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PK 195: Living a Fully Creative Life with Derek Rodenbeck
Pencil Kings | Inspiring Artist Interviews with Today's Best Artists
English - February 14, 2020 21:29 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Education drawing interview photoshop art artist career digitalart education howto painting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ever since meeting Derek I've been fascinated by his lifestyle and willingness to explore, discover and continually reinvent himself.
As a comic book creator, father, photographer, traveler, bodybuilder... there's just so many different interesting angles and I always love keeping up to hear what Derek has been up to recently.
6:07 - Derek catches us up on what's been going on since the last time we talked when he had just left on a road trip to 'be more one with nature'
14:10 - Travelling through Death Valley and rescuing someone from a burning truck
16:44 - Earning an income while on the road and being 'irresponsible' while having the trip of a lifetime
18:40 - How traveling together can test and grow your relationship
20:18 - Making money with Pokemon Go and how that experience taught him that money isn't everything, and how Derek is making money now on Craigslist
27:02 - What happened after the trip, and how Derek is finding creative fulfillment through Photography after so many years spent working as a comic book creator
36:25 - As someone who was interested in and working on comics before, and knowing what you know now, what would you tell your former self about comic books specifically?
41:10 - Advice to wannabe comic creators
43:57 - Pivoting and creating new creative projects to stay inspired