Fireside chat: Learning concept art and getting into the industry

[@michelangelo_6933]

I’m 33, work a 40-50 hr per week full time job, but studying and practicing art 3-4 hrs a day as I want to be a pro artist. Not spending the next 2/3 of my life working a job that means nothing to me. I really needed to hear that story the Polish dude told of the doctor that changed to an art career in his late 30’s/early 40’s. No longer will I tell myself that I’m too old.

[@DystopiaForge]

You speak to me from the soul ❤ I'm in my late 30s and started a few years ago. I don't want to do a job I don't love until the end of my life. That's why I turned my hobby into my vocation. The mind says a lot but the heart speaks louder.

[@christophergonzalez6936]

37 here, I feel the same way.

[@serpentiness]

This group conversation was far more relaxed than what I've expected. Usually when I listen to a group of artists talk about art I just get intimidated but this was more of a slight push than anything else.

[@theo4991]

21:25 This is really what I needed. When you realize art can and does become work, you can avoid burnout by knowing when to step away from it. Thanks!

[@atomu3d]

I'm still fine being a janitor and doing art. Janitors Unite!

[@thomascain6089]

Been a designer, Illustrator, background painter and color stylist for animation, art director, director of asset management, teacher of illustration in an art college and still these guys inspire me.

[@moderndayjames]

This chat felt very anti-McDonalds

[@te9591]

Yeah, believe it or not McDonalds looks like it pays well with many full time employees.

[@Broski_bro]

Thats a really great chat video! Everytime i hear Maciejs story, I'm full of hope and will to work harder. Even if I have a full time job (not in art). Everything seems so simple: work hard, put effort, don't be scared to fail, etc. But its damn true! It IS so simple. Maciej is right- consistency is the key. Thank to all of you who participated and produced this video! Cheers! :)

[@soronefabrik1]

What a team! I feel so lucky for finding this online and having access to the thoughts of guys of this calibre. Great stuff.

[@mathiasgabriel1458]

If anyone is curious the heart surgeon turned concept artist Maciej talks about at 37:00 is Ulrich Zeidler.

[@ETMEMVIS]

thanks!

[@alanjo7448]

Every time I lose faith in my goal, I'm gonna rewatch this.

[@wcherokee100]

this is so great ty Artstation and the artist

[@swapnilpradhan5550]

Situation in India is much worse than what Maciej described Poland to be. It takes a lot of courage and blocking out society to pursue art as a career in a country like India. Here I am today a 22 year old engineering graduate aspiring to become a concept artist. Already gone through some pain but Need to get geared up for the upcoming hurdles.

[@aranyak1881]

18 here and learning concept art as well. It feels so isolated learning in a place where concept art is almost non existent and it's a 100% solo mission at least for me.

[@ujjwalsingh5188]

Same ... 3rd years of enginnering But I never have a courage to pursue art ... stilling trying to find What I need to choose but I like art

[@Compufighter]

16:25 was such a relief to hear, I always felt stupid for being worried and scared to begin working on something. I'm glad to know now that its normal even for pros.

[@oliverbeck9655]

man thats awesome bringing all the badass artists together

[@1b2cxd]

No matter how much you fail to succeed just power through.Quite a knowledgeable conversation thanks for putting this together.Great people!

[@polotrc]

Thank you for this podcast, especially for the conclusions from Maciej & Anthony helps me keep motivated !!

[@jenniferwalker-crawford5]

My favorite vid from Artstation, we need more stuff like this!

[@projectlifecoach7544]

Wow - is each speaker individually mic'ed? Great sound quality. And multiple camera angels? Great production quality! :)

[@aiworldwide23]

Thanks so much for this i had so many heavy art blocks before and was short before, this made my day ..... back to art

[@LittleAMV]

love this video, always come back to it when i feel off-path

[@eboranshard6220]

I just cant stop crying actually watching this I am at a stage of life that I feel lost I have this passion but it feels like that Its useless because everyone has this view of life finish school go to uni get a job but thats not what I want I find it hard to devote full time due to the fact that I am scared of not doing well at school and the views of people in general just feel lost but this vid showed me that I should just go for it because at the end of the day at least I am happy! Starting to even loose touch with friends because they are so ou finish school gp to uni and if you dont do this you stupid but they them selves are now going down a path of misery doing something purely because it earns them "money"

[@SyanArtStation]

Thank you very much for this conversation video, it feels so good to simply hear you thoughts guys and compare them to my owns and realize how close I'm to understanding all this "art" thing integrated in life.. because that's it, in conclusion it's always you against the interests of your circles (family) to society... constant battle to keep pushing forward in that frontier infinity battlefront. Glad to know that in some ways WE artists.. got all this things in common...

