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Tom Ray"s Art Podcast

Tom Ray

How do artists create, promote themselves and in the meantime still manage their own well-being?

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00:31:30

Vicki Liu: Painting pets, traditional to digital.

Tom Ray"s Art Podcast ·

2019/09/08

I recently posted about how we had to say good-bye to our family dog spike in my daily comic. And Vicki Liu, an artist that I follow on Instagram reached out to me and did one of the nicest things ever. She painted a portrait of our dog and gave it to me. You can visit Vicki's website and check out her work at https://www.vicki-liu.com/ Music is by Lorenzo's Music https://www.lorenzosmusic.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message Support

00:20:58

Margaret Dent: Animal Portraits and Jewelry

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2019/09/01

Margaret Dent is another person who contacted me from the American Bandito mailing list. Margaret is an artist in Canada who creates several things, including jewelry and portraits. But her favorite type of portraits to work on are of animals, especially horses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/support

00:26:22

Tim Togstad: Abstract Art and Letting Things Go

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2019/08/25

Tim Togstad is an artist here in Madison who I actually met right outside of the train car that I'm renting that I'm trying to turn into my own business. He was loading in his paintings into the place next door. So I walked over to introduce myself. His artwork is a style of abstract expressionism, using biomorphic forms with a liberal use of color. He creates paintings and drawings, sculpture and woodworking. Visit Tim's websitehttps://www.timtogstad.com --- Send in a voice message:

00:26:38

Chris Prunckle: A Webcomic Artist Tells What He...

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2019/08/18

Chris Prunckle is an artist out of Illinois that makes webcomics. Then one day he started drawing bands and music reviews in his comic called "Wannabe The Comic". And we also talk about what it's like trying to make a living off of artwork that is basically only viewed in an online format. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/support

00:19:27

Brennen Reece: Designing For Games And Tarot Cards

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2019/08/11

Brennen Reece is an artist and designer from Auburn, Alabama. He has also worked in film and makes music. But what really stood out when he contacted me to be on the show was he told me he designs Tarot cards. I learn more about that and what the word Polymath means when we meet each other. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/support

00:20:14

Jay D'Ici: Writers, Art & Kickstarter

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2019/08/04

Jay D'Ici is the writer and creator of the comic "Conceptual Heist" a comic that is being created by using Kickstarter to fund it. I've always been too scared to start a Kickstarter myself, so I take the opportunity to ask him more about how he did it. And I would like to add that this is the first time I have talked to a person on this show that is in Canada. So that was kind of cool! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message Support this

00:20:56

Matty Sheets: Creating a music and art community

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2019/07/28

Up to this point I’ve only talked to people that are in or around where I am in Madison.Matty Sheets is a musician from Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2016 he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and playing music started to become much tougher than they used to be. He wanted to keep doing things to artistically express himself so he decided to take up drawing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message Support this podcast:

00:38:29

John Porcellino: Creator of the King-Cat minicomics

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2019/07/21

I mentioned in a previous episode of the show I had participated in an annual zine fest in Madison called Print & Resist.One of the people showcasing his work at the event wasJohn Porcellino, creator of the popular minicomic zine King Kat. Went to his table to introduce myself and I blurted out that I had this podcast and I would love to talk with him. We exchanged information and he was nice enough to talk with me a few weeks later on facebook messenger. John's

00:22:11

UnderBelly: Turning a zine into an app

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2019/07/14

I went to a local coffee shop to meet the people I talk with today,Olivia and Elizabeth from the start-upUnderBelly. So from time to time, I like to do a nearby location search on Instagram just to see if there is any interesting artwork that's being posted in the Madison area to try and find some new things to check out. I can’t remember exactly but I think that’s how I discovered underbelly. They have been working with local businesses to give a different view of the city. The hidden gems, the

00:23:29

Lacey Smith: Artist and Resident Fan

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2019/07/07

LaceySmithaka Luluweird is someone that I heard about after I met Lauden from American Trash back in August. I had connected with her on Instagram and asked if we could meet at the train car I recently rented out. Lacey has played synthesizer in bands, traveled, was a cook, was a farmer, collectively ran a grocery co-op and was the zine coordinator at a bookstore. Her artwork is inspired by nature, the mysterious, the strange, animals, handmade, new places, old things, music, people & posters

00:30:09

SmereTactics: Woodcuts Are The Storybook

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2019/06/30

Sara Meredith and I have actually tried to set up an interview several times in the past year. I don’t know why we kept having trouble doing that.But we finally were able to sit down and talk. She goes by the name SmereTacticsand is a Madison-based relief printmaker and teacher. Her black and white woodcut prints have a bold visceral quality while the overlapping subject matter offers a nuanced perspective and layers of meaning. --- Send in a voice message:

