Art Cafe Podcast
145 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsArt Cafe is a podcast hosted by animation director and film industry artist Maciej Kuciara. Through the lens of of world renown artists, designers, directors and entrepreneur, the podcast gives a glimpse into the art industry with informative, inspiring and absolutely candid and uncut conversations.
Get informed, get inspired. Unlock your creative mind.
ABOUT HOST
Maciej Kuciara is California based director and artist working in entertainment, clothing and technology. His involvement can be found in numerous critically acclaimed projects ranging from video games such as The Last of Us to films such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Ghost in the Shell and Avengers: infinity War to name a few.
Maciej is also a co-founder of Learn Squared, an art education platform providing world-class art education to over 15,000 students and numerous AAA studios worldwide.
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Episodes
Art Cafe #99 - Jingna Zhang
July 08, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBJingna Zhang is NYC based world re-known artistic photographer. Her work has been featured on numerous covers of Bazaar, Vogue and Elle. https://www.zhangjingna.com/ Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv Apparel. Art Prints. Coffee Mugs: https://www.kuciara.store My gear and book recommendations: https://www.kit.com/maciejkuciara
Art Cafe #98 - Patrick Razo
July 02, 2019 17:51 - 1 hour - 120 MBPatrick Razo is a Los Angeles based artist and designer. http://www.ninosboombox.com/ Lost Boy - http://lostboyworld.com/ Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv Apparel. Art Prints. Coffee Mugs: https://www.kuciara.store My gear and book recommendations: https://www.kit.com/maciejkuciara
Art Cafe #97 - Joey Camacho
June 18, 2019 07:45 - 1 hour - 153 MBJoey Camacho is a freelance 3D motion and graphic designer based in Vancouver, Canada. https://rawandrendered.com https://www.instagram.com/rawandrendered Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv Apparel. Art Prints. Coffee Mugs: https://www.kuciara.store My gear and book recommendations: https://www.kit.com/maciejkuciara
Art Cafe #96 - Ilya Kuvshinov
June 10, 2019 17:10 - 1 hour - 153 MBIlya is a russian illustrator based in Tokyo. Ilya worked on recently released anime Birthday Wonderland doing visual development, illustration as well as animation supervising. https://www.instagram.com/kuvshinov_ilya/ The Last of Us official art prints: https://www.cookandbecker.com/en/catalog/videogame/the-last-of-us Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv Apparel. Art Prints. Coffee Mugs: https://www.kuciara.store My gear and book recommendations: https://www.kit.com/mac...
Art Cafe #95 - Finnian MacManus
June 04, 2019 22:05 - 2 hours - 125 MBFinnian is Los Angeles based concept artist working in film and video games. His recent work was featured in Star Wars: Rogue One as well as Solo: A Star Wars Story. Finnian also worked on upcoming Avatar sequels. https://fmacmanus.com Show notes: Synology NAS Backup (affiliate link) - https://amzn.to/2JYYttB Oculus Medium - https://www.oculus.com/medium/?locale=en_US New Mac Pro specs - https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv Apparel. Art Prin...
Art Cafe #94 - Ask Me Anything
May 30, 2019 07:51 - 1 hour - 109 MBIn this episode I answer questions submitted by Art Cafe fans via Twitter, Facebook and Patreon. Show Notes: Books Mentioned in the AMA - https://kit.com/maciejkuciara/art-books Learn Squared - https://www.learnsquared.com Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv Apparel. Art Prints. Coffee Mugs: https://www.kuciara.store My gear and book recommendations: https://www.kit.com/maciejkuciara https://www.amazon.com/shop/artcafe
Art Cafe #93 - Scott Ross
May 21, 2019 20:05 - 1 hour - 94 MBScott Ross is an American digital media executive with a career spanning three decades. In the 1980s he led George Lucas' companies and in 1993 he founded, along with James Cameron and Stan Winston, Digital Domain, Inc., one of the largest digital production studios in the motion picture and advertising industries. http://scottaross.com/ Show Notes: Digital Domain: https://www.digitaldomain.com/ ILM: https://www.ilm.com/ Trojan Horse was a Unicorn: http://www.trojan-unicorn.com/ Mark 'Crash' ...