[@sumtinsumtin]

Great talk, excellent discussion and loved all the points.

[@ryanh3484]

Excellent video, would love to see more like this.

[@michaelyoung6325]

Thank you so much for putting this together! Have a good day.

[@LamsArch]

Thank you for making and posting this up! Very helpful and inspirational. :)

[@andre.conceptart]

as someone who's in the Journey right now I loved this, it inspired me a lot! thanks for this amazing video

[@ramsesreyes4081]

Thanks for sharing your experience, is helpful to listen to their advice

[@oliverbeck9655]

please more of these that was really good

[@joshnorman2825]

Dang this is awesome! Thanks for putting this together!! So cool

[@rogierstam5838]

Ironicly, a few days ago I decided that regardless if I get hired somewhere in 2 months or in 20, it doesn't matter that much to me. The stuff I really care about is getting better in art, creating.

[@SpideyLinkVE]

Anyone knows who's the person Maciej is talking about in 36:50? Please

[@HoneysteinBrothers]

that's a sick patio 10/10 would chill and enjoy the breeze high above all the homeless in Santa Monica sleeping on any and every patch of grass.

[@jeromejohnson5871]

at 36:06 they mention two young artists, what are their names i got efflam and someone else, but i couldnt hear it clearly.

[@MaciejKuciara]

+Jerome Johnson Edon Guraziu and Efflam Mercier

[@EPmessi9800]

Yeah I want to see their level XD

[@OmarHesham]

Very nice stuff guys! thanks for sharing! Leo, do one with 3D Character artists too :D

[@wgsmcw2012]

Very inspiring video! Thanks!

[@lvl99paint]

Hahahah shaddy's just listening with the hookah in his hands like the evil genius he is.

[@orestisiliopoulos]

holy crap all the legends in the same room , also i bet u had to stop Andrew from eating chipotle during the interview :)

[@harharchris]

I love the "The Cathedral", I was on my 2nd year on my Digital Arts and Animation course when it was a news back then and was defeated by Sony's short animated movie.

[@voyance4elle]

haha :D i was sitting here, painting, listening to this whole thing and at beginning I gazed quickly through and thought *mmh that guy is cute* (I only knew Ash from vision, none of the other guys) and at the very end - still concentrating on my painting - I hear his voice! "awesome" :D :D :D And I'm like "Andreeeew!!" xDD i didn't know that this was him and what he looks like xD

[@radioactivepencils]

Great talk.

[@gerbilho]

I enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@JemiToShumafuk]

Yea, ye... right, yea, exactly, ya... ye, hm, ye, ya, y.... Let him talk, damn, I'm trying listen=D

[@navidezio1091]

Maciej Kuciara u are the best

[@vadymbielikov6526]

what program were they talking about? painting in 3D?

[@FuatKarakahya]

+Vadim Belikov HTC Vive

[@patlyons3931]

I just ordered a Lord of the Rings shirt from WB cuz of Andrew's shirt .. sick shirt bruhhh

[@gnolorentz]

Where was Eytan when this happened ? He definitely should have been there.

[@Yo0te]

Awesome discussion! P.S. Shaddy could voice act Vince Vaughn!

[@videohumorek]

Thank you for inspiration. Two years ago I started learning digital painting but I gave up really quick, I felt intimidated and a little voice in my head said "fuck it, you're never gonna make it" and it's a shame I listened to it because now I could be in totally different place. It's not about feeling confident with own skills and being satisfied after every try, it's about doing it despite the fact I fail and suck now. Failure should be just a step to success and I hope this time I will remember it. I must save up for Learn Squared course(s). Anyone need a logo or web design?;)

[@ChairZomg]

thanks for this!

