060: Discover WHO YOU ARE and then BE YOURSELF! (w/ Pascal Campion)
04/04/16 • 33 min
Pascal Campion is a prolific French-American illustrator and animator from the San Francisco whose clients include: DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures, Disney Feature, Disney Toons, Cartoon Network, Hulu, and PBS. Working in the animation industry for over 15 years, currently he is the Art Director for the Netflix/Warner Bros “Green Eggs and Ham” series. His feature work includes Visual Development of "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" and "The Penguins of Madagascar." Pascal also has worked with Marvel Comics since 2013 and has steadily posted over 3,000 images of personal work to his “Sketches of the Day” project since 2005.
Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/pascal
In this episode, Pascal discusses:-How he started his "Sketch of the Day" project.
-His advice to anyone struggling to do the work every day, to take it one step at a time.
-How if you are impatient with your art, it is something that you can work on with your daily practice.
-The importance of finishing a drawing, because your brain starts to recognize the beginning, middle, and end of creating a piece of art, and if you don't finish the piece, you don't recognize those landmarks.
-How as you create art and get better, your goals change as you continue to learn more and more.
-How many of his less-favorite pieces end up being more popular than the ones he loves the most.
-How you can compare yourself to other talented artists, but they might be comparing themselves to you as well.
-His advice for people who might be afraid to draw or paint everyday scenes.
-A story about the time he watched a duck for 20 minutes.
-How when you are younger you want to be someone else, but as you get older you grow to accept who you are.
-How hard it is when you are young (or even older) and you are told to “be yourself,” when you don’t know exactly who you are.
-The beauty of being able to recognize that you are changing as an artist and a human being.
-Being able to let go of things you are good at for the sake of progressing, especially if those things found success.
-What it is like for him to get into the “zone,” and how it is like deep-sea diving.
-When he gets into a flow state, how it feels as if he is a conduit for something else, and how he is just there to help it along.
-The importance of staying physically fit and the relationship that it can have with your art and creativity.
Pascal's Final Push will inspire you to start drawing whatever you are thinking a feeling, right now! Quotes:"I have a hard time doing an image without telling a story."
"After a few minutes, I have this nervous energy where I just want to get to the end really quickly."
"Patience and the amount of time that you can sit down and draw is something that you can work on. It's like running. It's like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the better you get at it."
"If you don't finish a drawing, you don't get those landmarks in your head."
"If you actually put yourself through the paces of finishing a drawing, your brain is going to create a grid: This is the beginning, this is the middle, and this is the end. You'll have an idea of the trip that you're going to be taken on."
"Always finish your drawing. The more you finish, the more you understand the whole process and the easier it is to get it done. If you keep starting and not finishing your drawings, you will never get the map in your head of the amount of work it takes to get a drawing done."
"I get incredible pleasure from creating images. Even if they are bad, the actual process of it is fun to me."
"As long as you enjoy it, it's going to show in the drawing."
"When I turned 30, things got a whole lot easier in my life because I wasn't trying to become something else anymore."
“The more you keep saying you’re going to do something when you have time, the less likely you are to do it.”
“There’s no better time than NOW to do what you want to do.”
“The ME of ten years ago would not do the same drawings as me now, even if we were at the same technical level.
“My best days of drawing are often when I’ve done a lot of physical exercise.”
Connect with Pascal:
Pascal Campion is a prolific French-American illustrator and animator from the San Francisco whose clients include: DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures, Disney Feature, Disney Toons, Cartoon Network, Hulu, and PBS. Working in the animation industry for over 15 years, currently he is the Art Director for the Netflix/Warner Bros “Green Eggs and Ham” series. His feature work includes Visual Development of "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" and "The Penguins of Madagascar." Pascal also has worked with Marvel Comics since 2013 and has steadily posted over 3,000 images of personal work to his “Sketches of the Day” project since 2005.
Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/pascal
In this episode, Pascal discusses:-How he started his "Sketch of the Day" project.
-His advice to anyone struggling to do the work every day, to take it one step at a time.
-How if you are impatient with your art, it is something that you can work on with your daily practice.
-The importance of finishing a drawing, because your brain starts to recognize the beginning, middle, and end of creating a piece of art, and if you don't finish the piece, you don't recognize those landmarks.
-How as you create art and get better, your goals change as you continue to learn more and more.
-How many of his less-favorite pieces end up being more popular than the ones he loves the most.
-How you can compare yourself to other talented artists, but they might be comparing themselves to you as well.
-His advice for people who might be afraid to draw or paint everyday scenes.
-A story about the time he watched a duck for 20 minutes.
-How when you are younger you want to be someone else, but as you get older you grow to accept who you are.
-How hard it is when you are young (or even older) and you are told to “be yourself,” when you don’t know exactly who you are.
-The beauty of being able to recognize that you are changing as an artist and a human being.
-Being able to let go of things you are good at for the sake of progressing, especially if those things found success.
-What it is like for him to get into the “zone,” and how it is like deep-sea diving.
-When he gets into a flow state, how it feels as if he is a conduit for something else, and how he is just there to help it along.
-The importance of staying physically fit and the relationship that it can have with your art and creativity.
Pascal's Final Push will inspire you to start drawing whatever you are thinking a feeling, right now! Quotes:"I have a hard time doing an image without telling a story."
"After a few minutes, I have this nervous energy where I just want to get to the end really quickly."
