Pencil Kings | Inspiring Artist Interviews with Today’s Best Artists
Arts:Visual Arts
Show Notes at: https://www.pencilkings.com/podcast-home/
“Even if you don’t know what you want to do, just keep doing, keep trying, keep learning. Listen to yourself, listen to your heart, listen to what you love...and eventually the pieces will come together.” ~ Donna Adi.
Want to know how to promote your art on Instagram to gain followers and attract the attention of the kind of clients you want to work with?
In this week’s interview, we talk to Donna Adi, a mixed media illustrator from Los Angeles. After working in the fashion industry for several years, she felt the urge to combine her love of fashion photography with illustration and animation and develop her own style of art.
And, since posting her work online since January 2017, she’s seen her audience on Instagram grow to a huge 75.8K followers, with clothing designers and many more clients approaching her for her fun images, which bring an animated twist to photos of people in various situations.
So, what motivates her to make art? And how did she overcome self-doubt and all the other hurdles faced by artists to carve out an exciting career doing what she loves?
You’ll find out in this week’s’ podcast...
Key Takeaways From This Interview:
Why liking what you do...and loving what you do are two different things Why the moment when you discover what you really love doing is the moment when things start changing for you as an artist How to stay focused on your art - even when others don’t take your dream seriously Why copying the work of artists you admire can often be a great place to start Why you should make today the day you start following your true passion How to find your own voice as an artist - even if you’re just starting out Why inspiring others with your art can help fuel your own creativity How to promote your art on Instagram and other online channelsPK 143: Behind the Scenes With Etchr Lab's Brand new Multi-purpose Satchel for Artists
PK 142: Why drawing with force may be the most rewarding way to learn figure drawing.
PK 141: Creativity and Travel - What one Artist Learned From 5 Months on the Road
PK 140: How to Become a Children's Book Illustrator - Interview With John Martin
PK 139: How to Break Out of Art Jail - Interview With Chris Oatley From The Oatley Academy
PK 138: Get your professional art career started with the Illustration Lighthouse
PK 137: Is your fan art legal? Let's ask an IP Lawyer
PK 136: Building Your Art Career With 3D Total Publishing
PK 135: How to Become a Fantasy Artist
PK 134: Interview With Stan Prokopenko, aka Proko: Why do YOU make art?
PK 133: Want to Unlock Your Creativity? Get Reckless!
PK 132: What if you spent 3 years on ONE single art project?
PK 131: How to Build a Successful Freelance Art Career...Without Burning Out!
PK 130: Creating a Graphic Novel and Launching it Successfully on Kickstarter
PK 129: Carl Potts on the Golden Age of Marvel...and How to Break Into the Comics Industry
PK 128: Are you a Creative Introvert?
PK127: Artist Kirsten Zirngibl on Da Vinci Syndrome, Synesthesia and Going Deeper With the Creative Process
PK 126: Artistacon 2016 - What Happened at The New Art Event of The Year?
PK 125: How to Stay Creative...Even When Things Don't go to Plan!
PK 124: How to Publish Your First Children's Book
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast
Immaterial: 5,000 Years of Art, One Material at a Time
The Week in Art
Gulliver’s Travels
Just So Stories
Art Sense
The Beginner Photography Podcast