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Ben Mauro is a concept designer working in the entertainment industry. He studied industrial design and entertainment design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. After college he relocated to Wellington, New Zealand where he worked at Weta Workshop from 2009-2013, over that time he contributed to a vast array of Film, Television and Videogame projects such as ‘The Hobbit Trilogy’ and ‘Elysium’ among many others. He is currently working as an independent freelance concept designer where he continues to offer his design services to clients around the world including Boston Dynamics, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, MPC, Legendary Pictures, LucasFilm, Rhythm & Hues, Activision, EuropaCorp, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Insomniac Games, Design Studio Press, SyFy and Discovery Channel. In this interview, Ben shares his experiences from traveling and how it broadens perspective about life and brings creativity and inspiration to his own artwork. SCHOOLISM Visit Schoolism: https

Camilla d'Errico is an Italo-Canadian artist who has been making waves in the fine art and comic industries with her manga-influenced style. Ever the prolific artist, Camilla is comic artist/creator and Pop Surrealist painter, while also contributing to the vinyl art toy movement, and expanding her style into fashion, accessories, toys and other merchandise. In this interview, Camilla provides a lot of tips on growing an art business, manufacturing products, publishing artwork, shipping and handling, and other strategies to help you succeed. Visit Schoolism: https://www.schoolism.com Sign up for the Schoolism newsletter: https://www.schoolism.com/subscribe-mail.php CAMILLA D'ERRICO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camilladerricoart Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camilladerrico Twitter: https://twitter.com/Helmetgirl BOBBY CHIU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalbobert

Kim Jung Gi is an established artist from South Korea whose art work has attracted the international attention of millions over the last few years. He has the ability to visualize the drawing before making his marks. With mental pictures, he can draw without a photographic reference. In this interview, he tells us the importance of understanding the structure inside out and build on the form from memory. NOTES: Visit Schoolism: https://www.schoolism.com Sign up for the Schoolism newsletter: https://www.schoolism.com/subscribe-mail.php KIM JUNG GI: Website: https://www.kimjunggius.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimjunggius Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimjunggius BOBBY CHIU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalbobert

Today's guest is artist Arnold Tsang. Bobby knew of Arnold when they were students at Sheridan college. Even back then as a student, Arnold has already been working professionally as a comicbook artist. Today Arnold Tsang is an assistant art director at Blizzard, working on their super popular game Overwatch.

Bobby Chiu and Nathan Fowkes discuss the importance of composition in making art, as well as some of Nathan's techniques, and what inspires him. Nathan is a highly respected and accomplished artist in the industry and the Schoolism community. Bobby has just recently taken one of his courses on Schoolism, "Pictorial Composition with Nathan Fowkes" and in this video, they discuss such topics like: - Why is it that if you paint something with a good composition, it almost doesn’t matter the subject matter? - When doing studies… how long do you typically sketch for? - How do you achieve an effective balance of color? - Tips to help bridge the gap between observation and invention of color and light NOTES: Follow Nathan and Bobby on Instagram Nathan Fowkes https://www.instagram.com/nathanfowkesart/ Bobby Chiu https://www.instagram.com/digitalbobert/ Nathan's Pictorial Composition class on Schoolism: https://www.schoolism.com/lp/pictorial-composition-nathan-fowkes/ This exercise is a study from a Fredrick Remingto

Bobby interviews one of his artistic heroes: James Gurney. James is the artist and author best known for his illustrated book series Dinotopia. He specializes in painting realistic images of scenes that can’t be photographed, from dinosaurs to ancient civilizations. He is also a dedicated plein air (outdoor) painter and sketcher, believing that making studies directly from observation fuels his imagination. Links: Sign up for the Schoolism newsletter: https://www.schoolism.com/subscribe-mail.php Bobby Chiu: https://www.instagram.com/digitalbobert Follow James Gurney: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesgurneyart Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JamesMGurney Twitter: https://twitter.com/gurneyjourney Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gurneyjourney

Andy Park is the current Visual Development Artist and Lead Character Concept Artist for Marvel Studios. Amongst the incredible list of credits include recent films such as Thor: Ragnarok (coming soon), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Dr Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-man, and many many more! In this interview we talk about what it's like to work on the biggest superhero movies in the world. Links: Sign up for the Schoolism newsletter: https://www.schoolism.com/subscribe-mail.php Instagram Links: Andy Park: https://www.instagram.com/andyparkart Bobby Chiu: https://www.instagram.com/digitalbobert Matt Johnson: https://www.instagram.com/artofmattjohnson

Bobby shares 5 tips that have helped to boost his career over the years and achieve many of his goals so far. Lots of people have different ways to boost their careers so these aren't the only ways but they've worked for Bobby and he hopes they'll help some others out there as well.

