentorship: https://www.kristiannee.com/projects/... Dan's a comic book artist and writer known for (but not limited to) his creator owned comic books like Do a Power Bomb, Extremity, and his runs on comic books like and Marvel's Beta Ray Bill. Follow Dan: / @danielwarrenjohnson1 Follow me: /...
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How To Find Your Career as an Artist - Sketchy Van Podcast #61 Gary Villarreal (villarrte)
Mentorship: https://www.kristiannee.com/projects/... Gary's Drawing Course: https://villarrte.gumroad.com/l/Paths... Gary is an illustrator, fine artist, and concept artist known on instagram for his graphite sketches. In this episode we talk about his early successes and failures as an artist…
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The existential threat of AI art and why not to quit drawing - Sketchy Van Podcast #60 Steven Zapata
Mentorship: https://www.kristiannee.com/projects/... Steven Zapata is an artist, illustrator, and teacher known for his graphite pencil drawings. In this episode we talk about the existential consequences of AI art, and why art is important to do. Follow Steven: / @uc6xmtpctxnbw7pyonwsz1lq Follow...
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Finding Your Career As an Artist - Sketchy Van Podcast #59 Bryan Mark Taylor
Mentorship: https://www.kristiannee.com/projects/mentorship Free Procreate Sketch Brushes: https://kristiansknees.gumroad.com/ Bryan is a fine artist, illustrator, and art teacher known for his plein air and sci fi paintings. He is also the founder of an easel company called STRADA. In this…
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Career Advice from Proko’s Editor - Sketchy Van Podcast #58 Sean Ramsey
Mentorship: https://www.patreon.com/KristianNee Free Procreate Sketch Brushes: https://kristiansknees.gumroad.com/ Sean is an artist and YouTube video editor for Proko. He started getting his degree in History with aspirations of being a history teacher, and then switched degrees before…
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Self Care and Being an Artist - Sketchy Van Podcast #57 Steve Huston
Steve is a fine artist, illustrator, and art instructor known for his dynamic figurative work and his teaching. Steve has taught all over the world at some of the most prestigious schools and studios like Art Center and Disney Animation. He's also been able to make a living as a fine art oil...
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Living in the Wilderness of Montana - Sketchy Van Podcast #56 Gabby and Wade Holm
Gabbie and Wade holm are both hiking guides who live and work in West Glacier, Montana. For their job, they take people on multiple day backpacking trips through the wilderness of Montana. In their day to day, they have to deal with bears, extreme environmental / physical challenges, and the…
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Why You Don’t Need Art School - Sketchy Van Podcast #54 Jisu
Jisu is an artist, and illustrator known for her pop-art illustrations. I met her at New York Comic Con when I interviewed her for a Proko episode. In this episode, we talk about the importance of finding your own voice as an artist, and learning to stop letting other influence your work.
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Art Teacher’s Advice to students - Sketchy Van Podcast #53 Ben young
Ben Young is a fine artist, illustrator and instructor at the Watts Atelier. He began he career taking classes at the Watts and was invited to teach shortly after. Since then Ben has taught at the school and has been developing his career as a fine artist. In this episode we talk about how he got...
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Making A Business out of Art - Sketchy Van Podcast #52 Kehasuk
Kehasuk is an artist / illustrator known for his fan-art prints that he sells at conventions. How did Kehasuk go from sleeping in his car and sketching strangers to selling his fan-art prints at 60+ conventions a year? In this episode, the artist / illustrator shares his amazing journey of…
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Finding a Career as a Character Concept Artist - Sketchy Van Podcast #51 Ryan Pallett
Ryan is a character concept artist known for his 2d graphic figures. He's worked on projects like PUBG and Apex legends designing skins. In this episode we talk about finding your niche as an artist and how he made doing art professionally financially sustainable.
