THE BEST OF ADVENTURES OF DESIGN
Voted by the listeners, guests and creators of the show, these episodes represent the best of Adventures In Design.
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Best of Adventures In Design Podcast Episodes Picked By Painter & Illustrator Jason Edmiston.
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ABOUT JASON EDMISTON
A commercial illustrator since 1996, Jason has created work for advertising, editorial, packaging and book publishing clients internationally. He is a traditional artist, painting in acrylic on watercolour paper or wood panel. His style ranges from realism to exaggeration, usually emphasizing the figure, and a certain degree of humour or caricature. Jason is often asked to emulate a specific genre of illustration, such as movie posters, pulp covers or retro style advertising. His fondness for pop culture, especially movies and toys often creep into his work.
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DKNG recently spent a year and a half, 500+ hours and over $20,000 creating "Icon" an art show comprised of 50 pieces featuring iconic places and things from some of your favorite movies and TV shows of all time. Hear the story of how DKNG decided to spend more money than they were making and turn clients away to stay focused on a project that they wanted to make for themselves. This episode will give you a very honest look into the struggle of putting life on pause, to play out your dreams.
Todd Slater joins AID-AM and talks about his 10+ year career as a graphic designer turned illustrator and shares his insight on how this transformation slowly evolved. Todd and Mark review his 300+ posters on Gigposters.com and break down the different chapters in his stunning art career and document the steps to becoming one of the best known names in modern poster design.
Oakland’s very own Mike Sutfin allows us to visit is designer dungeon where we talk to him about oil painting, toy design and his personal projects that he hopes to birth through the new collective of artists and designers he joined known as the VACVVM.
We check back in with Garry Booth of the Phone Booth Gallery about his recent trip to Miami for Art Basel 2014 where his gallery showed for the first time at Scope.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 96
• Garry Booth shares with us details on the Phone Booth Gallery’s first showing at Scope during Art Basel 2014.
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• We learn what emerging galleries look for when picking artists to work with and how much work you need to be able present to get the gig.
• “Gallery consignment” versus actually being represented by a gallery.
• Debating doing fine art under your actual name or choosing a moniker.
• How trends develop in art.
• Getting out of the shadows of your heroes and creating your own ideas and style.
Tom Whalen is a illustrator with a career focus on movie posters and a design style focused on strong compositions.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 123
• We recap Tom’s super impressive 2014.
• Working in info graphics.
• What makes for a good gig poster theme.
• Living for design.
• Knowing when it’s time to leave your job and go full time freelance.
• The low tide of cash flow.
• Starting projects over or making peace with your current execution.
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• We ask Tom to share with us how he creates such stunning compositions.
• The biggest lessons learned from year one in freelancing.
• Working with several clients and yourself in similar arenas.
• Being a blue collar creative.
BEST OF ADVENTURES IN DESIGN PODCAST EPISODES PICKED BY PRINT MAKER & ILLUSTRATOR Derrick castle.
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About Derrick Castle
of Straw Castle
For years, Derrick has been developing his own unique vision in the design community, experimenting with a variety of methods for creating reproducible art and design. His favorite, he found, is block printing, a primitive form of relief printing where an image is hand-carved into a material such as wood or linoleum, then coated with a thin layer of ink, and pressed to paper stock or textiles to create the relief print.
“The hand-crafted nature of block printing, with all its imperfections, gives each print so much character,” says Derrick. “People want products created by artisans, not cheap, mass-produced designs. The booming popularity of the craft beer and distilling movement as well as local crafts and artists prove that people are drawn to products made with passion and care. That’s why I believe my style of design resonates with people.”
These are episodes hand picked by Derrick Castle a fellow member of the Circle of Trust.
Designer Tyler Deeb has an amazing story to tell you about how he turned a lack of freelance work into a life changing event. Tyler puts the same amount of effort into his business practices as he does into the artwork and products that his company Misc. Goods Co. produces and that's saying a lot because his artwork is flawless and beyond well thought out.
David Cook aka BONETHROWER is a illustrator based in Los Angeles who loves to use repetition as way to problem solve the puzzle pieces in his mind. Influenced by skateboarding, punk rock and psychedelic imagery, BONETHROWER proficiently creates hand drawn illustrations ranging from the obscene to the downright disturbing. He shares with us how being colorblind helped create his unique color pallet and really tries to explain how he sees his artwork as problem solving.
Justin Kamerer of Angryblue.
PICKED THESE EPISODES AS SOME OF HIS FAVORITES
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Strawberryluna is a husband and wife illustration and printmaking team from Pittsburgh, PA. A year ago this December, "Life Happened" to the couple who had always put their life’s passion, their work, first. Suddenly, the business that they had devoted themselves to, would be placed on the back burner, so they could spend nearly a year dealing with something many of us will encounter one day - a sick parent. But for them, it was times two! Hear how Strawberryluna made it through an overwhelming last year to return back to work with a new outlook on life and career.
