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 103: Should You Be Exhibiting at Art conventions?
PK 102: The organizers of Artistacon reveal how to make the most of your conference experience
PK 101: Getting back into being a full time artist after taking a long break
PK 100: The best bits from the Top 10 Pencil Kings interviews compiled into one handy podcast.
PK 099: Getting Your Big Creative Project Started and Funded with Princess Merida Creator Brenda Chapman
PK 098: Finding Your Voice as an Artist with Renee Chio
PK 097: How one tweet helped launch the career of digital artist Phil Galloway.
PK096: City of Gateway Creator Sean Murray on Fantasy Concept Art
PK 095: Corey Pelton Reveals How to Get Hired in the Video Game Industry
PK 094: Derek Rodenbeck is back to update his journey as a comic book artist and creative
PK 093: Understanding the reality of a freelance art career
PK 092: Learn to push past creative block with Youngman Brown of the Your Creative Push Podcast
PK 091: The best advice from hundreds of artist interviews with Carl Olson of the Digital Convervence Podcast
PK 090: A Blueprint for kickstarting your freelance career with Author and Illustrator Cale Atkinson
PK 089: How to break in as a digital artist and propel your career faster than you ever thought possible.
PK 088: Should Visual Artists Start a YouTube Channel?
PK 087: Blizzard cinematic VFX artist David Luong shares his path to getting into one of the world's premiere game studios and tells us what creative life looks like outside the studio.
PK 086: Why do creativity and depression often go together for many artists?
PK 085: Artist Eliot Min talks about making Manga Art and his new video game, Cerebrawl.
PK 084: Animation director Cinzia Angelini talks about making the Mila Film
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