My Creative Life for Artists and Creators

Hi Everyone! I have Sarah Monick with me today! A photographer and advertising creative that was delightful to interview. Here is more about Sarah:  Sarah Monick is a creative from Manhattan who crafts fine art concepts through precise and minimalistic commercial-style visuals. She graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in the spring of 2020 with a BFA in commercial photography and...

Hi Everyone! I interviewed James Yang, an award-winning editorial and children's book illustrator. His book, Bus! Stop! was selected as an outstanding picture book by The New York Times and the follow-up Stop! Bot! is the 2020 Geisel award winner for the most distinguished American book for beginning readers. His newest book, A Boy Named Isamu is the 2022 APALA Honor Award winner. To see his work...

Hi Everyone! Today we have illustrator Maya Shakur with me today. My lovely co-host Tiffany Gordon. Here is more about Maya.  Maya Eliisa Shakur is a children's book illustrator, designer, and lover of plants and animals. Maya has directed this energy into creating the company Studio Mai, and is currently based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is surrounded by inspiration in the f...

Hi Everyone! It is Nancy and Keith on this episode chatting with Kathleen Lynch a NY-based illustrator and art teacher.  To see her work visit: https://www.instagram.com/katnap_illustration/ To see Keith Lee's work: https://www.keithleeillustration.com/ Keith's IG: https://www.instagram.com/keithleeillustration/ Nancy Miller's work: https://www.nmillerillustration.com/ Nancy's IG: https://www...

Hi Everyone! I have Keith Lee hosting today and the illustrator we talked with is Broly Su, an Atlanta-based illustrator! Great guy! I'm surrounded by award-winning illustrators! Here is more about Broly: Broly Su is an Atlanta-based illustrator and graphic designer, who is currently pursuing an MFA degree in Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, GA. Broly creates most...

Hi Everyone! I have Justen here with me today in this interview, and he is such a nice guy! I had to ask him to be on the podcast and share his story. Here is more about Justen.  Character Designer/Vis Dev Children’s book illustrator of “This-MAMA” Game dev behind “Jaeger Automata” Check out his work: jturne31.myportfolio.com https://www.instagram.com/empty_calorillustrations/

Hi Everyone! I am here with Cindy Liu a fellow illustrator and she was kind enough to share her art journey and the ups and downs she has had. I appreciate her honesty and she has beautiful work.  Cindy mentioned the artist that inspired her: Atsumiko Imamura To see Cindy's work or hire her visit: https://cindyliuartworks.com/ Thanks for listening!

Hi Everyone! I interviewed Andrew Wiens, Development Director of Guided Discoveries. He answered my questions on the nature of sales and how artists can learn to sell their work to an audience. Great chat! Here is more about Andrew and where you can learn more about Guided Discoveries. Andrew is a former Executive Salesperson, who decided to pursue passion and pivoted to non-profit development. No...

Hi Everyone! I'm really into collaborations these days, and I wanted to share some interviews with people that are doing that in a big way. Allan Meade is the founder of the Concept Factory Atlanta. Here is more about Allan and his company.  Allan is a multi-faceted Entrepreneur and Creative Producer with experience in fiction/non-fiction film development, along with practices in the entertai...

Kim-Hoa Ung was kind enough to speak with me about her experience as a children's book author and illustrator. We met through the connection from the Erin Murphy Literary Agency.  Kim-Hoa spoke about her inspiration for writing and illustrating, and how she persevered to get her debut title A Gift for Nai Nai. published. Here is more about Kim-Hoa. My name is Kim-Hoa and I am a picture book a...

Hi Everyone! Today I interviewed Nabeela Washington the Editor-in-Chief of Lucky Jefferson . Here is more information about the literary journal Lucky Jefferson.   Founded in 2018, Lucky Jefferson  is an award-winning literary journal that generates interactive conversations around poetry and art by reforming the way journals are produced and shared. Lucky Jefferson  is proud to fea...

Hi Everyone! This is Nancy and Keith from My Creative Life, and today we have Allen Zhang a fellow graduate illustration student talking about his concept work. We also sidetracked and talked about the eastern versus western thought process of ideation. That was really interesting and I hope we do another chat in the future about it. Allen recommended looking at the work of Man Ba and Erak.&n...

Hi Everyone! I have Little Boat a fellow illustrator on this episode. She talks about her aspirations and her background that led her to studying illustration. Here is a link to the artist she mentioned in the interview: https://www.instagram.com/plastiboo/ Leiji_Matsumoto To see her work: https://boat88.myportfolio.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boat.boat_c/ Thanks for listening!

Hi Everyone, today I have Gillian Mallory as my co-host on this episode, and we are interviewing Joey Liu a concept designer for film. Joey is a really nice guy and he shared his art journey with us today and how he got started in that field. He shares his plans and goals in his career. Thanks, Joey! To see Joey's work visit  https://www.instagram.com/jo.ey545/ Art Station joey545.artstation.c...

Hi Everyone! Today we are introducing the My Creative Life Magazine that we are working on as a team. The goal of the print publication is the highlight emerging artists from a variety of cultural identities that are transitioning into art careers. They are new and they are trying to get things started. I feel it is important to share their journey because we have gone through some unprecedented t...

Hi Everyone! This is a special podcast today, it is my first video podcast! Yeah! I have guest Keith Lee, and he is talking about starting his illustration career and a demo with his favorite pen. Here is more about Keith: Keith Alexander Lee is an illustrator based in Hong Kong. After obtaining his Master of Fine Arts in illustration with Savannah College of Art and Design, he is now working as a...

Hi Everyone! I'm excited to announce I have an agent!! My agent is Tara Gonzalez,  Erin Murphy Literary Agency. She was so kind to speak with me today and tell us about her background as an agent, and share what are things she's looking for in a submission! Here is more about Tara: Tara Gonzalez is an Associate Agent at the Erin Murphy Literary Agency , as well as the social media coordinator...

Today I am speaking with Jeff Hinchee, an illustrator I have admired for his stunning work in paper and 3D. He was kind enough to share his art journey with me today. Here is more about Jeff and his work: Jeff Hinchee is an illustrator and set designer. Blending 2-D and 3-D, his illustrations are an assemblage of traditional drawing and painting, cut paper relief, meticulous models, and the odd fo...

Hi Everyone! Today I'm chatting with Via Li a fellow illustration student. Via creates lovely paintings and prints and draws inspiration from fine artists like Egon Schiele. My cohost is Robin Mallory today. To see Via work visit: https://www.instagram.com/via.li_art/ To see Robin's work: https://www.instagram.com/gillian_mallory72/ Thank you for listening!

Hi Everyone it is my 97 episode! Yeah! I have Kelly Kiviranna a professional surface designer that has done work for various resorts, hotels, and casinos with her designs. Robin is my cohost today! To see more of her work visit: https://www.instagram.com/kellykiviranna/ To see Robin's work: https://www.instagram.com/gillian_mallory72/ To see my work: https://www.instagram.com/nmillerillustration/...

Hi Everyone, on this episode of My Creative Life I have return guest Robin Martéa. She just finished her MFA in Illustration and shared some tips about searching for jobs in the current market. Here is more about Robin: Robin Martéa is a visual artist, born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. Since grade school, she has been heavily involved in the visual arts and has since then, developed a strong fou...

Hi Everyone, I spoke with Jennifer Thornhill an illustrator I met via SVS Learn's Children's Book Pro. She speaks about her journey to becoming an illustrator. Here is more about Jennifer: I did the first part of my growing up in Alberta, Canada, and the second part in Ontario, Canada. Most of my hobbies as a child were related to arts and crafts. If I was indoors, I was drawing or working with cr...

Hi Everyone, today I speak with Amelia Leicht, designer, and teacher about her art journey.  Here is a little more about Amelia. Hello! I’m Amelia Leicht (that’s me in the hat!), a Grad Student at SCAD and Creative Director currently based in Dallas, Texas. I have extensive experience in Graphic Design, Brand Identity, and Content Strategy. I am passionate about data-driven creative and story...

Today I'm speaking with Kat Albert a fellow classmate from my thesis class. She talks about her thesis project and how she manages and finds time for all of her creative projects and stay healthy as an artist. Here is more about Kat: I’m a Filipino-American illustrator who specializes in digital painting, traditional watercolor, and a combination of the two. After completing a Bachelor's degree in...

Episode 101. I had the pleasure of speaking with Lu Pan, who is a classmate in my Fiber's class that is majoring in accessories design. Lu's work has appeared in the Global Footwear Awards and House and Home Magazine. He's the first person I've met with this major and I wanted to learn more about it.  To see Lu's work visit: https://www.instagram.com/panlu.create/ Thanks for listening!