Brian Ewing talks about how being a professional artist isn’t always about drawing well but sometimes about presenting yourself well and how at times he saw his rock posters as giant business cards. Mark and Brian bond over how shit going wrong can make you realize how to make it all go right and talk about how a little bit of being bullied may be good for the soul in the long run.
Biggie is the manager of many popular loud rock bands such as Terrier, Every Time I Die and Circa Survive. He is also co-owner of Good Fight Entertainment a music management company steering the careers of over 40+ notable bands.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 126
• Making great decisions when you’re young and how those decisions can change your life.
• Learning the world of rock n roll on the road.
• How good managers earn their keep and pay for themselves in the long run.
• Delegating what you’re not good at to others.
• Working on percentages, owning some of the action and sharing the action is key to good work relationships.
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• Biggie shares his tips on productivity. Which includes no text messages on his phone and a empty inbox in mail.
• Being honest while negotiating and creating long term partnerships.
• Why there is little to no money in merchandise design.
• How to realize your means and how to live within them.
• Happy wife, happy life. Picking a great partner in life is one of the fist steps to success.
Connie Collingsworth of Print Mafia
picked thesE episodes as some of her favorites.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 93
• Making your career part of your identity as person.
• Debating the difference between ticketed crafting events versus free events.
• Reliving the biggest assholes we’ve ever met doing live events.
• Tips on blowing off jerks in your booth.
• Picking the proper events for your brand.
• Opinions on the ABC show Nashville.
• Discuss what makes a good Black Friday sale.
• Adding “added value” when a sale isn’t appropriate.
• The life cycle of project and your relationships with others.
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• Derrick Castle explains the method of woodblock printing and how to make an affordable setup to start making prints at home with minimal costs or space needed.
• Tips on using house paint as your medium.
• The benefits of playing transparent base.
Episode 109 - Nate Duval “Domination In Innovation”
Nate Duval joins us to talk about all things in the world that a little bit of better design could easily fix.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 109
• Strategies on promoting products on Social Media.
• Are business cards dead?
• What’s the end goal for making a product line and is there a way to make 4 times the amount of annual income?
• The efficient way to use print on demand.
• How Facebook could be better.
• How to treat yourself guilt free to the finer things in life.
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• Working ahead of the schedule, how to project your efforts.
• Thinking about the consumer no matter if it’s personal or client work.
• Tips and tricks on good home town pride branding.
• Knowing how to speak the language of design.
• Raising your children around the arts.
Episode 113 - Jay Shaw “Handsome Guys”
Jay Shaw is a graphic designer who works for Mondo as their in-house lead designer and has created several successful movie posters.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 112
• The greatest first design job story ever.
• How going to college for a fine art degree basically did little to no good for Jay’s design career.
• Jay explains how he found the new movement in movie posters and how he bootlegged his way into becoming part of the scene.
• Faking your way through illustration while ignoring your talents as a graphic designer.
• Finding your inner voice and discovering your own path to personal success.
• The design process versus the illustration process.
• No web store, no worries, the Jay Shaw method of online sales.
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• Jay breakdowns his newly found regular gig as lead designer at Mondo.
• The wasted energy and traps to working freelance.
• The pain of saying yes.
• Tattoos, LOST, Wire & Battlestar Galactica TV talk.
Nicole Stevenson is cofounder of Craftcation a 4 conference for makers and creative people looking to start a business or better their current endeavor.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 127
• Understanding how to determine pricing for your product line.
• Establishing your wholesale cost before producing a product.
• Marketing is something you can’t afford to skip out on.
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• How to properly apply to a craft show to make sure you get accepted.
• Things that can make your booth and sales better.
Tim Doyle is part businessman part artist. He works under the name Nakatomi, where he publishes his own illustrative work as well as a half dozen other artists.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 136
- Publishing other designers artwork.
- Building infrastructure into your business and using that base to create lateral revenue streams.
- We ask Tim about the art galleries business model.
- A friendly debate on using intellectual properties without permission.
- Patent laws and the changing of public domain rules.
- The repetition of pop culture.
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- Breaking down others success.
- The definition of open edition.
- How it feels to be the heel of printmaking.
- Figuring out your business model.
- Learning how to run your own business by being a great employee for someone else.
- How to heal from getting the shit beat out of you online.
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Ben Neuhaus is the Co-owner/Proprietor of Snake Oil Provisions, a mens clothing store available online and at their store in Long Beach, California. This is the AID spring fashion episode.
Talking Points You’ll Hear On Episode 139
- Trying to find your defining look as you get older but not necessarily more professional.
- Finding a classic look that lasts.
- What every guy should have in his closet.
- Quality not quantity when buying men’s clothing.
- How to spot quality denim pants.
- Spring fashion advice.
- Tons of fashion advice and fitting advice.
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- Online retail advice.
- Creating a community and neighborhood vibe through digital retail.
- The importance of having a brick n mortar store.
- Inventory buying decisions.
- Working with local vendors and focusing on exclusive merchandise to your market.
- In house brands