Art Cafe Podcast

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• The Godfather of Digital Art - Craig Mullins - Art Cafe #148 15.06.2024 1h 48min

  Craig Mullins is an american artist, painter and pioneer of digital art. https://www.goodbrush.com/ https://www.instagram.com/craigmullinsofficial 02:00 Introductions and The Role of AI in Art and the Future of Creativity 35:33 The Concrete Brain and Adaptation 49:09 The Overwhelming Influx of Data and Connectivity 01:06:57 The Cyclical Nature of History and Rapid Change 01:16:38 The Journey into Digital Art and the Emergence of Photoshop 01:38:36 Being Selective with Influences and Embracing Failure
• Artistic Provenance and Art Medium Journey /w Mad Dog Jones - Art Cafe #147 23.04.2024 1h 31min

  Michah Dowbak aka Mad Dog Jones is a multidisciplinary artist from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Dowbak rose to fame in the world of crypto art with the recent success of his Crash + Burn series of NFT artworks, and he is now a headliner in the first major NFT art exhibition at UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Michah has also designed a helmet graphics for F1 racing 7 time world champion Lewis Hamliton and livery design for winning MotoGP team VR46 Valentino Rossi.
• Film Industry, Directors, Expectations - w/ Legendary Artist George Hull - Art Cafe #146 02.04.2024 59min

  George Hull is a legendary artist and illustrator know for his iconic design work for Matrix Trilogy, Dune (Part 1 and 2) and more. https://www.ghull.com/ https://www.instagram.com/georgehulldesign
• Film Industry is Changing, Art Legacy, IPs and AI with David Levy - Art Cafe #145 11.03.2024 1h 43min

  David Levy is an award winning designer, artist and art director known for his work for films such as Avatar, Tron: Legacy, Star Wars EP9 and more. David's website: https://vyleart.com/home David's IG: https://www.instagram.com/vyleart My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
• Mentors, Animation and Artistic Growth with Benjy Brooke - Art Cafe #144 26.02.2024 1h 24min

  Benjy Brooke is a supervising director on Scavengers Reign Max tv mini series and at Green Street Pictures, Los Angeles, California. Benjy's website: https://www.benjybrooke.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/benjybrooke About Mike Burakoff - https://www.mikeburakoff.com/ The Strokes - At The Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CAz_vvsK9M
• Making A Masterpiece: Scavenger's Reign, with Show Co-creator Joe Bennett - Art Cafe #143 05.02.2024 59min

  Joe Bennett is a co-creator of Scavenger's Reign, animation director and co-founder of Green Street Pictures. https://www.josephbennett.tv/ https://www.instagram.com/joe_bennett_animation/ https://www.instagram.com/greenstreetpictures/ My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
• Production Design in Animation and Directing Art Department with Jason Scheier - Art Cafe #142 29.01.2024 1h 37min

  Jason is a seasoned Production Designer, Art Director, and instructor with a BA in Fine Arts and Illustration from California State, Fullerton. With experience in various prestigious studios like DreamWorks Animation, Warner Brothers, and Walt Disney Imagineering, and teaching roles at renowned institutions like Art Center College of Design, Jason excels in bringing imaginative worlds to life. Jason was a Production Designer on critically acclaimed Netflix animation Blue Eye Samurai and upcoming Transformers One. https://www.instagram.com/jasonscheierart https://twitter.com/ScheierJason My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
• Directing with Sava Zivkovic 06.06.2023 2h 5min

  Sava Zivkovic is a Director based in Belgrade, Serbia. with over 14 years of experience working in CG animation. Sava directs for Axis Studios and Hydra Studios, with directorial work in short films like IRRADIATION, HUXLEY, FREIGHT, and IFCC, as well as game cinematics for Dead Island 2, Diablo Immortal, Outriders, Solium Infernum, Destiny 2 and Gears of War 5. Follow Sava at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sava.zivkovic Behance - https://www.behance.net/SavaZivkovic Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/savazivkovic Sava's Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/SavaZivkovic BECKOMING - https://vimeo.com/765779439 Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com Store - https://shop.kuciara.com
• Art Beyond Entertainment with Michael Kutsche - Art Cafe #140 15.05.2023 2h 41min

  Michael Kutsche, a celebrated German artist, skillfully blends traditional and digital media. His work, featured in Sotheby's auctions and global exhibitions, merges diverse artistic elements and prompts reflection on the human condition. Michael's website: https://www.michaelkutsche.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_kutsche Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelkutsche Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/  
• Prompt: In style of Greg Rutkowski - Art Cafe #139 09.03.2023 2h 8min

  Greg Rutkowski is a Polish illustrator and digital artist. Greg is known for his unique classical painting style and his work can be found on covers of Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering cards and more. Greg's website: https://rutkowski.artstation.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greg_rutkowski Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrzegorzRutko14 Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/
• Oseanworld - Art Cafe #138 20.02.2023 2h 17min

