Artist Spotlight: mcbess

02/07/23 • 81 min

Justin Mezzell (Cofounder, PROOF) chats with French artist mcbess (Matthieu Bessudo) about storytelling, creating art through various mediums, and his projects The Dudes and Cel Mates.

Follow mcbess on Twitter | https://twitter.com/mcbess

Mcbess links | https://linktr.ee/mcbess

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0:00:00 Intro

0:01:27 Background and Inspiration

0:04:00 Storytelling

Panos Casmatos | https://twitter.com/panoscosmatos

Mandy | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6998518/

0:14:07 | Creating Art Through Various Mediums

0:22:35 | The Dudes

Dudes Factory | https://twitter.com/dudesfactory

0:36:00 Mcbess’ Voice

0:48:15 Cel Mates

Cel Mates | https://twitter.com/cel_mates

0:55:10 Web2 vs. Web3 Communities

1:02:25 How Web3 Empowers Creatives

1:10:23 Art Styles and Training

1:20:34 Outro

Justin Mezzell (Cofounder, PROOF) chats with French artist mcbess (Matthieu Bessudo) about storytelling, creating art through various mediums, and his projects The Dudes and Cel Mates.

Follow mcbess on Twitter | https://twitter.com/mcbess

Mcbess links | https://linktr.ee/mcbess

Stay connected with PROOF:

Follow Justin Mezzell on Twitter | https://twitter.com/JustinMezzell

Check out PROOF Daily Countdown on YouTube | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsvBBjkB4w7b1rL4uzAqM894nzYxDc2-1

Turn Notifications on for Proof Podcasts on Twitter | http://twitter.com/proofpodcasts

__________

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:27 Background and Inspiration

0:04:00 Storytelling

Panos Casmatos | https://twitter.com/panoscosmatos

Mandy | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6998518/

0:14:07 | Creating Art Through Various Mediums

0:22:35 | The Dudes

Dudes Factory | https://twitter.com/dudesfactory

0:36:00 Mcbess’ Voice

0:48:15 Cel Mates

Cel Mates | https://twitter.com/cel_mates

0:55:10 Web2 vs. Web3 Communities

1:02:25 How Web3 Empowers Creatives

1:10:23 Art Styles and Training

1:20:34 Outro

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