Art Department Podcast

Currently Associate Art Director at Riot Games - Vincent Menier has worked on games for over a decade on 3 different continents and shares all he knows about getting hired in the games industry in 2026 and much more!https://www.artstation.com/vincentmenier- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MENTORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE!When the work is slow and jobs are few it's the best time to improve your skills. Learn something new and push yourself out of your comfort zone. Get ready for when the jobs come back!https://www.hendrix-design.com/mentorship- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ADP on social media:https://www.youtube.com/@artdepartmentpodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/artdepartmentpodcast/https://twitter.com/artdepartmentp1https://www.instagram.com/janurschel/https://www.instagram.com/emanshiu/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Requests and Enquiries:artdepartmentpodcast@gmail.com

Veteran concept designer and Production Designer Kasra Farahani joins us in this episode to share with us his approach to working with Artists, what he looks for and how he went about crafting the look for one of this year's standout blockbusters - Disney/Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four. https://zafron.com https://www.instagram.com/kasfarahani/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MENTORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE! When the work is slow and jobs are few it's the best time to improve your skills. Learn something new and push yourself out of your comfort zone. Get ready for when the jobs come back! https://www.hendrix-design.com/mentorship - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ADP on social media: https://www.youtube.com/@artdepartmentpodcast https://www.instagram.com/artdepartmentpodcast/ https://twitter.com/artdepartmentp1 https://www.instagram.com/janurschel/ https://www.instagram.com/emanshiu/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Requests and Enquiries:artdepartmentpodcast@gmail.com

This week we have Andy Park in the virtual studio, sharing his amazing journey from comic book geek to being director of visual development at Marvel Studios and having worked on pretty much every single Marvel movies out there.https://www.andyparkart.comhttps://www.instagram.com/andyparkart/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MENTORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE!When the work is slow and jobs are few it's the best time to improve your skills. Learn something new and push yourself out of your comfort zone. Get ready for when the jobs come back!https://www.hendrix-design.com/mentorship- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ADP on social media:https://www.youtube.com/@artdepartmentpodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/artdepartmentpodcast/https://twitter.com/artdepartmentp1https://www.instagram.com/janurschel/https://www.instagram.com/emanshiu/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Requests and Enquiries:artdepartmentpodcast@gmail.com

We're welcoming back Ben Mauro to share with us his journey to publishing his first graphic novel Huxley and the follow-up The Oracle.The Oracle is releasing on Dec 2 in the US. You can get more info and order yours here: https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/huxley-the-oracle-hardcover https://a.co/d/aAncuyo The deluxe hardcover versions: https://readonlymemory.com/products/the-oracle https://readonlymemory.com/products/the-oracle-deluxe Huxley volume one is in all good books stores around the world. https://www.instagram.com/ben_mauro/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MENTORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE!When the work is slow and jobs are few it's the best time to improve your skills. Learn something new and push yourself out of your comfort zone. Get ready for when the jobs come back! https://www.hendrix-design.com/mentorship - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ADP on social media: https://www.youtube.com/@artdepartmentpodcast https://www.instagram.com/artdepartmentpodcast/ https://twitter.com/artdepartmentp1 https://www.instagram.com/janurschel/ https://www.instagram.com/emanshiu/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Requests and Enquiries: artdepartmentpodcast@gmail.com

We had the honour speak with visdev artist and Art Director Angela Sung about her career, her views on the animation industry, AI and of course her teaching and plein-air painting endeavours. https://www.angelasung.com https://www.instagram.com/angothemango/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MENTORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE!When the work is slow and jobs are few it's the best time to improve your skills. Learn something new and push yourself out of your comfort zone. Get ready for when the jobs come back!https://www.hendrix-design.com/mentorship- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ADP on social media:https://www.youtube.com/@artdepartmentpodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/artdepartmentpodcast/https://twitter.com/artdepartmentp1https://www.instagram.com/janurschel/https://www.instagram.com/emanshiu/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Requests and Enquiries:artdepartmentpodcast@gmail.com#ADP #artdepartmentpodcast

Another week, another legend. This time we're welcoming veteran concept artist, matter painter and production designer Dylan Cole to the podcast!https://dylancolestudio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/dylancoleart/You can catch Dylan in person on November 15th from 6-9pm for his book release party at the Gnomon school campus in LA!Make sure to pre-order his upcoming book 'Creating Worlds' here:https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Worlds-Century-Studios-Cinematic/dp/B0F5NZ47QT- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MENTORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE!When the work is slow and jobs are few it's the best time to improve your skills. Learn something new and push yourself out of your comfort zone. Get ready for when the jobs come back!https://www.hendrix-design.com/mentorship- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ADP on social media:https://www.youtube.com/@artdepartmentpodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/artdepartmentpodcast/https://twitter.com/artdepartmentp1https://www.instagram.com/janurschel/https://www.instagram.com/emanshiu/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Requests and Enquiries:artdepartmentpodcast@gmail.com#ADP #artdepartmentpodcast

We bring you an exclusive interview with Production Designer Ben Procter who is working on the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash. We talk about his career, working with James Cameron, pitfalls and insecurities regardless of age etc.

This week we talk Games! Veteran artist Darren Bacon talks us through his approach for world buildings having worked on such hit titles as Destiny, Halo, Star Wars and more!

We're diving into world building for Animation with Production Designer and Artist Jason Scheier.

For this special episode on World Building we have none other than industry veteran Feng Zhu joining us to talk about his decades of experience as Artist, Art Director, Entrepreneur and Educator.

Improving technique is a great endeavour but it's not everything (or for everyone).

Going out of your comfort zone and embrace change and growth is the topic for this weeks episode.

We share some of our thoughts and approaches to world building alongside some of our favorite examples in media.

It's sometimes difficult to deal with criticism and feedback in a high-stress work environment.

We talk about different approaches to learn and improve. Not only with art ...

We're often swayed by seemingly good advice on social media. But adopting a more questioning mindset might be better in the long run.

Trends come and go and sometimes it can feel like we're missing out if we're not following what's in.

We all have them, we don't want them, but how to get rid of them?

Can organizing your surroundings (and your life), really put your mind at ease and help you focus better?

Working as a commercial artist can feel draining a lot of the times. How can we recharge our creativity?