Tyler Gross is an award winning illustrator and graphic artist based in St. Louis.
11:00 - How we met
13:00 - Kevin loves Tyler’s voice
18:45 - Sports announcer commentary
20:30 - Kaepernick & National Anthem
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24:00 - Introduction to illustration
27:00 - College
31:00 - Realizing he wasn’t good at drawing
35:30 - Transferring to Illustration from Drawing
38:00 - Community Colleges vs. University
40:00 - Kevin’s college career
46:00 - Sweating the small stuff
50:00 - Tyler’s eastern European teachers
54:00 - Creativity vs. technical know-how
58:45 - Developing a personal style
59:15 - Interning at Departika
1:02:30 - Paid vs. Unpaid Internships
1:05:30 - First paid gig
1:12:00 - Influences
1:16:45 - Looking for work
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1:19:45 - Moving to Denver
1:23:00 - Examples of effortless style but still working hard
1:25:00 - RFT Cover
1:25:35 - “That just comes from experimenting… that Riverfront Times cover you’re talking about was kind of a battle, really. And in a lot of those battles you spend so much of your time trying to get it right, trying to get it right it takes this kind of breaking point where you leave all that behind and try something new, and something kinda clicked with that.” QUOTE
1:28:00 - Typographers
1:29:15 - Eric Gill having sex with his dog
1:33:15 - Bruce Mau - Lifestyle
1:38:00 - Dan Cassaro
1:40:30 - Process vs. Style
1:47:00 - Trader Joes’ chalkboard artists
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1:54:00 - Thoughts on Denver
1:56:00 - Starting to smoke weed young
2:01:00 - Moving to San Diego
2:06:00 - Kevin flying to San Diego for one night for Josh Boston’s Lord of the Rings themed birthday
2:10:00 - Skateboarding in SoCal
2:12:30 - Meeting Wes Kremer
2:15:00 - Moving back to St. Louis
2:20:00 - About Anti-
2:23:00 - Working on projects you’re geeked about
2:24:00 - Foxing
2:28:00 - Skateboarding culture in STL
2:33:30 - Important podcast for young artists
2:40:15 - Outro
