# 1: Daniele Danko on creating epic pieces for collectionists

In this podcast episode, we're chatting with Daniele Danko, an italian 3D artist famous for his character art for collectionists. Daniele made a big leap changing his career from biologist to a 3D artist at the age of 30 and never looked back. He talks about making this change, crafting personal style as a 3D character artist, and what it actually takes to build a career and get stable clients within the collectionists' world. More about Daniele's art: https://www.artstation.com/danko Artwork mentioned during the episode: Joker: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6b6w Charlie Chaplin: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rKElG Tode: https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/016/358/045/large/daniele-danko-angelozzi-08.jpg?1551861007