"Patience and the amount of time that you can sit down and draw is something that you can work on. It's like running. It's like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the better you get at it."
"If you don't finish a drawing, you don't get those landmarks in your head."
"If you actually put yourself through the paces of finishing a drawing, your brain is going to create a grid: This is the beginning, this is the middle, and this is the end. You'll have an idea of the trip that you're going to be taken on."
"Always finish your drawing. The more you finish, the more you understand the whole process and the easier it is to get it done. If you keep starting and not finishing your drawings, you will never get the map in your head of the amount of work it takes to get a drawing done."
"I get incredible pleasure from creating images. Even if they are bad, the actual process of it is fun to me."
"As long as you enjoy it, it's going to show in the drawing."
"When I turned 30, things got a whole lot easier in my life because I wasn't trying to become something else anymore."
“The more you keep saying you’re going to do something when you have time, the less likely you are to do it.”
“There’s no better time than NOW to do what you want to do.”
“The ME of ten years ago would not do the same drawings as me now, even if we were at the same technical level.
“My best days of drawing are often when I’ve done a lot of physical exercise.”
Connect with Pascal:
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059: Get your "SECRET HOBBY" out into the open! (w/ Bo Belanger)
Bo is a television writer who got his start and first two scripts on the Disney Channel’s hit show “Good Luck Charlie.” His next writing job came on the Netflix Original “Richie Rich,” a sitcom remake of the classic comic book.
In between those jobs, he raised $12,000 on Kickstarter to produce his own animated show, “Pearly Gates,” which was released in February 2015. Bo graduated from Fairfield University in 2006 and was born and raised in Portland, Maine.
Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/bo
In this episode, Bo discusses:-His creative journey from college until the point that he is at now.
-How his first forays into writing were treated like a "secret hobby."
-How he had to convince his friend, Matt, to join him in creating writing as a career by using a Fairly Brothers clip.
-How he took matters into his own hands while working on "Good Luck Charlie," by giving the showrunners his card and making sure they remembered him.
-The idea behind "Pearly Gates" and his reason for creating it.
-The process of creating a new show and hiring other creatives to do work on it.
-How there are two ways to make your ways through the ranks as a screenwriter.
-The importance of writing down all of your ideas so that you can develop them later.
-The importance of knowing the finalized form you want your art to take.
-How you should complete the work you start, so it might be helpful to start with smaller projects in the beginning that you will be able to see all the way through.
-How to properly look at criticism and use that criticism to help you.
-How to deal with writer's block (by forcing yourself to write consistently every day).
-His advice for someone who wants to get their script out there that has a full-time job or full-time responsibilities that can't pick up their life and move to Los Angeles.
-How to figure out if the criticism you receive is merited or not.
-The importance of having people that you can trust who can look at your work.
Quotes:"I wanted to just make something. Because I had been writing and writing and writing, which is fun. But after awhile you want to actually see your work living."
"The more that you write down, the more that it takes on a life of its own."
"The more I wrote, the more that stuff came to me."
"It really is important having a life outside of your craft because that is where all the ideas come from."
"It never gets easy but it gets easier."
Links mentioned: Connect with Bo:Next Episode
061: Make it clear in your own head so you can DIVE IN (w/ Rik Garrett)
Rik Garrett is a photographer and artist from Chicago who utilizes analog photographic processes to explore themes surrounding the invisible. His latest book, “Earth Magic” is a collection of photographs taken with an antique camera that explore witchcraft, the female form, and nature.
Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/rik
In this episode, Rik discusses:-How he was influenced by his mother, who was also a photographer.
-How he took all of the images in his series "Earth Magic" using the wet plate collodion process.
-All of the challenges that come with taking photographs with an antique camera and developing process.
-Why he enjoys taking photographs with the wet plate collodion process even if it means more time, planning, and moving pieces.
-Embracing the "mistakes" that occur as serendipitous events that can possibly tie the piece together.
-How he often publishes "outtakes" on his social media pages.
-How he is sometimes caught off guard by what people resonate with, especially if it is something he did on a whim.
-His interest in witchcraft and the occult, but more broadly his interest in the unexplained.
-How "Earth Magic" was his attempt to imagine a documentation of witchcraft and outsider women as photography was being invented.
-How he made a book of inspiration, using photos and other sources to develop the theme that he wanted to create with his photographs... and then put his own photos into it as well.
-How being obsessive about your art can sometimes be helpful in terms of remaining focused and getting things done.
-How he has a tendency to overthink things and how this can end up slowing down his work.
-How deadlines always ensure that he is putting in the time and effort to get the work done.
Rik's Final Push will inspire you to GO OVERBOARD and DIVE IN! Quotes:"It's a hurry-up-and-wait kind of situation."
"I just instinctively go for the tactile aspect of photography."
"The serendipity of this mistake is actually what makes the image more compelling."
"There are a few of my photographs that ended up in the book that I think wouldn't have been nearly as interesting if there hadn't been some mistake that had happened there that tied everything together."
"I would always go to the areas of unexplained things, and I think that has influenced my artwork."
"There's this whole history of occult thought and knowledge. It's this wealth of creative information that you can draw on. It's fascinating to me."
"For a long time I saw it as a side interest, not really connected with my artwork.
"I wanted to be a part of those histories in a way."
"You can always hone and tweak something for the rest of your life and never quite finish it or call it 'done.'"
"Allow yourself to really sink into the world you are trying to get out there."
Links mentioned:"Earth Magic" by Rik Garrett
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