Art Side of Life®
Art Side of Life® is a podcast and YouTube show dedicated to inspiring artists to pursue their passion in life and take action to make money as an artist. It is the perfect companion for your commute to school, work, or while you are creating.
The artists share how to make money as an artist, how to get first art jobs, how to get freelance artist jobs, commissions, and clients, how to improve your art skills, how to find your style and grow your Instagram and social media following. Get inspired and motivated by successful artists like Loish, Cyarine, Picolo, Eleeza, Jason Brubaker, Wouter Tulp, Marco Bucci, Brett Bean, Stephen Silver, Nathan Fowkes, Schmoedraws, Asia Ladowska, Jake Parker, Proko, Audra Auclair, Ahmed Aldoori and many others!
Each episode presents the journey of a successful Artist who shares their personal background, their art style, medium, tools and also strategies how they make money and stay motivated in their projects. For the ones of you who are just starting, the guests also share what they learned from their mistakes, and the action steps to achieve success.
Each episode ends with the highlights and the summary of Artist’s resources so you don’t have to take notes of the valuable pieces of information.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 219
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
Ep.137: The art of storytelling with Mauricio Abril
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Mauricio Abril, a Concept Artist who switched from Molecular Biology to art. He has worked with Disney, Universal Creative, Ubisoft, and Hasbro. Maurici…
Ep.136: Camille Raveau on how to make your personal projects a reality
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Camille Raveau, a French writer, and illustrator from France. She is most known for her illustrated book series Will & Isabelle, Le Petit Machine - in F…
Ep.135: Zac Retz on waking up at 4am and following your dreams
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Zac Retz, a visdev artist working in film and game industry with SONY Pictures Animation, Dreamworks, Laika, and others. He is most known for his real-l…
Ep.134: How to build your credibility with Aiman Akhtar (Fungisaurs)
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Aiman Akhtar, a freelance 3D Artist who specializes in character development and 3D print design. He is the creator of a toy line Fungisaurs, the cute h…
Ep.133: Wouter Tulp on the process of character design
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Wouter Tulp, a Freelance illustrator and Character designer from Holland. He has worked with clients on children books, magazines, and now mostly works …
Ep.132: How to use networking to find a job with Isaac Orloff
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Isaac Orloff, a visdev artist from LA. He has worked on television shows, games, and film projects with Zynga, Marvel animation, and Dreamworks. He is a…
Ep.131: How to make living by doing traditional art with Lioba Brückner
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Lioba Brückner, a painter based in Germany, most known for portraying young women in a surrealistic manner superimposed by plants or insects. She runs a…
Ep.130: Learn something new everyday with Francis Boncales
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Francis Boncales, a Concept Artist, Illustrator, Visdev artist currently working as a background painter in Warner Bros Animation. He has also worked fo…
Ep.129: Why you should welcome feedback for your art with Pernille Orum
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Pernille Ørum, a freelance illustrator and character designer from Denmark. Her clients include Disney, Warner Bros, Mattel, and Nickelodeon. She was th…
Ep.128: Be a student of life with Brian Ajhar
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Brian Ajhar, a character designer, illustrator, and storyteller. His art career has spanned 3 decades and his clients include magazines, newspapers, adv…
Ep.127: How to get clients with Amanda and Gus from Limetown Studios
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Amanda & Gus from Limetown Studios in Brazil. Gus does concepts and Amanda does color, light and digital painting. They work with 2D illustration and ga…
Ep.126: How to get a job at big studio with Felipe Machado
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Felipe Machado, a digital illustrator and concept artist from Colombia who is most known for doing the cover art for music bands and working for Lucas F…
Ep.125: Collaborate with others to improve your skills with Hedvig H-S aka Vixiearts
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Hedvig H-S, better known as Vixiearts, a concept artist, freelance illustrator & comic artist. She started as a comic artist in 2004 and has since then …
Ep.124: How to get paid for doing what you love with Nathanna Erica
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Nathanna Erica, an illustrator and paper artist based in São Paulo, Brazil. Her work focuses mainly on Illustration, storytelling, visual development, a…
Ep.123: How to improve your skills fast with Brett Bean from Drawn To It Studios
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Brett Bean, a Character Designer, Visdev Artist and teacher. He is the owner of Drawn To It Studios, creating original content and outsourcing for clien…
What's next for Art Side of Life
Hey guys,
in this episode I'd like to share some news with you.
Art Side of Life has more than 120 episodes and still counting. I am super happy to have the opportunity to interview so many awesome…
Ep.122: How to start an art business with Stephanie Krist (Fired Figments)
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Stephanie Krist, the owner of Fired Figments, a handcrafted ceramics. She studied Studio Art and business administration. Stephanie sells her fantasy dr…
Ep.121: Do you need talent to be an artist with Sara Faber
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Sara Faber, a full-time illustrator & visual development based in Berlin. She specializes in digital art and watercolors.
Full Interview notes, guest co…
Ep.120: Don’t fear anything, it’s your own journey with Steve Ahn
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Steve Ahn, a Director and Artist behind Voltron Legendary Defender & Avatar: The Legend of Korra and Ben 10. In 2017 Steve released a pilot for his anim…
Ep.119: Make mistakes to learn with Zacharias Reinhardt
Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Zacharias Reinhardt, a 3D artist and Blender trainer from Germany. He shares his knowledge in 200+ tutorials on YouTube. His 3D work has been featured i…