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The Illustration Department PodcastFrank CammusoGiuseppe Castellano talks to author, cartoonist, and educator, Frank Cammuso, about Frank’s approach to pacing with panels, and why it’s one of the most beautiful things about comics; how Steve Ditko does not get the credit he rightfully deserves; what you can learn from a good tomato sauce recipe about making comics; and more.To learn more about Frank, visit cammuso.com.Artists mentioned in this episode include: James Ransome, Marty Blake, Hergé, Neal Adams, John Buscema, John Byrne, Frank Miller, Will Eisner, Walt Kelly, Jack Cole, Charles Schulz, George Herriman, Bill Watterson, Elzie...2024-12-0348 min
The Illustration Department PodcastSkye Kelly-BarrettGiuseppe Castellano talks to Skye Kelly-Barrett, Founder & Agent at Roar, about the psychology of parting ways with an illustrator; what “visual voice” is and isn’t; how illustration (and illustration work) is everywhere; and more.To learn more about Skye and Roar, visit roarartists.com.
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The Illustration Department PodcastMark SummersScratchboard artist, Mark Summers, talks to Giuseppe Castellano about the mistakes Mark made early in his Hall of Fame illustration career; how playing Trivia Pursuit with his wife in 1985 “changed the world overnight” for Mark; how an artist can know if they’re going in the right direction with their work; and more.To learn more about Mark, visit marksummers.myportfolio.com.Artists mentioned in this episode include: Norman Rockwell, John Tenniel, Will Davies, Anita Kunz, Richard Amsel, J.C. Leyendecker, Charles Dana Gibson, Duncan Macpherson, Bernie Fuchs, Lynd Ward, Franklin Booth, Mary Azarian, Barry Moser...2021-11-301h 05
The Illustration Department PodcastKelly LightAuthor and Illustrator, Kelly Light, returns to the podcast! She chats with Giuseppe Castellano about how life has changed for Kelly since our first chat with her way back in June of 2018.She shares how she (probably) contracted COVID-19; how one—by choice or necessity—RE-starts a creative a career; and what Tove Jansson, Ashley Bryan, Judith Kerr, and others can teach us about staying creative through hardship.To learn more about Kelly, visit kellylight.com.If you want to listen to our first chat with her in Episode 1, go here.
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The Illustration Department PodcastThe 50th EpisodeThis is our 50th Episode! To celebrate, Giuseppe Castellano compiled short highlights from each guest. Through 49 episodes, illustrators, agents, art directors, and others talked about starting an illustration career, launching an art agency, understanding the history of children‘s publishing, living with depression, finding one’s artistic style, fighting in World War II, and… starting a podcast.Our first 47 guests (two of them were double episodes) were (in order): Kelly Light, Yuko Shimizu, Mohamed Danawi, Erin Hunting, Lisa Brown, Ben Zhu, Stephen Kroninger, Krystal Lauk, Mark Mills, Jim Hoover, Leila Sales, Jess Brallier, Floyd Cooper, Jon Cockley, Leonar...2020-04-281h 02
The Illustration Department PodcastKelly DelaneyVice President of Learning Experience Design at McGraw-Hill Education, Kelly Delaney, talks to Giuseppe Castellano about her role within an educational publisher; why she doesn’t love the word, “textbook”; and why McGraw-Hill—who published Paul Galdone, Robert Barry, and a teenage Maurice Sendak—isn’t part of “The Big 6”… yet.Here are a few of the writers and illustrators they mentioned: Eve Titus, Paul Galdone, Crockett Johnson, Robert Barry, and a teenage Maurice Sendak.To learn more about McGraw-Hill Education, visit mheducation.com.
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The Illustration Department PodcastKelly MurphyIllustrator and Educator, Kelly Murphy, talks to Giuseppe Castellano about their shared experiences at the Rhode Island School of Design; Kelly’s first phone call with an editor; what it’s like teaching at RISD; why she doesn’t have an agent; and how author/illustrators can sneak around a publisher’s “no unsolicited manuscript” policy.Here are a few of the artists they mentioned: John Tenniel, Arthur Rackham, J.C. Leyendecker, Lizbeth Zwerger, and Kate GreenawayTo learn more about Kelly, visit kelmurphy.com.
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The Illustration Department PodcastKelly Light, Part 2 of 2Author and Illustrator, Kelly Light, and Giuseppe Castellano talk about what it means to be a good character designer; they discuss the importance of believability; they get real about social media; and they explain why publishing is one big gamble.Lastly, Kelly pinpoints the two things everyone needs to live a life as an illustrator.Here are a few of the artists we mentioned: P. D. Eastman, Syd Hoff, Norman BridwellTo learn more about Kelly Light, visit kellylight.com.
If you find value in this podcast, you can support...2019-06-1045 min
The Illustration Department PodcastKelly Light, Part 1 of 2Author and Illustrator, Kelly Light, and Giuseppe Castellano, talk about how Chuck Jones and P. D. Eastman influence Kelly’s work; they discuss the beauty of a line; and they talk about the art director who—in 2010—told Kelly that she had no business getting into children’s publishing.Here are a few of the artists we mentioned: Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Walt Kelly, Roger Duvoisin, and P. D. Eastman.To learn more about Kelly Light, visit kellylight.com.
If you find value in this podcast, you can support it by subsc...2019-06-1043 min