Art Cafe #92 - Ash Thorp
May 14, 2019 08:06 - 2 hours - 133 MBAsh Thorp is an american designer and director. https://altcinc.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ashthorp/ Show links on AI research: https://news.developer.nvidia.com/nvi... https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/18/nvi... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDzrf... Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv Apparel. Art Prints. Coffee Mugs: https://www.kuciara.store My gear and book recommendations: https://www.kit.com/maciejkuciara https://www.amazon.com/shop/artcafe
Art Cafe #91 - Jerry Perkins
May 09, 2019 10:26 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBJerry Perkins better known as masterxeon1001 is a creator of wildly popular plugins for Blender - Hardops and Boxcutter. https://masterxeon1001.com/ https://gumroad.com/masterxeon1001 https://www.youtube.com/user/masterxe... https://www.artstation.com/jerryperki... https://www.instagram.com/mxeon1001/ Support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/artcafetv Apparel. Art Prints. Coffee Mugs: www.kuciara.store My gear and book recommendations: www.kit.com/maciejkuciara www.amazon.com/shop/artcafe
Art Cafe #90 - Jonathan Berube
April 23, 2019 08:26 - 2 hours - 116 MBJonathan Berube is an artist working at Lightstorm Entertainment on Avatar sequels. https://johnberube.com https://www.instagram.com/berubefilms
Art Cafe #89 - Ash Thorp
April 17, 2019 18:45 - 3 hours - 177 MBAsh is an award winning designer and director. His clients include Apple, Nike, Paramount and more. Ash in passanger's seat of Ken Block's new Ford Cosworth he helped design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gsL_-U6LL0 www.altcinc.com www.instagram.com/ashthorp Akira Awakens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY1QHpp6iEE
Art Cafe #88 - David Lesperance
April 16, 2019 19:20 - 2 hours - 147 MBDavid is 3d artist working at Nvidia in Seattle, Washington. http://www.davidlesperance.net/
Art Cafe #87 - Eytan Zana
April 16, 2019 19:15 - 2 hours - 122 MBEytan Zana is concept artist working at Naughty Dog, Inc. https://www.artstation.com/eytan https://gumroad.com/eytanzana Follow Eytan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eytan_zana
Art Cafe #86 - Ilya Kuvshinov
April 16, 2019 19:14 - 1 hour - 114 MBIlya Kuvshinov is popular a Russian Illustrator based in Tokyo, Japan. https://www.instagram.com/kuvshinov_ilya https://www.patreon.com/Kuvshinov_Ilya
Art Cafe #85 - Bradley G. Munkowitz
April 16, 2019 19:01 - 1 hour - 134 MBGMUNK is a Designer, Director and Galactic Crusader whose work is characterized as a hybrid of Science Fiction themes informed by Psychedelic Visual Palettes. https://gmunk.com/
Art Cafe #83 - Dominic Qwek
August 06, 2018 00:08 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBDominic Qwek is a digital sculptor and artist based in Orange County, California. www.dominicqwek.com
Art Cafe 84 - Florent Lebrun
August 06, 2018 00:04 - 1 hour - 104 MBFlorent is concept artist and illustrator working in video games and film industries. https://www.artstation.com/ptibrun
Art Cafe 82 - Andrew Price
July 20, 2018 17:24 - 2 hours - 210 MBAndrew Price is an Australian artist, Founder and Creator at Blender Guru. https://www.blenderguru.com/
Art Cafe #81 - Justin Fields
July 20, 2018 17:15 - 2 hours - 101 MBJustin Fields is Los Angeles based concept artist and Founder and Executive Creative Director of Ironklad Studios. https://www.ironkladstudios.com/
Art Cafe #79 - Mingjue Helen Chen
June 24, 2018 08:14 - 1 hour - 140 MBMingjue Helen Chen is an Art Director and Illustrator currently based in Los Angeles. Notable film projects include Frankenweenie, Paperman, Wreck-it Ralph, and Big Hero 6. She has also contributed to several comic book titles including DC’s Gotham Academy, Batgirl, and Marvel’s Sinister Silk. https://mingjuechen.carbonmade.com/ Ladies of Animation book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2yBPREj
Art Cafe #78 - Beeple
