Art Cafe Podcast
Art Cafe is a podcast hosted by animation director and film industry artist Maciej Kuciara. Through the lens of of world renown artists, designers, directors and entrepreneur, the podcast gives a glimpse into the art industry with informative, inspiring and absolutely candid and uncut conversations. Get informed, get inspired. Unlock your creative mind. ABOUT HOST Maciej Kuciara is California based director and artist working in entertainment, clothing and technology. His involvement can be found in numerous critically acclaimed projects ranging from video games such as The Last of Us to films such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Ghost in the Shell and Avengers: infinity War to name a few. Maciej is also a co-founder of Learn Squared, an art education platform providing world-class art education to over 15,000 students and numerous AAA studios worldwide. www.artcafe.tv www.kuciara.store
Episodes
Craig Mullins is an american artist, painter and pioneer of digital art. https://www.goodbrush.com/ https://www.instagram.com/craigmullinsofficial 02:00 Introductions and The Role of AI in Art and the Future of Creativity 35:33 The Concrete Brain and Adaptation 49:09 The Overwhelming Influx of Data and Connectivity 01:06:57 The Cyclical Nature of History and Rapid Change 01:16:38 The Journey into Digital Art and the Emergence of P...
Michah Dowbak aka Mad Dog Jones is a multidisciplinary artist from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Dowbak rose to fame in the world of crypto art with the recent success of his Crash + Burn series of NFT artworks, and he is now a headliner in the first major NFT art exhibition at UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Michah has also designed a helmet graphics for F1 racing 7 time world champion Lewis Hamliton and livery design for win...
George Hull is a legendary artist and illustrator know for his iconic design work for Matrix Trilogy, Dune (Part 1 and 2) and more. https://www.ghull.com/ https://www.instagram.com/georgehulldesign
David Levy is an award winning designer, artist and art director known for his work for films such as Avatar, Tron: Legacy, Star Wars EP9 and more. David's website: https://vyleart.com/home David's IG: https://www.instagram.com/vyleart My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
Benjy Brooke is a supervising director on Scavengers Reign Max tv mini series and at Green Street Pictures, Los Angeles, California.
Benjy's website: https://www.benjybrooke.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/benjybrooke
About Mike Burakoff - https://www.mikeburakoff.com/
The Strokes - At The Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CAz_vvsK9M
Joe Bennett is a co-creator of Scavenger's Reign, animation director and co-founder of Green Street Pictures. https://www.josephbennett.tv/ https://www.instagram.com/joe_bennett_animation/ https://www.instagram.com/greenstreetpictures/ My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
Jason is a seasoned Production Designer, Art Director, and instructor with a BA in Fine Arts and Illustration from California State, Fullerton. With experience in various prestigious studios like DreamWorks Animation, Warner Brothers, and Walt Disney Imagineering, and teaching roles at renowned institutions like Art Center College of Design, Jason excels in bringing imaginative worlds to life. Jason was a Production Designer on cri...
Sava Zivkovic is a Director based in Belgrade, Serbia. with over 14 years of experience working in CG animation.
Sava directs for Axis Studios and Hydra Studios, with directorial work in short films like IRRADIATION, HUXLEY, FREIGHT, and IFCC, as well as game cinematics for Dead Island 2, Diablo Immortal, Outriders, Solium Infernum, Destiny 2 and Gears of War 5.
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sava.zivkovic
B...
Michael Kutsche, a celebrated German artist, skillfully blends traditional and digital media. His work, featured in Sotheby's auctions and global exhibitions, merges diverse artistic elements and prompts reflection on the human condition.
Michael's website: https://www.michaelkutsche.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_kutsche
Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelkutsche
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Greg Rutkowski is a Polish illustrator and digital artist. Greg is known for his unique classical painting style and his work can be found on covers of Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering cards and more.
Greg's website: https://rutkowski.artstation.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greg_rutkowski
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrzegorzRutko14
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Osean is a digital artist, musician, animation director and creator of Oseanworld. His work also include collaborating with major musicians such as 2 Chainz, Offset, Madeon and more.
Follow Osean at: Website - https://www.osean.world/
Oseanworld Youtubue - https://www.youtube.com/c/OSEANWORLD
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oseanworld
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Sam Yang is a Toronto based artist, illustrator and entertainer known for his popular Youtube channel Sam Does Arts.
Sam's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SamDoesArts
Sam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samdoesarts
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Ash Thorp is a director,, designer and a visionary artist based in California, known for batmobile designs for latest The Batman movie, Ken Block's rally Ford Cosworth car, designs for films such as Ender's Game, Captain Marvel to name a few and a director at ALT Creative, Inc.
https://www.altcinc.com
https://www.instagram.com/ashthorp
https://twitter.com/ashthorp1
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Mid Journey Forbes Article - https://www.forbes.com/s...
Joshua Davis is an American designer, technologist, author, and visual artist in new media. He is best known as the creator of praystation.com, winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 Golden Nica for "Net Vision / Net Excellence”.
https://joshuadavis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/praystation/?hl=en
https://www.zerospace.co/
The End of Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSxFAGP9Ss
Chatgpt: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
Foll...
Steven Zapata is a a professional designer, illustrator, and educator for over a decade based out of New York City.
Steven’s Links Website: https://www.stevenzapata.com/
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Ethan is a visual development artist in animation, who worked with clients such as Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, Studio Mir to name a few.
Ethan is also known his incredibly popular and funny youtube channel and probably one of most interesting personalities I've had a chance to talk with.
https://www.instagram.com/ethanbecker70
https://www.youtube.com/user/ToBelgium
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Gio Nakpil is a senior design evangelist and art director at Adobe. We spoke about his road to becoming an artist and fulfilling childhood dreams, dealing with anxiety of switching industries and more.
https://www.artstation.com/gionakpil
https://twitter.com/GioNakpil
https://www.instagram.com/gionakpil
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Showtime Film is OUT!
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Allan McKay is a Los-Angeles based visual effects supervisor and technical director. He is responsible for visual effects sequences in projects including Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Blade, The Last Airbender, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Flight, The Equalizer, and other films.
www.allanmckay.com
https://www.instagram.com/allanmckayofficial
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Danar Worya is a Netherlands based concept artist.
https://www.artstation.com/danarworya
https://www.instagram.com/danarworyaart
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Showtime Film is OUT!
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https://www.vimeo.com/maciejkuciara/showtime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345BezU
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Ramon Nunez is a Venezuelan artist living in Madrid, Spain.
https://www.instagram.com/ramonn90
https://www.artstation.com/ramonn90
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Showtime Film is OUT!
https://www.showtimeanime.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345Bez
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