At age 18, Brian Kesinger was the youngest artist to be hired at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Over twenty years later, Brian has worked on such Disney films as Tarzan, Moana, Big Hero 6, Zootopia and many more. In this interview he accounts his artistic journey and the lessons he's learned along the way. Instagram Links: Brian Kesinger: https://www.instagram.com/briankesinger Bobby Chiu: https://www.instagram.com/digitalbobert Matt Johnson: https://www.instagram.com/artofmattjohnson

How do you know if you're really making the best career decisions for your future? Bobby Chiu and Jonathan Hardesty discuss with guest Peter Han on how they make decisions for their careers, the pitfalls to avoid and other important topics for artists.

For many of the top artists, it's more about the journey than the destination. Always looking to take on new challenges and level up. Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo are perfect examples of this. They took some time out of their busy schedules to talk with Bobby and Masae about their thoughts about art, life and what they've been up to at their studio: Tonko House.

Being an artist is a challenging thing and it's important to avoid bad art habits to have the best chance at an awesome career. In this video we cover 6 bad artist habits that everyone should avoid.

Today’s guest is the talented story artist, Normand Lemay. He graduated from Sheridan College Animation and worked for years in Toronto. He contributed to many projects ranging from animated pilots, TV shows, feature films and commercials. But in 2009, Norman moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of being part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation family. His list of credits include Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Wreck It Ralph 2 (coming soon). Norman was also nominated for an Annie Award for his work in Moana.

Sung Jin Ahn went from being an intern at Titmouse doing scans to a director for Niko and the Sword of Light, which ended up winning an Emmy…all of this in his 20’s! In this interview, he talks about how he went from a shy kid in high school to getting his big breaks and lessons he learned that contributed to his successes so far. This is a really good interview for many of the people out there looking to be inspired.

Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay, affectionately known as “Griz”, was born in Indonesia and fell in love with animation as a little girl watching Walt Disney’s Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. She graduated as a valedictorian from Art Center College of Design. She then joined Dreamworks Animation at first, but in 2015, Griselda’s dream of being a Walt Disney artist came true. A couple of her upcoming projects she has contributed to is Disney’s Frozen Holiday Special, Wreck It Ralph 2 (coming soon). Her contributions can also be seen in movies such as Moana, Inner Workings, Home, Penguins of Madagascar, How To Train Your Dragon 2, The Croods, Rise Of The Guardians, Puss In Boots and many many more.

Zbrush is being incorporated more and more into today's concept art and illustrations. Today's guest is artist Justin Goby Fields. He's been incorporating ZBrush into his concept art illustrations for years now. Justin has worked on such films as Iron Man 3, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Maleficent, Noah, The Wolverine and many more. He also teaches his Zbrush/Photoshop techniques on Schoolism.com. NOTES: Sign up for the Schoolism Newsletter to know about future streams, workshops, classes and news for artists. https://www.schoolism.com/subscribe-mail.php Schoolism class mentioned: Justin Goby Fields is teaching Introduction to Zbrush https://www.schoolism.com/lp/introduction-to-zbrush-justin-goby-fields/ Instagram: Justin Goby Fields https://www.instagram.com/jfields217 Bobby Chiu https://www.instagram.com/digitalbobert Masae Seki https://www.instagram.com/masaeseki

The art of simplifying is deceivingly challenging to do it right. What to leave in, what to leave out and how to stylize when needed. Today's guest is Pernille Ørum from Denmark. She is an incredibly popular illustrator and visual development artist with over 360K followers on Instagram. Besides being a successful freelancer, Pernille has also launched 2 very successful Kickstarters for her art books Blush and her upcoming book Coral that you can pledge for as of this recording. NOTES: Sign up for the Schoolism Newsletter to know about future streams, workshops, classes and news for artists. https://www.schoolism.com/subscribe-mail.php Schoolism class mentioned: Pernille Ørum is taking Environment Design with Nathan Fowkes https://www.schoolism.com/lp/environment-design-nathan-fowkes/ KICKSTARTER: Pernille Ørum's Coral Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pernilleoe/coral-the-art-of-pernille-rum Instagram: Pernille Ørum https://www.instagram.com/pernilleoerum Bobby Chiu https://www.instagram.com/p

From living in Brooklyn during the crack epidemic in the 80s to working on many of the most important animated shows of our time, Kevin O’Brien shares his stories of hard times and successes in this inspiring interview. Some of his huge list of credits include The Iron Giant, The Simpsons, Ice Age, Cars 2 & 3, The Good Dinosaur, Wall-E, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and many more. Visit Schoolism.com for art classes.

We sit down with the Emmy winning creators of Amazon’s new show Niko and the Sword of Light: Jim Bryson, Adam Jeffcoat, Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu to talk about how to be creative, where they get their ideas and how to turn that creative idea into something like a tv show. Listen in and watch as Jim Bryson and Bobby Chiu create a painting together.

Paul Topolos is 1 of only a small handful of matte painters at Pixar animation studios. He's worked on such films as Cars 3, The Good Dinosaur, Inside Out, Monsters University, Brave, Toy Story 3, Up, Wall-E, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and a couple of live action movies for Lucasfilm, namely Star Wars Episode I & II. In this interview, Paul shares stories of his challenges, triumphs and the many lessons he's learned along the way.