Pencil Kings | Inspiring Artist Interviews with Today’s Best Artists
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Show Notes at: https://www.pencilkings.com/podcast-home/
“You have to be true to yourself, you have to have 100% commitment. If you’re gonna do it, you’ve just gotta do it. You can’t half hit the mark.” ~ Matt B Lewis.
Becoming a children’s book illustrator is a dream for many artists, but how can you turn this dream into reality and actually make a decent living from it?
In this week’s podcast, Australian children’s book illustrator, Matt B Lewis, reveals how he eventually decided to take the plunge and go freelance after 18 years as a civil servant - a totally unrelated career.
Although he never went to art school, Matt has always drawn every single day. And, one day in 2017, he decided to see if he really could turn his hobby into a viable career.
Having enrolled in the Illustration Lighthouse program in September 2016, he’d already realized how important it is to find the one thing you love doing most and concentrate on that.
So that’s exactly what he did. And, by October, he’d already written, illustrated and published his first book, Monsters in the Garden - a gift to his young daughter.
Another picture book for his son followed in February 2017, by which time Matt felt ready to start taking his new creative career to the next stage.
But how exactly did he go about doing this? You’ll find out in this week’s inspiring podcast interview.
Highlights From This Podcast:
Why being self-taught needn’t be a barrier to your art career Why concentrating on the one thing you love doing most is so important How to find out about networking events in your local area Why determination and putting yourself out there are key factors in your success Why having a portfolio to show to prospective clients is crucial How to study and develop your skills as an artist How to quit the day job and finally start doing what you’ve always wanted to do.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 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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