Craig Mullins is an american artist, painter and pioneer of digital art. https://www.goodbrush.com/ https://www.instagram.com/craigmullinsofficial 02:00 Introductions and The Role of AI in Art and the Future of Creativity 35:33 The Concrete Brain and Adaptation 49:09 The Overwhelming Influx of Data and Connectivity 01:06:57 The Cyclical Nature of History and Rapid Change 01:16:38 The Journey into Digital Art and the Emergence of Photoshop 01:38:36 Being Selective with Influences and Embracing Fa...
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 148
Michah Dowbak aka Mad Dog Jones is a multidisciplinary artist from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Dowbak rose to fame in the world of crypto art with the recent success of his Crash + Burn series of NFT artworks, and he is now a headliner in the first major NFT art exhibition at UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Michah has also designed a helmet graphics for F1 racing 7 time world champion Lewis Hamliton and livery design for winning MotoGP team VR46 Valentino Rossi.
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 147
George Hull is a legendary artist and illustrator know for his iconic design work for Matrix Trilogy, Dune (Part 1 and 2) and more. https://www.ghull.com/ https://www.instagram.com/georgehulldesign
Apr 02, 2024•59 min•Ep. 146
David Levy is an award winning designer, artist and art director known for his work for films such as Avatar, Tron: Legacy, Star Wars EP9 and more. David's website: https://vyleart.com/home David's IG: https://www.instagram.com/vyleart My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 145
Benjy Brooke is a supervising director on Scavengers Reign Max tv mini series and at Green Street Pictures, Los Angeles, California. Benjy's website: https://www.benjybrooke.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/benjybrooke About Mike Burakoff - https://www.mikeburakoff.com/ The Strokes - At The Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CAz_vvsK9M
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 144
Joe Bennett is a co-creator of Scavenger's Reign, animation director and co-founder of Green Street Pictures. https://www.josephbennett.tv/ https://www.instagram.com/joe_bennett_animation/ https://www.instagram.com/greenstreetpictures/ My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 143
Jason is a seasoned Production Designer, Art Director, and instructor with a BA in Fine Arts and Illustration from California State, Fullerton. With experience in various prestigious studios like DreamWorks Animation, Warner Brothers, and Walt Disney Imagineering, and teaching roles at renowned institutions like Art Center College of Design, Jason excels in bringing imaginative worlds to life. Jason was a Production Designer on critically acclaimed Netflix animation Blue Eye Samurai and upcoming...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 142
Sava Zivkovic is a Director based in Belgrade, Serbia. with over 14 years of experience working in CG animation. Sava directs for Axis Studios and Hydra Studios, with directorial work in short films like IRRADIATION, HUXLEY, FREIGHT, and IFCC, as well as game cinematics for Dead Island 2, Diablo Immortal, Outriders, Solium Infernum, Destiny 2 and Gears of War 5. Follow Sava at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sava.zivkovic Behance - https://www.behance.net/SavaZivkovic Vimeo - https://vime...
Jun 06, 2023•2 hr 5 min
Michael Kutsche, a celebrated German artist, skillfully blends traditional and digital media. His work, featured in Sotheby's auctions and global exhibitions, merges diverse artistic elements and prompts reflection on the human condition. Michael's website: https://www.michaelkutsche.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_kutsche Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelkutsche Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara W...
May 15, 2023•2 hr 42 min
Greg Rutkowski is a Polish illustrator and digital artist. Greg is known for his unique classical painting style and his work can be found on covers of Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering cards and more. Greg's website: https://rutkowski.artstation.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greg_rutkowski Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrzegorzRutko14 Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.co...
Mar 09, 2023•2 hr 9 min
Osean is a digital artist, musician, animation director and creator of Oseanworld. His work also include collaborating with major musicians such as 2 Chainz, Offset, Madeon and more. Follow Osean at: Website - https://www.osean.world/ Oseanworld Youtubue - https://www.youtube.com/c/OSEANWORLD Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oseanworld Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https:...
Feb 20, 2023•2 hr 18 min
Sam Yang is a Toronto based artist, illustrator and entertainer known for his popular Youtube channel Sam Does Arts. Sam's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SamDoesArts Sam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samdoesarts Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/ Show Notes: Midjourney - https://midjourney.com/ Chatgpt - https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt...
Feb 01, 2023•2 hr 24 min
Ash Thorp is a director,, designer and a visionary artist based in California, known for batmobile designs for latest The Batman movie, Ken Block's rally Ford Cosworth car, designs for films such as Ender's Game, Captain Marvel to name a few and a director at ALT Creative, Inc. https://www.altcinc.com https://www.instagram.com/ashthorp https://twitter.com/ashthorp1 Show notes: Mid Journey Forbes Article - https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/09/16/midjourney-founder-david-holz-on-the-i...
Jan 07, 2023•1 hr 58 min
Joshua Davis is an American designer, technologist, author, and visual artist in new media. He is best known as the creator of praystation.com, winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 Golden Nica for "Net Vision / Net Excellence”. https://joshuadavis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/praystation/?hl=en https://www.zerospace.co/ The End of Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSxFAGP9Ss Chatgpt: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.twitter....
