Aal Izz Well Spirit, Then and Now: Media Review

A Character Designer Watches Look Both Ways

What does a real character designer think of Look Both Ways?With character designer Lin Yang [https://www.instagram.com/lychee.yum/], we fact-check the film’s animation career fantasy, from studio life and networking to finding your voice, building a portfolio, and realizing that dream jobs are still jobs.A reality check, and a small reminder that your creative path probably won’t look like a movie.

Aal Izz Well Spirit, Then and Now: Media Review

In this episode of Why You Should Watch: Sell Pitch, I look back on 3 Idiots, a movie that meant a lot to me growing up, while Mel approaches it with a more critical lens. A nostalgic but honest media review about what changes when you return to a movie with older eyes.

Your Cooking Style Might Reveal Your Artistic Approach

In this episode, I talk with Shuwen Zhao and Brian Griffith of Squash & Biscuit Studio [https://squashandbiscuit.co/]about a theory linking cooking style to artistic approach. Food taste becomes creative taste, and then we zoom out to sensory control, the skill of managing intensity in a loud world. If you’ve been stuck in the same “creative flavor” lately, this episode might shake something loose.

How the Auction Desk Rewired My Portfolio

What happens when you see art from the other side of the table? In this episode, I talk with Herry Kim [https://www.herry.kim/statement], an artist who used to work at an auction desk. We get into how watching what actually sells rewired the way she builds a portfolio, prices work, and communicates value without losing her voice. If you’re a beginner and you feel lost about pricing, portfolios, and how the art world actually works, start here!

Your Emotions Are Part of the Medium

What if your emotions are not a problem to fix, but information to listen to. In this episode, I talk with Dan Vickers [https://www.quiet-spaces.com/], an enxperimental sound artist, about why your emotions are not something to hide while making art. We get into internalizing, noiticing what you feel, and why "feeling it" is not a distraction from the work.