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Sketchy Van Podcast #50 - Rockentry and Sophia Chalks
Rock Entry (Oswaldo Zuniga) and SophiaChalks are rock climbers, influencers, climbing teachers and meme makers. I've been following them as I've taken up rock climbing as a hobby in the past year or so. I've been super inspired by their dedication to content creation and sharing their experiences...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #49 - Obese to Beast (John Glaude)
John is a fitness influencer, artist and streamer known for his weight loss journey. He gained popularity from his Youtube content where he outlined his journey to getting to a healthy weight. John has also appeared on TV shows like Ellen and Dr Phil to share his story and inspire others. In this...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #48 - Kaveh Taherian
Kaveh is an illustrator, comic book artist, podcaster, and movie dude. I met him at Wondercon in Anaheim while wondering around, and we bonded over our mutual love of Marshall Vandruff. In this episode we talk about his experience making an indie comic from scratch, working in films and what it's...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #47 - Alex Sinclair
Alex is a comic book colorist, fine artist, illustrator, and painter. He's worked with some of the legends of comic books like Jim Lee, and has influences a huge number of people through his art. In this episode we talk about his experiencing pursing art as a career, and how he's managed to keep…
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Sketchy Van Podcast #46 - Dom Lay
Dom is an illustrator, concept artist, and teacher. I've known Dom since my first classes in art school, and we've seen each other develop over the years. In this episode we talk about his feelings about success, and the purpose art serves in his life.
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Sketchy Van Podcast #45 - Steve Michael Hampton
Steve is a fine artist, illustrator and art teacher living in Southern California. He is known for his teaching and his book Figure Drawing, Design and Invention. I n this episode we talk about the futility of getting all of your meaning from art, the subjective nature of getting better, and why...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #44 - Rembert Montald
Rembert is a storyboard artist, animator, illustrator, fine artist and concept artist currently working at Riot games. He is known for his work on various League of Legends / Valorant related properties. In this episode we talk about his experience becoming an artist, doing things like moving to...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #43 - Ryan Benjamin
Ryan is a comic book artist, illustrator, and art teacher. He's has worked in video games, comics, and movies for companies like DC, Marvel, and Blizzard just to name a few. He began his career at Wildstorm comics in the 90's where Jim Lee mentored him to become the artist he is today. In this...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #42 - Flashgitz
Flashgitz is an animation duo who have been making cartoons for the past 15 years. Tom and Don began their careers at the age of 14 on Newgrounds.com where they collaborated making cartoons together. They stuck with it and have made a YouTube channel with 3 Million + subs. In this episode we talk...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #41 - Geek Climber
Geek Climber is a calisthenics and climbing YouTuber who has gained popularity through completing physical challenges as person of "average" physical health. In this episode we talk about his experience of building his Youtube channel, what his plans for the future are, why he does it, and where...
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Sketchy Van Podcast#40 - Devin Elle Kurtz
Devin is an artist, and illustrator. She began her career as an artist as a teenager and from there has worked for companies like Pixar, Marvel, and Disney just to name a few. She describes herself as the "beta" for what being an artist online was going to be like going viral at a young age. In...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #39 - Makenna Karp
Makenna is an illustrator, and fine artist currently attending the Watts Atelier. She's just beginning her career as an artist, but has taken several risks in order to make that happen. In this episode we talk about following signs from the universe, making your own decisions and how much it…
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Sketchy Van Podcast #38 - Jeff Watts
Jeff Watts is a fine artist based in Encinitas, California. He is known by most people who watch this channel as an art teacher and founder of the Watts Atelier. His school has had a profound effect on hundreds of artists I really admire. I attended the school for about 2 years, and there I…
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Sketchy Van Podcast #37 - Patrick Jones
Patrick Jones is an illustrator, educator, and fine artist living in Australia. Patrick is known for his beautiful fantasy illustration, and figure drawing skills. He began his career in advertising illustration, and transitioned into full time fine art. In this episode we talk about the…
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Sketchy Van Podcast #36 - Alvin Lee
Alvin is an illustrator, artist, art director, storyteller, educator and game developer. He is known for his work in entertaining working in comics, and video games for companies like Marvel, Riot, DC and Wildstorm to name a few. He's also incredibly nice, and down to earth. I'm a big fan of…
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Sketchy Van Podcast #35 - Stephen Silver
Stephen is an illustrator, character designer, educator, and cool guy. He's worked for big animation studios designing characters like Kim Possible, and Danny Phantom just to name a couple, been a mentor and educator to thousands of students online, and has traveled the world. In this episode we...
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Sketchy Van Podcast #34 - Mike Maxwell
Mike is a fine artist living in Southern California known for his surreal, dreamy style on subjects like human experience, themes of religion, and sex. You probably have seen the image he created for the cover of the Joe Rogan Podcast. In this episode we talk about what it means to find…
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I live full time in my Ram Promaster 1500 cargo van. While doing that I host a podcast around the United States talking to artists, athletes, and generally creative people.
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