  Osean is a digital artist, musician, animation director and creator of Oseanworld. His work also include collaborating with major musicians such as 2 Chainz, Offset, Madeon and more. Follow Osean at: Website - https://www.osean.world/ Oseanworld Youtubue - https://www.youtube.com/c/OSEANWORLD Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oseanworld Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/
• Artist Authenticity vs AI with Sam Yang - #137 01.02.2023 2h 24min

  Sam Yang is a Toronto based artist, illustrator and entertainer known for his popular Youtube channel Sam Does Arts. Sam's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SamDoesArts Sam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samdoesarts Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/ Show Notes: Midjourney - https://midjourney.com/ Chatgpt - https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ Getty Images AI lawsuit - https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit Stable Diffusion Class Aciton Lawsuit - https://stablediffusionlitigation.com/ ChatGPT pass parts of business law, medical exams - https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/29/chatgpt-ai-language-bot-can-pass-business-law-and-/
• Being an Artist and Artificial Intelligence, Holiday Special /w Ash Thorp - Art Cafe #136 07.01.2023 1h 58min

  Ash Thorp is a director,, designer and a visionary artist based in California, known for batmobile designs for latest The Batman movie, Ken Block's rally Ford Cosworth car, designs for films such as Ender's Game, Captain Marvel to name a few and a director at ALT Creative, Inc. https://www.altcinc.com https://www.instagram.com/ashthorp https://twitter.com/ashthorp1 Show notes: Mid Journey Forbes Article - https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/09/16/midjourney-founder-david-holz-on-the-impact-of-ai-on-art-imagination-and-the-creative-economy/?sh=2eda17c62d2b Stable Diffusion explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIpzeNxIhU OpenAI - https://openai.com/ CLIP - https://openai.com/blog/clip/ MidJourney - https://www.midjourney.com/ Stability.ai - https://stability.ai/ Andrew Huberman - https://hubermanlab.com/ Concept Art Association GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/protecting-artists-from-ai-technologies Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara https://www.kuciara.com Shop: https://www.shop.kuciara.com
• Technology and how Art is Changing /w Joshua Davis - Art Cafe #135 07.01.2023 3h 8min

  Joshua Davis is an American designer, technologist, author, and visual artist in new media. He is best known as the creator of praystation.com, winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 Golden Nica for "Net Vision / Net Excellence”. https://joshuadavis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/praystation/?hl=en https://www.zerospace.co/ The End of Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSxFAGP9Ss Chatgpt: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara https://kuciara.com Store: https://shop.kuciara.com
• AI and The Future of Art with Steven Zapata - Art Cafe #134 15.12.2022 2h 56min

  Steven Zapata is a a professional designer, illustrator, and educator for over a decade based out of New York City. Steven’s Links Website: https://www.stevenzapata.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/stevenzapataart Links from the show: Git Hub Litigation: https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/ Google Sentient AI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/ All-In Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@allin Followe me: Instagram - https://instagram.com/maciejkuciara Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://www.kuciara.com Store - https://shop.kuciara.com  
• Art of Manipulation with Ethan Becker - Art Cafe #133 26.11.2020 1h 32min

  Ethan is a visual development artist in animation, who worked with clients such as Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, Studio Mir to name a few. Ethan is also known his incredibly popular and funny youtube channel and probably one of most interesting personalities I've had a chance to talk with. https://www.instagram.com/ethanbecker70 https://www.youtube.com/user/ToBelgium Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara
• Art Career Dream to Reality with Gio Nakpil 10.11.2020 1h 18min

  Gio Nakpil is a senior design evangelist and art director at Adobe. We spoke about his road to becoming an artist and fulfilling childhood dreams, dealing with anxiety of switching industries and more. https://www.artstation.com/gionakpil https://twitter.com/GioNakpil https://www.instagram.com/gionakpil Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara
• Professionalism and Hustle /w Allan McKay - Art Cafe #131 22.10.2020 1h 48min

  Allan McKay is a Los-Angeles based visual effects supervisor and technical director. He is responsible for visual effects sequences in projects including Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Blade, The Last Airbender, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Flight, The Equalizer, and other films. www.allanmckay.com https://www.instagram.com/allanmckayofficial Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara
• What Its Like to Be A Concept Artist - Danar Worya - Art Cafe #130 29.09.2020 1h 41min

  Danar Worya is a Netherlands based concept artist. https://www.artstation.com/danarworya https://www.instagram.com/danarworyaart Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com https://www.vimeo.com/maciejkuciara/showtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345BezU Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara
• Expressing Yourself in Art - Ramon Nunez - Art Cafe #129 09.09.2020 2h 9min

  Ramon Nunez is a Venezuelan artist living in Madrid, Spain. https://www.instagram.com/ramonn90 https://www.artstation.com/ramonn90 Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345Bez https://www.vimeo.com/maciejkuciara/showtime Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara