Pencil Kings | Inspiring Artist Interviews with Today’s Best Artists
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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
PK 183: Meet Evolve Community Superstar Peggy Durant
PK 182: Meet Evolve Artist Head Instructor Piper Talladay
PK 181: Evolve Artist Update - 2 Years Later...
PK 180: Consistently creating award winning art students with Kevin Murphy
PK 179: Welcome back to the Pencil Kings Podcast!
PK 178: Burn The Boats - What REALLY Makes You An Artist?
PK 177: Becoming a Children's Book Illustrator - Interview With Matt B Lewis.
PK 176: How to Copyright Artwork - Interview With IP and Social Media Lawyer, Paul Lombic.
PK 175: Travel and Living Creatively - Interview With Freelance Illustrator, Ladislas Chachignot.
PK 174: How to Start a Comic Book - Interview With Comic Book Illustrator, Ryan Onorato.
PK 173: How to Make the Art You Really WANT to Make
PK 172: How to Break Into Comics: Interview With Creator of The Sire, Michael Dolce
PK 171: How to Unlock Your Creativity - Interview with Author and Psychiatrist, Dr Srini Pillay
PK 170: How to Live Creatively. Interview With Mixed Media Artist, Tracy Verdugo.
PK 169: Witches, Demons, and Art. Inside the Creative Mind of Occult and Fantasy Artist, Jim Pavelec.
PK 168: Can Making Art Change Your Life? Interview with Tamara Laporte From Willowing Arts
PK 167: Travel and Creativity. How to Reboot The Artist in You.
PK 166: How to Promote Your Art on Instagram.
PK 165: How to Live Like an Artist...and Build a Successful Creative Career.
PK 164: Dragons, Myths and Illustration - How Collette J Ellis Turned Her Passion Into a Career
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