Art Cafe Podcast
146 episodes - English - Latest episode: 30 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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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
Art Cafe #48 - David Levy
May 24, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBDavid Levy is a leading international concept artist and production designer. He studied industrial design and architecture in France and the Netherlands respectively, and is currently working in Los Angeles, California as production designer and senior concept artist in the movie and videogame industry. He has worked on the major motion pictures: Tron Legacy and sequel, from Disney, The Thing, from Universal, Prometheus, from 20th Century Fox, Ender’s Game, from Odd Lot Entertainment, Spectr...
Art Cafe #47 - Khang Le
May 24, 2017 06:52 - 1 hour - 79.8 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 #46 - Stanley 'Artgerm' Lau
May 24, 2017 06:47 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBStanley 'Artgerm' Lau is an illustrator, designer and educator living in Singapore. He is also co-founder and creative director of Imaginary Friends Studios, known for working with Capcom, DC Comics, Valve, Riot Games among others. http://artgerm.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #45 - Tim Flattery
May 24, 2017 06:45 - 1 hour - 100 MBTim Flattery is a professional concept artist and illustrator that has worked in the film industry since 1988. His projects throughout his career include Back to the Future II, Saving Private Ryan, Men In Black, Terminator Salvation and many more. Tim is currently working as a concept artist at Marvel and Disney and is former chair of the Entertainment Design department at Art Center College of Design. http://timflattery.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #44 - Scott Robertson
May 24, 2017 06:44 - 1 hour - 116 MBScott Robertson is Designer, Author, former Chair of Entertainment Design at Art Center College of Design and Founder of Design Studio Press. www.designstudiopress.com www.drawthrough.com Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing by Margaret Livingstone http://amzn.to/2e8Jda3 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artcafetv
Art Cafe #43 - US Immigration - Alexandria Neonakis & Robert L. Herreria
May 24, 2017 06:41 - 1 hour - 136 MBAlexandria Neonakis is UI Designer and Illustrator at Naughty Dog, Inc http://www.alexneonakis.com/ Robert L. Herreria is Immigration Lawyer, Associate with Jackson & Hertogs, LLP in San Francisco, CA http://www.jackson-hertogs.com/
Art Cafe #42 - Mahtias Verhasselt
May 24, 2017 06:29 - 1 hour - 109 MBMathias Verhasselt is an Art Director working at Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, CA Website - http://mv.cgsociety.org/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mathias.verhasselt/
Art Cafe #41 - Emmanuel Shiu
May 24, 2017 06:24 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBEmmanuel Shiu is a Concept Artist and Designer working in the Film and Video Game industries. His clients include Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros and Universal to name a few. http://www.eshiu.com/
Art Cafe #40 - Vitaly Bulgarov
May 24, 2017 06:10 - 1 hour - 118 MBVitaly Bulgarov is industrial and entertainment designer working from Las Vegas, Nevada. His client list include Boston Dynamics, Intuitive Surgical, ILM, Paramount Pictures and more. http://www.bulgarov.com Books mentioned during our talk: Eat That Frog - Brian Tracy http://amzn.to/2cSVG2k Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long - George Leonard http://amzn.to/2czqplw Mastery - Robert Greene http://amzn.to/2cyHOxS
Art Cafe #39 - Shaddy Safadi
May 24, 2017 06:08 - 1 hour - 106 MBShaddy Safadi is Founder and Art Director of entertainment design outsourcing studio One Pixel Brush: www.onepixelbrush.com
Art Cafe #38 - Scott Schneider
May 24, 2017 06:03 - 1 hour - 126 MBScott Schneider is set designer and member of Local 800 Art Director's guild with over 25 years experience in feature film https://filmdesigner.artstation.com/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0774021/
Art Cafe #37 - Andre Luis
May 24, 2017 05:37 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBAndre Luis is Co-Founder and Manager of Trojan Horse was a Unicorn Festival in Troia, Portugal. https://trojan-unicorn.com/ https://trojan-unicorn.com/tv
Art Cafe #36 - Justin 'Coro' Kaufman
May 24, 2017 05:25 - 1 hour - 37.8 MBJustin 'Coro' Kaufman is founder and art director of artist collective Massive Black, which specialize in concept design and illustration for film, games and TV: http://massiveblack.com/
Art Cafe #35 - Aaron Limonick
May 24, 2017 05:21 - 1 hour - 104 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. www.limonick.com
Art Cafe #34 - Mark Chang
May 24, 2017 05:18 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBMark Chang is a concept artist from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Check out his impressive 3D style frames done with Cinema4D and Octane: https://equinoz.artstation.com/
Art Cafe #33 - Andree Wallin