Jan 07, 2023•3 hr 9 min
Steven Zapata is a a professional designer, illustrator, and educator for over a decade based out of New York City. Steven’s Links Website: https://www.stevenzapata.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/stevenzapataart Links from the show: Git Hub Litigation: https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/ Google Sentient AI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/ All-In Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@allin Followe me: Instagram - https://instagram.com/maci...
Dec 15, 2022•2 hr 56 min
Ethan is a visual development artist in animation, who worked with clients such as Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, Studio Mir to name a few. Ethan is also known his incredibly popular and funny youtube channel and probably one of most interesting personalities I've had a chance to talk with. https://www.instagram.com/ethanbecker70 https://www.youtube.com/user/ToBelgium Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com M...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Gio Nakpil is a senior design evangelist and art director at Adobe. We spoke about his road to becoming an artist and fulfilling childhood dreams, dealing with anxiety of switching industries and more. https://www.artstation.com/gionakpil https://twitter.com/GioNakpil https://www.instagram.com/gionakpil Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations h...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Allan McKay is a Los-Angeles based visual effects supervisor and technical director. He is responsible for visual effects sequences in projects including Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Blade, The Last Airbender, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Flight, The Equalizer, and other films. www.allanmckay.com https://www.instagram.com/allanmckayofficial Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 48 min
Danar Worya is a Netherlands based concept artist. https://www.artstation.com/danarworya https://www.instagram.com/danarworyaart Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com https://www.vimeo.com/maciejkuciara/showtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345BezU Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 42 min
Ramon Nunez is a Venezuelan artist living in Madrid, Spain. https://www.instagram.com/ramonn90 https://www.artstation.com/ramonn90 Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345Bez https://www.vimeo.com/maciejkuciara/showtime Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara...
Sep 09, 2020•2 hr 9 min
Tim Zarki is a 3D Artist at Oculus with a degree in industrial design earned at DAAP. https://www.zarki.net https://vimeo.com/timzarki https://www.instagram.com/_zarki_ Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345BezU https://www.vimeo.com/maciejkuciara/showtime Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara...
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr 51 min
Ross Tran is an artist and YouTube creator better known as Ross Draws. Ross Tran's YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLEVrhumRsK67JkP3G4w5cQ https://rossdraws.com https://www.instagram.com/rossdraws https://www.patreon.com/Rossdraws Follow me at: www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara www.kuciara.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations www.kit.co/maciejkuciara...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Aaron Beck is a LA based concept artist working in film and video games industries. http://www.aaronbeck.com/ https://www.instagram.com/_aaron_beck/?hl=en Follow me at: www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara www.kuciara.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations www.kit.co/maciejkuciara...
Jul 14, 2020•2 hr 25 min
Wojtek Fus is a concept artist and illustrator based in Poland. Wojtek's work can be found on productions such as Love, Death and Robots, Bloodshot, Detroit: Become Human and more. https://wojtekfus.com/ https://www.instagram.com/wojtekfus https://www.artstation.com/fus Follow me at: www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara www.kuciara.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations www.kit.co/maciejkuciara...
Jun 30, 2020•2 hr 21 min
Jason Scheier is a production designer at Netflix and former visual development artist at Dreamworks. http://www.parallaxinfinite.com/ https://www.artstation.com/d3cap https://www.instagram.com/jasonscheierart/ Follow me at: www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara www.kuciara.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations www.kit.co/maciejkuciara...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Aaron Blaise is an animation feature director known for directing Disney's Brother Bear as well as animating all-time-great classics such as Lion King and Mulan to name a few. His recent endeavors focus on art education and teaching younger generations of future artists thru his platform Creature Art Teacher. www.creatureartteacher.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aaronblaiseart Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv Follow me at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 42 min
Alessandro Baldasseroni is lead character artist at Nvidia. In conversation with Alessandro we explored production artist profession, how communication and feedback changed in age of social media and more. https://alessandrobaldasseroni.com/ https://www.instagram.com/alessandrobaldasseroni https://www.artstation.com/baldasseroni Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara https://www.kuciara.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recomme...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 48 min
Maxx Burman is artist, art director, matte painter in film industry and co-founder of Kitbash3d.com . In this episode we spoke about importance of knowing business as an artist. https://kitbash3d.com/ http://www.maxxburman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/maxxburmanvfx Follow me at: www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara www.kuciara.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations www.kit.co/maciejkuciara...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 28 min
How Marvel Studios illustrator thinks and comes up with ideas? Aleksander Mandradjiev joins Art Cafe to talk about his work at Marvel Studios, art career as well successes and pitfalls all artists can relate to. Show Notes: alexandermandradjiev.com instagram.com/alexander_mandradjiev How to Stay Motivated - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxYUuR_Z58IayjrsX5ahBJA Follow me at: www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara www.kuciara.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Academy-Award winning designer and inventor John Gaeta talks about virtual, augmented and mixed reality, volumetric visuals, AI and more. John's online presence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gaeta https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300665/ https://twitter.com/daltwisney_jg Follow me at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara https://www.kuciara.com My Art Prints, T-Shirt, Hoodies and Mugs: https://shop.kuciara.com/ My gear and book reco...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 39 min