[@fp7642]

MOOOOORRRREEEEEEE!!!!!!

[@Kseronarogu]

meating in Olimp ;)

[@kurtXhecticXpl]

Oh Maciej. It wasn't that bad! Maybe he grew up on a village ;) IDK, but back then most of the kids had PC's and used to play Diablo, CS ect. That's how I end up in the game industry. 87' here.

[@BunBunMuzic]

WHOS THAT GUY WITH THAT BLACK CAP?!? SUCH HAWT!

[@voyance4elle]

that cutie is Andrew :D he works on The Collective Podcast with Ash Thorp ;) on many episodes you can hear him talk aswel...

[@bastiankraft3108]

Can somebody explain what they mean with consistency? Do they mean having a habit of practicing art?

[@Compufighter]

+Bastian Kraft yeah

[@DanUrbano]

Every single day

[@RKelly-sc3wi]

who did maciej bring up as a second example of a young badass artist after eytan?

[@mittinpatel9573]

hahaha Shaddy " I dont know what their laws are in Poland,who cares its Poland" LOL

[@marcelfreyer4259]

Awesome

[@SebasPosada]

What's the name of the surgeon?

[@rafaeldm3314]

Andrew looks like a young Christina Bale in this

[@artistyf]

Inspiring :]

[@distrologic2925]

I need this fireplace...

[@jackfran2188]

Do yall specifically avoid saying and speaking about Instagram?

[@y3ee3e]

lol Andrew said like 8 words

[@micamarayvos]

wait it the whole video.

[@aeonbreak4728]

Shaddy was about to say something after Maciej but in the end he didn't :( SHADDY if you are reading this please tell us what you were going to say right there at the last minute!

[@Schizm1]

Maciej Kuciara - I love his art but OH MY GOD what a bunch of rubbish he's talking about. Not many things coming out of Poland in terms of art? Yeah cause Bagiński was not at all inspired by another Polish artist Beksiński. And video games? Witcher/Dying Light/Call of Juarez/This War of Mine/Get Even/Bulletstorm/Painkiller/Shadow Warrior etc. All came from Poland. Movies? Sławomir Idziak - Private Ryan, Lincoln and other Spielberg movies, Dariusz Wolski - Pirates of the Carribean trilogy among other movies? and so on... And btw. Platige Image and Juice studios - Devloping CGI movies and commercials worldwide? Oh and let's not forget about late Adam Adamowicz - LEAD concept artist in Bethesda. Sorry Maciej but I have a sense that You would like to think about yourself as the only concept artist that came out of Poland. So next time... Less bullshit please.

[@niktszczegolny5617]

Yes and you didn't even mention more traditional artists which Poland made a lot through history. Like Wyspiański or Malczewski.

[@hewasfuzzywuzzy3583]

Um...don't forget about great illustrators like Alan Lee, John Howe, and Brian Froud.

[@candirsky]

The fireplace has charged with concept art. Time to sell it on eBay :)

[@flat_foot9017]

Hi my name is potatochips and I am a struggling artist

[@porywisty]

Horror vacui every time with blank canvas.

[@vengadorsky]

We never knew what Shaddy safadi Wanted to say at the end, because pretendios self important Kuciara wont shut up.

[@thiagomiguel9127]

When we say academic art is terrible, we are reforcing the stupid idea of superior art... all art are good. The i would kill to have access to their knowledge of technique. You can aply technique everywhere. And it did not get very clear, if the schools were bad just because they are classic ou something else.

[@rishibrahmbhatt8054]

That one guy who doesn't even talk

[@SlenderBobCat2000]

- "Right"

[@arbitermeong3536]

once they push our principle and make it burn and get it benefit of us. nobody which never can.

[@davidblaslario3723]

Yeah.. Yeah.. hahah

[@RhondaSuhrie]

Where are any women artists?

[@fatimamandouh9963]

hookah, fire... and they don't even have any black tea, smh...

[@creativeAlgebra]

Invest in failure

[@layagrafix1573]

don't give talk when u r in drunkkkk