June 16, 2018 01:38 - 1 hour - 134 MBMike Winkelmann 'beeple' is a person that you should know and if you don't just check this link: https://www.beeple-crap.com/
Art Cafe #77 - Shaddy Safadi
June 16, 2018 01:21 - 1 hour - 102 MBShaddy Safadi is LA based artist and founder of One Pixel Brush art outsourcing studio. www.onepixelbrush.com
Art Cafe #76 - John Park
June 16, 2018 00:33 - 1 hour - 139 MBUltimate badass of concept art, John Park works on Avatar franchise for James Cameron. Check out his art: http://www.jparked.com/
Art Cafe #75 - Sparth
June 16, 2018 00:05 - 1 hour - 124 MBNicolas 'Sparth' Bouvier is an Art Director at Microsoft. http://sparth.com/
Art Cafe #74 - Eric Canete
June 15, 2018 23:10 - 1 hour - 132 MBEric Canete is LA based artist working at Riot Games. Check out Eric's Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/ericcanete
Art Cafe #73 - AMA
June 15, 2018 23:01 - 1 hour - 128 MBreading and replying to YouTube livestream comments
Art Cafe #72 - Expedition Art at THU
June 15, 2018 22:41 - 1 hour - 140 MBIain McCaig, Terryl Whitlatch, David Levy, Kristy Tipton and Manny Carrasco are part of nonprofit conservation effort that helps endangered animals across the world called Expedition Art
Art Cafe #70 - Bobby Chiu
July 27, 2017 08:18 - 1 hour - 164 MBBobby Chiu is a founder and creative director at Imaginism Studios Inc and owner of Schoolism.com http://www.imaginismstudios.com www.schoolism.com Crappy audio until 31:50
Art Cafe #69 - Pernille Ørum
July 14, 2017 08:30 - 1 hour - 140 MBPernille Ørum is Visual Developer/illustrator, currently located in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a bachelor degree in Character Animation from The Animation Workshop, Denmark. http://www.pernilleoe.dk
Art Cafe #68 - Eduardo Gonzalez
June 29, 2017 20:30 - 1 hour - 160 MBEduardo Gonzalez is Visual Development Director at Riot Games in Los Angeles, California.
Art Cafe #67 - Joon Ahn
June 22, 2017 19:56 - 1 hour - 148 MBJoon Ahn is a senior concept artist and illustrator working at Riot Games in Los Angeles, California. https://www.artstation.com/artist/anooj Joon's gumroad tutorial: https://gumroad.com/l/rRTzd
Art Cafe 66 - Ben Hibon
June 15, 2017 19:42 - 2 hours - 169 MBBeh Hibon is commercial director based in Los Angeles, California. http://www.statelessfilms.com/
Art Cafe #65 - Grzegorz Rutkowski
June 15, 2017 19:41 - 1 hour - 121 MBGrzegorz Rutkowski is a freelance concept artist and illustrator based in Piensk, Poland. https://www.artstation.com/artist/rutkowski
Art Cafe #64 - Court Jones
June 09, 2017 05:54 - 1 hour - 130 MBCourt Jones is freelance illustrator and caricature entertainer in San Diego, California. http://www.courtjones.com/ Free Caricature Course on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHEkeRGn6aFRct0kq4oDwwTa Proko's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV/featured Premium Version of Court's Course: http://www.proko.com/art-of-caricature-with-court-jones/
Art Cafe #63 - Atey Ghailan
May 30, 2017 23:17 - 1 hour - 129 MBAtey Ghailan is a concept artist working at Riot Games in Los Angeles, CA. https://www.artstation.com/artist/snatti Official Art Cafe mugs and my Art Prints and Posters: http://www.kuciara.com/store If you like the show, support us by subscribing, liking videos or chipping in via Patreon. www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #62 - David Lesperance
May 24, 2017 16:53 - 1 hour - 132 MBDavid Lesperance is 3D artist working in video games industry. David worked for such companies as Valve, Blizzard and currently Riot Games. https://www.artstation.com/artist/metalman123456123
Art Cafe #61 - Khyzyl Saleem
May 24, 2017 16:52 - 1 hour - 141 MBKhyzyl is a automotive concept designer working at EA Ghost in UK https://www.artstation.com/artist/khyzylsaleem
Art Cafe #60 - Karla Ortiz
