483 - Apocalypse Party: AID Live with Florian Bertmer, Derrick Castle, Dan Mumford, and Dave Kloc

Mark Brickley's Apocalypse Party is the first official coverage of the potential beginning of the end in America as we know it. We assembled an unofficial United Nations consisting of Florian Bertmer, Dan Mumford, Dave Kloc, and surprise guest Derrick Castle to help us strategize and reorganize life on the other side of a really bad choice that may or may not have been made yesterday. Do you have a backup plan for an economic downturn? Do you know how to make turtle soup or hunt for squirrels? What do you loot first? Can you get on King DJT's good side by capturing his unholy orange glow in a timeless portrait? AID Live returns to help you plan for whatever is left of your future from pioneering digital illustration techniques to snapping out of creative lulls from creative minds spanning the globe.

Talking Points

•  Becoming financially independent during a bleak span of our nation's economy.
• Working for yourself or working... for yourself.
• Squirrel Hunting fails.
• How making Turtle Soup prepares you for the Apocalypse.
• Living in the land of plastic surgeries and expensive meals.
• Becoming the face of digital illustration and working Adobe Max.
• New Adobe Apps and the swirling momentum of Dan Mumford.
• Is everything a fun ride or is there an end goal?
• Taking a project from start to finish on an iPad Pro.
• Mondo Con 3 with Florian Bertmer.
• The Hand Of Glory and finding a future in toys.
• Tools of the trade in analog illustration and doing things old school.
• Advanced signature techniques with Dave Kloc.
• Apple N, a blank piece of paper, and the real struggle for legitimacy.
• Compositions in your head.
• Looting the new Surface Studio or the MacBook Pro.
• Trying to stay professional without ports.
• The best hidden shotgun story. Ever.
• Uncovering the real monsters in zombie films.
• Back up plans and multiple back up plans for potential economic downturns.
• The Hushpuppy Shuffle.
• Eating children before dogs in apocalyptic times.
• Brexit and Dan Mumford.
• Snapping out of the low points in your career.
• Testing out new markets and switching up the status quo.
• Do you reset the clock or just plow through?
• Remaining independent or letting go of the reigns for happiness.
• Projects with finish lines and the ghosts that haunt you on uncompleted areas.
• The administrative side of design.
• Does digital work increase your output or bog down your workflow.
• Unintended audiences on an airplane.
• The official Apocalypse Spelling Bee.
• What will you miss the most in the end of days?