Shawn Coss is an Ohio-based artist who loves to sling ink and paint at paper until it forms some type of creature. He works for the webcomic and cartoon show, Cyanide and Happiness and also produces his own personal “dark art.” During the month of October, Shawn is illustrating mental illness and disorders for Inktober.
Approaching your creative passion with ENERGY: YCP Episode 2 with Karl Martens
Karl is a painter from Sweden with a special interest in nature… specifically birds. Karl’s style comes from his interest for the forms of meditation found in Zen Buddhism, and he believes that the first brushstroke is the most important.
164: EXPAND your creative mind! (w/ Stuart Holland)
Stuart Holland is a visionary realism artist currently based in Boise, Idaho. Working in primarily charcoal and watercolor, Stuart’s work often depicts ethereal figures as they explore and engage with stark landscapes riddled with enigmatic natural and artificial features. Drawing influence from sources like psychology, various spiritual traditions, psychedelics, and quantum physics, Stuart’s drawings and paintings explore the timeless concepts of Light and urge viewers to contemplate their innate relationships with Self, Nature, and the Universe at large.
163: Start thinking OUTSIDE THE BOX (w/ Gary Taxali)
Gary Taxali is an award-winning muli-media artist from Canada who draws inspiration from vintage comics and advertising, producing an assortment of graphic design, fine art, and street art, all rolled into one. His work has been seen not just in print and in museums throughout North America and Europe, but on toys, wine labels, coins for the Canadian Mint and clothing.
162: Do you have a CREATIVE BUCKET LIST? (w/ Chris Reeves)
Chris Reeves is the founder of 2930 Creative, a digital advertising agency in Dallas, Texas focused on helping the nonprofit, medical, tourism, and mortgage industries. Chris and his team have also began branching off into many new mediums, including a Facebook Live show and two podcasts: “The Creative Block Podcast” and “One-Star Review.”
161: Show up and create EVERY DAY (w/ Stephanie Halligan)
Stephanie Halligan is a cartoonist and the “art and soul” behind Arttoself.com, where she delivers a daily dose of doodles and notes of inspiration to her subscribers’ inboxes.
160: BRB, CHASING DREAMS (w/ Kelogsloops)
Kelogsloops is a talented 20-year old artist from Melbourne, Australia who has been drawing since he was five years old. He has amassed an impressive online following, with nearly 200,000 followers on Instagram.
159: LEAP FIRST and the net will appear! (w/ Jordan Matter)
Jordan Matter is a portrait photographer specializing in actors, models, and dancers. He is the photographer behind the NY Times bestseller “Dancers Among Us,” and in October, 2016 he is releasing his new book, “Dancers After Dark.”
158: DEMYSTIFY the creative process (Chris Ryniak & Amanda Louise Spayd Part 2)
Chris is a sculptor and a painter of all manner of critter, and has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world. His work has been published in numerous books and periodicals in the US as well as in Europe and Singapore. Chris is also a toy designer and sculptor of numerous instantly sold-out editions of designer art toys and figures.
Amanda’s mixed-media work combines the textures and colors of antique domestic objects, the natural world, and an obsessive attention to detail. Her fabric creatures evoke ideas of cast-off children’s toys and ill-conceived taxidermy experiments with crooked human teeth. Her work is highly sought-after by collectors around the globe, and she has exhibited her work in galleries, boutiques, and conventions across the United States, as well as Europe and Japan.
157: Poop Sketches & The Inertia Approach (Chris Ryniak & Amanda Louise Spayd Part 1)
Chris is a sculptor and a painter of all manner of critter, and has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world. His work has been published in numerous books and periodicals in the US as well as in Europe and Singapore. Chris is also a toy designer and sculptor of numerous instantly sold-out editions of designer art toys and figures.
Amanda’s mixed-media work combines the textures and colors of antique domestic objects, the natural world, and an obsessive attention to detail. Her fabric creatures evoke ideas of cast-off children’s toys and ill-conceived taxidermy experiments with crooked human teeth. Her work is highly sought-after by collectors around the globe, and she has exhibited her work in galleries, boutiques, and conventions across the United States, as well as Europe and Japan.