May 24, 2017 05:12 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBAndrée Wallin is a concept artist working mainly with feature films and commercials. In 2013 he started creating his own IP's and is currently developing a project entitled STATE ZERO through his company Number 81 Entertainment. Andrée is represented by WME. www.andreewallin.com
Art Cafe #32 - Josan Gonzalez
May 24, 2017 05:08 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBJosan Gonzalez is an artist and author of Future is Now: Volume One and Two books, successfuly crowdfunded via Kickstarter. Check his amazing portfolio and kickstarter page: http://www.fsix.es/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1410842311/the-future-is-now-volume-two Discussed in stream: Paper: lana Bristol Board 250gr Pen: Tombow Penbrush Comic influences: Geof Darrow, Loisel, Manara, Otomo, Hiroaki Samura, Alfonso Font
Art Cafe #31 - Vaughan Ling
May 24, 2017 05:03 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBVaughan Ling is concept designer working in film and animation, Los Angeles. He's most known from his work done for Tron: Uprising TV animated series as well as amazing 3D concept renders done with Modo. Check his website: http://www.heavypoly.com/
Art Cafe #30 - Alex Figini
May 24, 2017 04:41 - 1 hour - 122 MBAlex Figini is one of the guys involved in Mass Effect's 12 - Month epilogue and he will be joining us July 28th! to share a bit of his story and work, come join in on the questions and answers or just hang out and listen! Some books mentioned in this stream: Molly Bang - Picture This http://amzn.to/2a3GikN Bruce Block - The Visual Story: Seeing the structure of Film, TV and Digital Media http://amzn.to/2akZYzy
Art Cafe #29 - Grant Warwick
May 24, 2017 04:19 - 2 hours - 178 MBWe have the pleasure of interviewing Grant Warwick, a self taught artists who teaches through his own business - Mastering CGI. http://masteringcgi.com.au/ Workflow mentioned during the stream: Creating Mastering Vray style shaders in Maya http://www.magnus-olsson.se/?p=133
Art Cafe #28 - Ash Thorp
May 23, 2017 20:27 - 1 hour - 160 MBThis special episode was just fun conversation and hanging out with my friend and business partner Ash Thorp www.ashthorp.com
Art Cafe #27 - Leonard Teo, Daniel Wade
May 22, 2017 18:45 - 1 hour - 115 MBArtStation is the showcase platform for games, film, media & entertainment artists. It enables artists to showcase their portfolios in a slick way, discover & stay inspired, and connect with new opportunities. Leonard Teo is CEO and founder of www.artstation.com Daniel Wade is a Product Manager at www.artstation.com
Art Cafe #26 - James Paick
May 22, 2017 18:38 - 1 hour - 137 MBJames Paick is a founder and Creative Director at Scribble Pad Studios. James has over 15 years of design experience and has developed many projects within the gaming, film, theme park, illustration, entertainment space and advertising fields. Hope to see you all soon! https://www.scribblepadstudios.com/
Art Cafe #25 - John Park
May 19, 2017 21:06 - 1 hour - 132 MBJoin us as we interview legendary concept artist John Park as he fills us in on the history of his career, how he thinks, and where he's headed in the future! http://www.jparked.com/
Art Cafe #24 - Fausto De Martini
May 19, 2017 19:25 - 1 hour - 101 MBWe are excited to chat with Fausto De Martini a Freelance Concept Artistist with great experience in the field of video game Cinematics who recently made a move to work as an Art Department’s concept Artist/Illustrator for movies. http://www.faustodesign.com/
Art Cafe #23 - Beeple
May 19, 2017 18:59 - 1 hour - 116 MBBeeple is Mike Winkelmann, we have the honor of picking the brain of such an awesome artist, a graphic designer from Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. His short films have screened at onedotzero, Prix Ars Electronica, the Sydney Biennale, Ann Arbor Film Festival and many others. http://www.beeple-crap.com/
Art Cafe #22 - Eytan Zana
May 19, 2017 18:54 - 1 hour - 105 MBThis Art Cafe is going to be an amazing one! The Concept Artist at Naughty Dog Inc, will be joining us. Come join in to ask questions and get answers from the amazing Video Game Concept artist Eytan Zana. https://www.artstation.com/artist/eytan
Art Cafe #21 - Kirill Chepizhko
May 19, 2017 18:53 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBKirill Chepizhko is 3D concept designer based of San Francisco, California. https://www.artstation.com/artist/fett
Art Cafe #20 - Portfolio Reviews
May 17, 2017 18:55 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBReviewing portfolios of Art Cafe fans!
Art Cafe #16 - Edon Guraziu
May 16, 2017 23:21 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBEdon is freelance artist working from Wageningen, Netherlands. Most notably he've done some work for Star Citizen, a highly anticipated sci-fi crowdfunded video game done by Foundry42 studio. Edon also works on some undisclosed projects including more video games and films. https://www.artstation.com/artist/guraziu
Art Cafe #15 - Learn Squared
May 16, 2017 23:16 - 2 hours - 181 MBThe co-founders of Learn Squared want to invite you for inspiration infused chat about WHY we launched our school, what motivates us and how we envision future of art community and art education.
