Ep. 66 - Chris Thornley

Globally-renowned illustrator and graphic designer Chris Thornley, otherwise known by his moniker Raid71, shares with us the source of his many different influences, how he approaches time management and productivity, and gives insight to his unique creative process. For those who stick around to the end, you may even get to hear the origins of his nickname! More exciting news this episode - we finally have a website! Please check out and share www.thecollectivepodcast.com for a fresh new way to experience the show. If you listen on SoundCloud, nothing will be changing - but we'd love for you to visit the site regularly because we put a ton of work into it :) On a similar note, both our website and this episode are brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code TCP at checkout. Chris’s Website: http://www.raid71.com/ Chris’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Raid71 Bike Illustrations: http://www.raid71.com/filter/bikes ------------------------------ Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.bit.ly/collectiveitunes Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thecollectivepodcast Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thecpodcast ------------------------------ SHOW NOTES: Beano and Dandy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beano 2000 AD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_(comics) Watching the Watchmen: http://amzn.to/1mSAy8R Akira: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(manga) Black Mirror: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/ Kim Jung Gi: http://kimjunggi.net/ The Lego Movie: http://amzn.to/W1rw1Q Millennium Falcon poster: http://411posters.com/2014/07/here-goes-nothing-by-raid71/ Cintiq 21UX: http://amzn.to/1uC6j9k DAZ 3D: http://www.daz3d.com/ Threadless: https://www.threadless.com/ “I find that I don’t have time for creative block. I’ve got to do something - if something’s frustrating me, I’ll just put it to one side and do something else.”