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The War of Art Aug 04, 2020

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Drill Sergeant Stan and Major Marshall review the book “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield. The book was written to help artists tackle some of the mental challenges that get in the way of creating. Using war as a metaphor, the author offers solutions to get things done by defeating ‘resistance’ - the difficult obstacles artists face. Both Marshall and Stan have caveats with Pressfield’s advice though, and like everything else, it depends on how you apply it.

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How to Learn Composition Jul 28, 2020

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Composition is technical, creative, and incredibly subjective. Marshall teaches us how to learn composition and suggests artists and resources that will help you learn more about it. Marshall talks about breaking apart master paintings to learn how to compose, focal points, contrasts, metaphors, harmonic armatures like the golden ratio, among many other things. Marshall has years of experience teaching this subject so there's a lot to absorb and be inspired by when it comes to composition.

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How to be a Good Student Jul 21, 2020

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Stan and Marshall teach you how to be a good student. The mindset, habits, and things you can do that will speed up your learning process and make it more enjoyable. They also discuss kind vs wicked learning, methods for taking notes and staying organized, treating your education as a job and the importance of getting real world experience as a student.

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What Artists Should Know about the Gaming Industry (ft. Scott Flanders) Jul 14, 2020

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Scott Flanders (aka Shapecarver) joins us as the first guest of the Draftsmen Podcast! He shares his good and bad experiences working in the gaming art industry, the dark side of working in a corporate environment, the challenges he’s faced to make it as an artist and family man, and how he’s been able to become an independent artist and entrepreneur doing what he truly loves.

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Going All In on Art, Breaking Rules to Create Style, How to Ask Good Questions Jul 07, 2020

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Marshall and Stan answer questions about networking, cross training, royalties, breaking rules to create a unique art style, going all in vs having a backup, and studying multiple things at once. Also, Marshall gives advice on how to ask good questions!

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Questions in episode

What do you think of David Ross’s Book on Figure Drawing?

How do you network while you’re training online?

Do you charge for book covers? Do you receive royalties on sales of the book? How do you price digital artwork?

Is it better to become specialized or cross train multiple subjects?

Is it essential to violate compositional rules to create a unique style?

How to ask better questions

The Abstraction Ladder

Is it better to go all in on my passion or get a degree in a backup career that is safer to make money?

Should I study one thing at a time, or multiple things at once?

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How to Learn by Teaching Jun 23, 2020

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Stan and Marshall talk about how and why years of teaching helped them learn to draw. Stan breaks down the process of how he creates educational videos and how teaching anatomy has strengthened his understanding of anatomy. Glenn Vilppu said there are no rules, just tools. When we come across a rule in our studies, we need to investigate the purpose of the rule, so we understand why and when to properly apply it.

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Life Drawing, Carpal Tunnel, and Social Life Jun 16, 2020

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Marshall and Stan devote an episode to answering voicemail questions! They answer hot topics like whether or not it makes sense for an artist to finish a drawing that has mistakes in it, can you make it as an artist without sacrificing your social life, and is ballpoint pen a viable tool… If you enjoy these episodes please send us more questions.

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If You’re Going to Art School, Listen to This Jun 09, 2020

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After wrapping up the Recreating Art School series, we cap things off with an episode entirely devoted to getting the most value if you decide to attend art school. Marshall and I cover how to choose the best school you’ll like, how big of a workload you should take on, the mentality you should have when attending class, personal life stories and insights from our time attending art schools, and what you can expect after graduating (post grad depression and debt-pression).

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DIY Art School Part 5 (Workspace and Equipment) Jun 02, 2020

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Recreating art school from home ends with a discussion about how much equipment an art student needs and the importance of a productive workspace. Stan and Marshall talk about starting a digital painting with $65, how a little discomfort can be beneficial, how limitations can improve or hurt creativity, and separating work from home.

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DIY Art School Part 4 (Community) May 26, 2020

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A good community makes learning enjoyable and can have a huge impact on your development, but how do you create one? We continue our series on recreating art school by discussing the elements that make a community beneficial to learning. That includes how to overcome the problem of not being in the physical proximity of a community, the attitude you should adopt when participating in one and stories of individuals who have crafted and benefited from them.

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