Art Cafe #14 - Marco Nelor
May 09, 2017 04:55 - 1 hour - 109 MBMarco is freelance illustrator based in Chicago, IL. Most recent and notable project he work on is Mortal Kombat X for which he created variety of awesomeness. What impress me personally the most however is his amazing traditional drawing skills as well as dedication to craft. http://marconelor.com/ https://instagram.com/marconelor
Art Cafe #13 - Levi Peterffy And Alex Brady
May 09, 2017 04:14 - 1 hour - 146 MBAlex is a freelance concept artist working in games, film and product design living in Cambridge, England. https://aj-brady.squarespace.com/ Levi Peterffy is a concept artist and matte painter in film industry working in London.
Art Cafe #12 - Ross Tran
May 08, 2017 20:04 - 1 hour - 147 MBRoss is an illustrator and concept designer based in Los Angeles, California.He designed Echo for Relativity Media but is better known for his energy-infused YouTube channel, Ross Draws: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLEVrhumRsK67JkP3G4w5cQ https://www.patreon.com/Rossdraws?ty=h
Art Cafe #11 - Scott Ross
May 08, 2017 02:59 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBDigital Domain co-founder and VFX industry legend Scott Ross joins us to share how he got his start in the industry, the pitfalls of major visual effects films, and what he thinks are the most realistic solutions to the industry's woes. SHOW NOTES: Scott's Blog: www.scottaross.com Digital Domain: http://www.digitaldomain.com/ ILM: http://www.ilm.com/
Art Cafe #10 - Efflam Mercier
May 05, 2017 19:23 - 1 hour - 178 MBEfflam Mercier discusses the beginnings of his career, some very technical insight regarding the science of lighting, working with references, and perservering in the face of adversity. SHOW NOTES: Jeremy Vickery's Gnomon Workshop: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/981/Efficient-Cinematic-Lighting#.Vd9i4fZVhBc Sam Nielson on Schoolism: http://www.schoolism.com/school.php?id=3 Color Correction Handbook: http://www.amazon.com/Color-Correction-Handbook-Professional-Techniques/dp/032...
Art Cafe #09 - Ash Thorp
May 05, 2017 19:02 - 1 hour - 407 MBAsh Thorp is a graphic designer, illustrator, artist, and creative director for a multitude of media, including feature films, commercial enterprises, and print. http://ashthorp.com/
Art Cafe #08 - André Luís
May 05, 2017 18:35 - 2 hours - 95.2 MBAndré Luís is Co-Founder and Manager of Trojan Horse was a Unicorn Festival in Troia, Portugal. https://trojan-unicorn.com/
Art Cafe #07 - Raf Grassetti, Josh Herman, Rodrique Pralier and Colin Thomas
May 05, 2017 02:29 - 2 hours - 97.9 MBRaf Grassetti is Lead Character Artist for Sony Santa Monica. https://grassetti.wordpress.com/ Josh Herman is Character Artist and Designer working in Film industry, best known for his Iron Man Mark 2 and Mark 45 suits. http://droidsforsale.com/home/ Colin Thomas is Character Artist working for Naughty Dog, Inc. http://www.muditup.com/ Rodrigue Pralier is Principal Artist for Warner Bros., Montreal. https://www.artstation.com/artist/rodrigue_pralier
Art Cafe #06 - Sebastian Gromann
May 03, 2017 18:44 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBSebastian Gromann is Berlin based concept artist at Karakter Studio. https://www.artstation.com/artist/sebastiangromann
Art Cafe #05 - Steven Illous and Ash Thorp
May 03, 2017 05:04 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBSteven Ilous is a director, writer, producer and visual effects supervisor as well as the founder of SMI Entertainment working with New Regency, best known for his short film Polis http://smi-ent.com/ Ash Thorp is a graphic designer, illustrator, artist, and creative director for a multitude of media, including feature films, commercial enterprises, and print. http://ashthorp.com/
Art Cafe #04 - Shaddy Safadi and John Sweeney
May 03, 2017 04:41 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBShaddy Safadi is founder of One Pixel Brush, art outsourcing studio for Video Games, Film and TV http://www.onepixelbrush.com John Sweeney is Senior Concept Artist at Naughty Dog http://sweeneyillustrates.blogspot.com/
Art Cafe #03 - Breaking into Video Games Industry
May 03, 2017 01:39 - 2 hours - 84.2 MBDavid Lesperance is Environment Artist working at Valve Software http://david-lesperance.squarespace.com/ Rafael Grassetti is Lead Character Artist at Sony Santa Monica http://grassetti.wordpress.com/ Jung Park is Lead Concept Artist at Respawn Entertianment http://www.jungparkart.com/ Ryan Hawkins is founder of Art by Papercut and artist at Valkyrie Entertainment http://artbypapercut.com/ Nick Gindraux is Senior Concept Artist at Naughty Dog http://ngindrauxportfolio.blogspot.com/ Alex Neona...
Art Cafe #02 - Dan LuVisi and Anthony Jones
May 02, 2017 22:08 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBDan LuVisi is a creator of Last Man Standing and Popped Culture books. Anthony Jones is an artist and educator working in film and video games out of Irvine, California.
Art Cafe #01 - Dan LuVisi
April 28, 2017 04:30 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBDan LuVisi is an artist from Los Angeles, California, creator of Last Man Standing and Popped Culture books. https://www.artstation.com/artist/danluvisiart