The Pencil Pushers Podcast

Welcome folks to The Pencil Pushers Podcast and episode 21 (we're officially legal) and our VERY first for what we're calling the tip top year of creativity and growth, 2020! I, of course, am still your humble host, Mike Rosado. And today, we're very thrilled to be sharing our interview with Tara Donovan - one of the few artists who has successfully broken into both traditional and CG animation, w...

Welcome Leadheads to the Pencil Pushers Podcast. You are listening to Episode 20! I'm pumped to share with you my conversation with the masterful Mary Kate McDevitt. Follow her art along with the show here: https://www.instagram.com/marykatemcdevitt/?hl=en @ marykatemcdevitt She is without a doubt a force in the graphic arts world, largely focused on hand-drawn illustration and lettering. Here we...

Leadheads! In Episode 19, I invite you to listen in on our fantastic conversation with Louise Lockhart, the founder and creative force behind The Printed Peanut. Louise talks with us about her journey and juggling the life of a prolific artist, business-woman and now mother of a new-born. If you're looking for a window into the path of a truly dedicated entrepreneurial artist, you've found your sp...

Welcome Leadheads. Today, we have a lot of fun chatting with on-the-rise artist Lisa Quinn, who's best known for her comic series Monsters in the Merlot. https://www.instagram.com/monstersinthemerlot/ Lisa dives into the ever-real-life-world of what many of us can relate to…building street-cred as an indie artist while juggling sometimes 2 or 3 totally separate non-creative jobs. We also chat abou...

https:// cleonpeterson .com Leadheads! Today we release into the wild, episode seventeen and I'm so pumped to share our great convo with the incomparable Cleon Peterson. Someone who knows the true role of what it means to be an artist - to push you to think, feel and perhaps even act. Cleon's work is nothing short of astonishing in it's scale and it's fearlessness. I found him to be a joy to talk...

******  The Pencil Pushers Podcast is a celebration of the hand-drawn arts. I'll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more. - Mike Rosado  https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/ Produced and edited by Trujillo Media    

******  The Pencil Pushers Podcast is a celebration of the hand-drawn arts. I'll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more. - Mike Rosado  https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/ Produced and edited by Trujillo Media

Alright Leadheads! Episode 14 coming in hot. And this ones packed with tons of advice and info. Listen in as we kick through the short list of how to make it in comics without making it in comics. Enjoy! @paulfriedrichdotnet. ******  The Pencil Pushers Podcast is a celebration of the hand-drawn arts. I'll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more. - Mike Ros...

Today's show is a retrospective of the life of the greatest animator of all time: Mr. Richard Williams, who recent'y passed away. I was humbled to have a panel of talented working animators, documentarians, authors and collaborators discuss Mr. Williams' life. We speak with Tony White, Tara Donovan, Dean Lennert and Kevin Schreck.    ******  The Pencil Pushers Podcast is a celebration of the hand-...

I am honored that I get to present to you my chat with inarguably one of the most important graphic designers and design thinkers in history - the one and only Mr. Milton Glaser. Our talk found him ever-inspiring, often deeply philisophical and sometimes fiery and brutally honest with his critique of the modern design world and some hopeful advice on what can be done about it. This ones for the bo...

Episode 11 finds Mike in a reflective mood, as he chats about accepting creative challenges as a way to work through personal fears of failure, rejection and judgement, an issue all artists deal with on a regular basis. Grab some tips along the way and share your stories on Instagram. Let's start a conversation. ******  Y'all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celeb...

This week, we sit down with my friend, Lenny Terenzi. Lenny is the owner of Hey Monkey, ( https://www.heymonkeydesign.com ) a studio that produces screen printing, illustration and graphic design. He is also the president of the AIGA Raleigh chapter ( https://raleigh.aiga.org ) and raising a daughter who is following her own creative outlets.  ******  Y'all! Join me for the release for my show, Th...

Today we chat I had with the international star, the national treasure and my own new personal hero, Lisa Congdon. Lisa is an incredibly talented illustrator and fine artist who is prime example numero uno on how to successfully make a 180 degree career pivot. Working with clients like Facebook and MoMa, writing numerous books and touring across the globe for speaking engagements, Lisa definitely...

It was an honor and a blast talking to the one and only Claire Keane. Claire, an ex Vis-Dev artist at Disney, talks about her continuing to work in her passions as a children's book author and illustrator, what it's like working at The Mouse House, and her life as a Keane (hint: her grandfather Bil is the creator of The comic strip The Family Circus and her Dad Glen is one of the most famous anima...

 Ok ladies and gents! Today we showcase the one and only Jordan Jameson @jordanjameson - Jordan's a super talented designer and illustrator that I've gotten to know over the past couple of years and loved watching him crank out some killer work in the process. . . Listen in as we talk about how he splits his time working a full-time brand agency gig and side work, how Procreate has changed his wor...

Alright! Episode 6, coming in hot! We took Memorial Day off to rest and pay our respects - but we are back with a power packed conversation with muralist, teacher and serial sketcher, J Massullo. . We had a great chat about his journey and how he made his way from being a kid in a small town who was thinking big from an early age. Now, he's landing gigs left and right that showcase his amazing wor...

******  Y'all! Join me for the release for my show, The Pencil Pushers Podcast - celebrating the hand-drawn arts. I'll be interviewing friends and idols in illustration, animation, comic-art, and more. - Mike Rosado  https://www.instagram.com/ekimodasor/ Produced and edited by Max Trujillo Productions  https://www.instagram.com/mxtrjll/  

Episode 4 brings me to talk with the uberly talented illustrator and muralist, David Eichenberger. David is another talent hailing from my hometown of Raleigh, NC, and merges classical children's book stylings with surrealism leanings of M.C. Esher. Listen in as he talks about how he developed his career, studied under master Fresco Painter Ben Long and stayed in Toulouse Lautrec's batchelor pad....

 Tony White is a British Academy Award-winning animation director, animator, author and educator. Tony let's us in to his career that spans decades and intermingles with some of the greatest animators of all time. We explore the path of a young apprentice finding his way via learning from notable animators such as Richard Williams, Ken Harris and Art Babbit. Tony explains to us how he channeled hi...

What does a kid from a small town in the south, who's greatest escape from the mundane was circling comic shops, drawing karate kickin' superheros and blasting rock n roll guitar riffs do to find a way to finally turn those chops into making a buck? Let's find out... Artist/Musician: George Hage   http://www.george-hage.com George's Music:  http://www.george-hage.com/audio George's Merch:  http://...

My very first guest in the studio is one who embodies the character of the true working artist. An individual that's been an inspiration to watch as an artist, a mentor and also just a solid human being. I've been honored to slowly grow my friendship with him and honored once again to have him on EPISODE ONE of the Pencil Pushers Podcast, the one, the only Paul Friedrich. @paulfriedrichdotnet  htt...