00:25:06

Scott Pyburn: Joining Comic-Cons and Zine Fests

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2019/06/23

Scott Pyburn emailed me after he discovered the podcast. He is also someone like me who decided he wanted to get back into drawing and creating again and told me that he was going to be touring with a Comic-Con and one of the stops was going to be right here in Madison. The day the Comic-Con rolled through town I decided to head on over to meet Scott and check out the artwork at his booth. Plus, I also talk about how I participate in my first Zine Fest! --- Send in a voice message:

00:29:07

The Artistry Studio & Mississippi Mayhem: Art, Trains...

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2019/06/16

In this season of the podcast, I decided to try and start my own business. It's going to be a multimedia podcast studio and retail space. And I'm doing it in an old 1930's train car! One of the things I need to figure out is what I'm going to sell and what online shopping cart I want to use. So I meet with two artists here in Madison, WI to talk about the different cart options out there and ask why they are in the process of leaving Etsy? --- Send in a voice message:

00:33:01

S04 Episode 9: Emily Balsley, Illustration, Murals...

Tom Ray"s Art Podcast ·

2019/03/03

Today I get to meet Emily Balsley. She's a full-time self-employed artist whose illustration work I really admire. We've tried to get together to talk a few times. When she started working on a mural here at the University of Wisconsin, I stopped by and we were finally able to get together and talk. Links https://www.emilybalsley.com Instagram: @emilybluestar --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message Support this podcast:

00:32:22

S04 Episode 8: Grant Baciocco - Cartoons, Stories,...

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2019/02/24

Grant Baciocco is a puppeteer, comedian, writer and professional wrestling host from time to time. He also is the creator of the podcast series The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd which I happened to make an animated cartoon pilot for. He is known for his work on Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return (2017), Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017) andThe Happytime Murdersto name just a few of the many creative things he's done. We've known each other for years, there's just one thing..

00:32:17

S04 Episode 7: Ben Walker Storey, Print On Demand and...

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2019/02/17

Ben Walker Storey had listened to the podcast and contacted me on Instagram. The funny thing is I had actually been looking at his work online earlier that day. So I asked him if he wanted to meet with me on the show. He runs a podcast of his own called The Cheap Chills Show where he and his wife watch trailers of old horrormovies and talk about them. His artwork also lends itself to that style which I really dig. But what really interested me about him was that he had his own Amazon Print-On-Demand

00:26:36

S04 Episode 6: Peter Krsko, Public Art and Science!

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2019/02/10

Peter Krsko had been listening to the podcast and contacted me. And meeting him was a delight! I had checked out some of his stuff on his website and one thing that caught my eye was these large sculptures that he did. They were these giant wooden things sprouting out of the ground. It also said that hediscovered a way to use a traditional scanning electron microscope as a focused electron beam lithography instrument, enabling him to create artwork viewable only with a microscope. So needless to say

00:23:11

S04 Episode 5: Tack Video - You're gonna make it...

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2019/02/03

Spencer Blesi and Rob Griffen are two guys I used to work with at a corporate job. They were in the video department. Spencer even recorded a video for my band Lorenzo's Music. After I left that company I later heard that they also left and started their own video production company, Tack Video. I met with them at a coffee shop to talk about running their own business. I also have kind of a revelation while continuing my experiment to create sales for the things I make one piece at a time. Tack

00:21:16

S04 Episode 4: Steev Baker, Shauna Koszegi -...

Tom Ray"s Art Podcast ·

2019/01/27

Steev Baker & Shauna Koszegi work at the library. They spend their whole day trying to get people to think about it as a place that has tons of resources for creative people. So how do you get people to come to a place that has just always been there? One of the things they did is start a podcast about it.Tallest Building In Town https://tallestbuildingintown.com Music for the show by Lorenzo's Music https://www.lorenzosmusic.com Get my graphic novel "Then This Happened..." on

00:20:14

S04 Episode 3: Bradley Flora - Photography, Painting...

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2019/01/20

There was an art installation at a local coffee shop in the fall and the artist, Bradley Flora heard my podcast and asked if I wanted to stop by and check it out. We ended up sitting down to talk, and he told me about how he’s been expanding on what he wants to do, going from photography to painting. Listen to the episode Listen on:Apple Podcasts|RadioPublic|Google Podcasts|YouTube I also ponder ideas about other options for income besides freelancing. Check out Bradley's work on his website

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