May 24, 2017 16:51 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBKarla Ortiz is an award winning artist and illustrator. Her clients include Marvel, ILM, Ubisoft and more. http://www.karlaortizart.com Books recommended by Karla (affiliate link): Charles Bargue: Drawing Course - http://amzn.to/2nUPDiz Alla Prima by Richard Schmid - http://amzn.to/2oA4Lor Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #59 - Jerad S Marantz
May 24, 2017 16:51 - 1 hour - 111 MBJerad Marantz is a creature and character designer in film industry known for work on films such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr. Strange and HBO TV series Westworld, to name a few. https://www.artstation.com/artist/jsmarantz http://jeradsmarantz.blogspot.com/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3610942/ Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #58 - Robh Ruppel, Part 2
May 24, 2017 16:49 - 1 hour - 31.7 MBRobh Ruppel is an art director for films and video games. He's also an author of book Graphic L.A. www.robhruppel.com Follow Robh on social media: https://www.facebook.com/robh.ruppel https://www.instagram.com/robhruppel https://www.twitter.com/robhrr Graphic L.A. - http://amzn.to/2n6DIjN Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #57 - Robh Ruppel, Part I
May 24, 2017 16:49 - 1 hour - 35.7 MBRobh Ruppel is an art director for films and video games. He's also an author of book Graphic L.A. www.robhruppel.com Follow Robh on social media: https://www.facebook.com/robh.ruppel https://www.instagram.com/robhruppel https://www.twitter.com/robhrr Graphic L.A. - http://amzn.to/2n6DIjN Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #56 - QA with Maciej Kuciara
May 24, 2017 16:48 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBLive QA session with Art Cafe fans Support Art Cafe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #55 - Carlos Huante
May 24, 2017 16:34 - 1 hour - 132 MBCarlos is a veteran character designer with over 30 years experience in film and animation industry. http://www.carlos-huante-monstruo.com Books mentioned in the stream (Amazon Affiliate): Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty - http://amzn.to/2m9hJrg Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport - http://amzn.to/2lrilto Support Art Cafe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #54 - Virginie Bourdin
May 24, 2017 16:33 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBVirginie Bourdin is VFX Art Director and Concept Art Supervisor in film. http://www.virginiebourdin.com/
Art Cafe #53 - Nick Gindraux
May 24, 2017 16:32 - 1 hour - 117 MBNick is a senior concept artist at Naughty Dog inc. https://www.artstation.com/artist/ngindraux
Art Cafe #52 - Steve Jung
May 24, 2017 16:32 - 1 hour - 195 MBSteve Jung is an Art Director at Universal Pictures in Los Angeles, California. Follow Steve on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/stevejungart If you like what I do, you can support Art Cafe with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #51 - Andy Park
May 24, 2017 16:31 - 1 hour - 182 MBAndy Park is currently Marvel Studios’ Visual Development Supervisor. Along with serving as a concept artist designing characters and keyframes, he also leads a team of artists on several of their upcoming films including Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, among others. He has worked on every single Marvel Studios film since 2010 including The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier,...
Art Cafe #50 - Bruce Straley
May 24, 2017 16:29 - 2 hours - 276 MBBruce Straley is a Co-Director and one of masterminds behind Uncharted and The Last of Us franchise working at Naughty Dog, Inc. You can follow Bruce on twitter at: https://twitter.com/bruce_straley If you like what we do here, consider supporting the show: http://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #49 - Aaron Limonick
May 24, 2017 07:02 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBAaron Limonick is a senior concept artist working for Naughty Dog, Inc, who worked on such titles as The Last of Us and Uncharted 4. http://www.limonick.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv