The Dark Art Society Podcast with Chet Zar

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week, artist and friend Ryan K. Peterson joins me in a part tribute to the one and only David Lynch. We were both so bummed at his passing that it seemed to be a good way to celebrate the man who had such a big artistic influence on us both. This is part 1 of our tribute. Come back next week for part 2. Also, a...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I speak with the makeup artist Kevin Wasner! We worked together at Rick Baker's shop 20 years ago and it was great to reconnect! We talk about his incredible work from 10 years of working on on "The Walking Dead", the old age makeup on Mia Goth for "X", working with WETA, transitioning from the mold shop to...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I speak with the legendary Justin Bua! This interview went in many different directions, but much was discussed about the realities of being a fine artist in today's climate, AI, his early success selling millions of posters, working on television and on films, the spirituality of art and a ton of other coo...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week, my good friend/artist/sculptor/makeup effects artist Ryan K. Peterson talk about one of my favorite horror films (and one of the greatest horror films ever made), George A. Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" from 1978. This film definitely deserves its own DAS episode...and here it is! Also, a quick art life upda...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are starting 2025 off right with some positive vibes from dark artist Ryan Case! We discuss coming out of a rough period, his new routine of exercise and walking meditation, his favorite local graveyards to hang in, art plans for l\the future and much more! Ryan has always been a super positive for...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I interview dark artist Alejandro Diaz. We discuss his kind of late start in dark art, his day job in motion graphics, his great experience with the Dark Art Society, his struggles with depression, ADHD and his many intense sleep paralysis experiences. Really amazing discussion! Also, a quick art life updat...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I interview painter Dustin Myers. We discuss how he creates his hilarious yet beautifully painted characters, his time in art school, his love of painting, his gallery experience, painting for love over money, being a teacher, his technical process and his new show "Bizarre Buddies" at Thinkspace gallery am...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Gabe Leonard and I talk about various aspects of living the art life. Also, a quick art life update. Gabe's links: https://gabeleonardart.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gabeleonardart/ https://www.tiktok.com/@GabeLeonardArt Our sponsors: The Skull Shoppe: https://www. SkullShoppe.com Art n Glow: My affiliate link : h...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I the podcast returns after a short break with painter and tattoo artist Emma Black! We discuss our joint solo shows (along with Stephanie Inagaki and Dos Diablos) in October, her artistic journey, her thoughts on Dark Art, how she creates her work and and some painting tech talk among other things! Emma's...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I talk about my solo show "Life & Death" while I give a little slideshow of the paintings and discuss the concepts behind them. This is a short episode but I've been so busy finishing up for my art show that I haven't been able to book any guests for the past few weeks. So I figured this would be better tha...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I speak to master oil painter Carl Dobsky to talk about his art journey and how he creates his incredibly beautiful and massive paintings. Lots of technical oil painting talk in the 2nd half! Also, a quick life update. Carl's links: Website: https://www.carldobsky.net/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week it's the return of one of my big artistic influences, Brom! We discuss his new book "Evil In Me", his love of writing, the perils of A.I., the importance of Punk Rock culture, being a monster kid, moving to Georgia from the Pacific Northwest, the concept of "retirement" and tons more. A great conversation w...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I interview publisher, author and underground culture and occult legend Richard Metzger. We discuss his Kickstarter project Magick Show (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardmetzger/magick-show-a-masterclass-in-modern-occultism) as well as magick and some impossible synchronicites we've both had. It'...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week Gabe Leonard and I discuss the reality of having a successful fine art career vs. what we thought it would be like starting out. Also, a quick art life update. Gabe's links: https://gabeleonardart.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gabeleonardart/ https://www.tiktok.com/@GabeLeonardArt https://www.youtube.com/@...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I interview Swedish dark artist Albert Fisk! We discuss the origins of his artist name, piercing and suspension, childhood growing up in Sweden, getting into art as a kid, getting sober, working in the video game industry, being attracted to dark art, his "creepy, cute and fleshy" aesthetic, and a lot more!...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety One of my favorite guests Mitch Horowitz returns to talk about his new show on The Discovery Channel, "Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction". We discuss the show, aliens, paranormal phenomena, manifesting money, loyalty and tons of other stuff. It's always a great show when Mitch is on! Also, a quick life update. Mitch'...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I speak to the one and only R.S. Connett! We talk about selling art online in the early days of the internet, growing up as an art kid in San Francisco in the 60's, getting into trouble at school, getting in with a bad crowd, working in insurance for 20 years, spiraling downward and finally starting a new l...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This episode I interview painter Tyler Vance. We talk about him growing up as a D&D and heavy metal art kid in Utah, going to art school, finding his style, teaching drawing, painting and art history, world building, creating zines and other alternate "delivery systems" for his art and his currently running Kickstart...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I speak to my art pal, painter Brian Viveros. We talk about showing together the early days of the LA art scene, his childhood love of horror, wrestling and Conan the Barbarian, becoming a graffiti artist, showing at and H.R Giger curated show in Switzerland, getting encouragement from Clive Barker AND H.R....

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week I interview multidisciplinary artist Scum Choir (AKA Parker Winans). We discuss him being a childhood troublemaker, loving skateboard art as a kid in the 90s, how a mystery illness helped him turn his life around and focus on his artworks, how he came up with the name Scum Choir, his videos that went viral,...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Part 3 of our series about the History of Makeup FX with sculptor and makeup FX artist Ryan K. Peterson! This covers the 90's and beyond! This is the final part in this series and it's nearly 4 hours long!!! Also, a quick life update. Ryan's links: www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF03lVHfkXM4WMTmHNR-zw www.instagram.com/ry...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Part 2 of our series about the History of Makeup FX with sculptor and makeup FX artist Ryan K. Peterson! This covers the Golden Years- the 1980s! We missed a few things as well that we will address in part 3! Also, a quick life update. Ryan's links: www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF03lVHfkXM4WMTmHNR-zw www.instagram.com/r...

Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society! https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety This week my good friend and amazing artist Ryan K. Peterson discuss the history of makeup effects! Special thanks goes out to @scumchoir for the suggestion. We chat about how we became interested in makeup effects as kids and then discuss our nerdy knowledge of makeup effects starting from the early days of...

This week I talk to Australian artist John Chen! We talk about him being born in Taiwan and emigrating to Australia, being a lifelong weightlifter, going to school to learn digital animation and FX, building career in digital FX production and his eventual disillusionment, finally settling into a career as a fine art creature creator and lots more! Great conversation with an OG member of the Dark...

For this special Easter minisode I tell a story about super weird incident that happened to me on Easter of 1980. Our sponsors: The Skull Shoppe: https://www. SkullShoppe.com Art n Glow: My affiliate link : https://www.artnglow.refr.cc/chetzar Get 10% off by using code ZAR The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar. Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: https://www.patreon.c...