Life finds a way, but money funds a podcast. Topics covered: Have you gotten opportunities that others might not have been exposed to growing up? Inspiration vs Motivation and are they competitively exclusive? What are bad habits that artists commonly have? Art block and how to get past it. Art Theft and ideas for managing it. Art references, tracing and plagiarism a consistent issue. Sub-Topic: Why references are important and why people can be hesitant to use them (more often than not unnecessarily). What counts as inspiration and what doesn’t. Guests this episode: Eymb: https://twitter.com/Eymbeeyo https://www.artstation.com/eymbee https://www.instagram.com/suprjank/ https://picarto.tv/Eymb https://eymbeeart.tumblr.com/ Leester: https://twitter.com/Leesteroni https://leesterarts.tumblr.com MomDadNo: http://momdadno.tumblr.com/ NSFW http://dirtyyalex.tumblr.com/ NSFW https://www.instagram.com/sadndirty/?hl=en Contact: arubzow@gmx.de

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PWE Episode 5: The Grab-Bag and the Fear of Privilege

It's been a while, but we're back. Topics covered: Adoptables: are they a stupid business model? Comic Conventions: have you been to one, have you vendored at one? What was it like and how do you feel about it as a business practice? Why did you do it? Any tips on surviving it? It’s a lot of work and can take a ton out of you. Are there any issues in artist’s alleys that you see? Anything you see consistently? Breaking down the business of art: Fanart vs original content. Why is it the way it is? Sub-topic: Is there a way to bridge the gap between the success of fanart and the minority of success that original content has? Furries: Where does the money come from?? The difference between online presence and traditional presence in the art world and how that, if at all, affects growth in popularity. Guests this episode: Tyto Alba: twitter.com/_Tyto_Alba www.patreon.com/TytoAlba ttyto-alba.tumblr.com/ Skittydraws: https://www.deviantart.com/dicekitty https://www.artstation.com/courtneybalch PaperRose: https://twitter.com/ppaperosee http://paperose.tumblr.com/ http://www.furaffinity.net/user/mafyprime/

PWE Episode 4: Industry and the Struggle

URW returns to us again to redeem his honor stolen from him by his internet. Thanks for NOTHING Sweden. Topics Covered: Are mainstream industries using the NSFW community to gauge trends and success of character designs? Are they using this to target marketing? Ie Blizzard and Nintendy Do NSFW artists feel trapped and or typecast in the work they do? Do they feel like there's no way out besides starting over? Sub-topic: being "comfortable" as a NSFW artist? What does this mean to you? The NSFW community: How do you interact with it as an artist, fan or even a leader of sorts? URW: twitter.com/URWart urwart.tumblr.com/

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