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  • Darren Bartley is your next guest on the Learn Squared Podcast, and Darren’s artistry is a joy to behold! Although, if you ask, he will state he is not an artist at all, as Design and world-building are where Darren’s creative mind is at! In this episode, Darren shares what he believes is critical to being able to be your best creative self and how he can give each of his worlds a unique voice, look, feel and much more in this epic episode.

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  • Our newest instructor, Daniele Solimene, joins us to talk about his epic new course, Concept Art for Video Games. While excelling in your career is a serious matter, there is plenty of fun to be had as an artist. Daniele shares what went into his course that targets beginner, intermediate and experienced students simultaneously, the things you need to be successful at when producing Concept Art for games and why the role of a Concept Artist is incredibly influential. Also, get an inside look at Daniele's work on the upcoming Dune: Awakening and more.

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  • The Legendary James Clyne joins us for this episode, where he drops some juicy insights into the mentality and qualities you need to have to work in the entertainment industry, how to avoid its pitfalls, and how to strive for originality. James definitely knows a thing or two as he has worked in a multitude of roles from Concept Artist to Art Director, working for Hollywood’s greats like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, to name a few, on movies such as Minority Report, Avatar, The Star Wars Universe, many many more, and recently as Production Designer for Gareth Edwards on The Creator. Also, look out for how James ended up at Syd Mead's house and how his career path was not exactly straightforward.

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  • Senior Art Director Dan Martin is a friendly face over here at Learn Squared being one of our first students when we launched and is a bonafide creative in his own right. And Dan joins us to talk about many things we can all relate to as we move along our creative paths. From finding what your true calling is, how to identify when you need to make a change and over coming obstacles. We also share very personal stories around battling with depression and how we're dealing with it, so whilst not medical adivce we hope sharing and highlighting our lived experiences will be helpful.

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  • Brand New Learn Squared Instructor Kris Brady joins us for an inspirational episode where we discover his path toward mastery and talk about his incredible new course, MASTERING FILM UI. In this episode, Kris shares how he started when UI design and animation was a niche and how he levelled up and progressed over the years to work in Film (Black Panther, Love, Death & Robots, Aquaman & more) and curate the exact career he wanted. We also discover how Kris built his course with storytelling and artistry in mind and the best way to approach it.

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  • Concept Artist Mel Cummings joins us for today’s episode. She reveals how she made it as a Concept Artist when her pathway to becoming one was not obviously clear and why this journey is one of the main reasons she mentors and guides upcoming artists when she is not busy working in TV and Games on titles such as Marvel's Secret Invasion, PUBG, APEX, and more. Mel also reveals her battle with depression, the tools she uses to help her with this, and how this made her understand herself better.
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  • Learn Squared Instructor Alex FIgini (Concepting in ZBrush) joins us for this episode to discuss many topics, including the current state of our industry, recent job losses, how AI technology is probably going to affect us moving forward, and why it is important for you to be different!
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  • Join us for today’s episode as Concept Designer & Artist Kay Tang shares her journey of turning pro while still in university, her evolution as a freelancer, and her decision to move and build her career as an artist in Japan! We'll also tackle pressing issues creatives encounter today, what it takes to push your craft, how your cultural identity can impact you, and much more!

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  • Concept Artist & Concept 101 co-founder Stefan Valasek drops by the podcast to share what it is like to break into the industry as a young artist, how he got his first job, to what he is doing now to further his craft while revealing the tools he uses to not let the pressures we face as modern day artists and the joy and power of sketching!

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  • Concept Artist Niklas Nebelsieck joins us for an incredible episode. We get up close and personal with what it takes to be a creative and how mental health and the environment around us impact it all. We also hear about the exciting opportunities Niklas is getting after building his portfolio and how Learn Squared helped out along the way.

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  • The Legendary Brian Sum joins us for a fabulous episode where we hear how his IP AFTRMRKT came to life, the amount of hustle, energy & craft that went into this incredible book, and what’s next in this universe. Brain also shares how he started out as an animator before switching gears and becoming a concept artist working on Mass Effect Series plus what it is like balancing life as an enterpenuer, artist and father! We also hear a fascinating tale about VHS tapes and plenty more.

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  • Pablo Dominguez returns to our Learn Squared shores with 2 New Courses and with nearly 4 years since Pablo last joined us on the podcast, we get a great look into how much more Pablo has furthered his career by working on big projects in the industry, how his skills have evolved in the process and why he is teaching them and how his philosophy has grown in what is his eighth year as a professional plus the power of taking his Granny to the movies and why all Concept Artists are Nerds!

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  • Ash Thorp is a creative legend who has inspired a generation of artists and continues to do so. Either through his rich and diverse creative endeavors from Filmmaking to Car Design or when creating magic for iconic IPs like he did when designing the most recent Batmobile, Ash, who is also one of our original co-founders and instructors, joins us to give us a glimpse into the lengths he goes to perfect his craft and the steps he takes.

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  • LEARN FROM ADAM

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    Our newest instructor Adam Middleton, reveals how he got his first ever job in the industry at Weta Workshop and how working on titles such as Avatar: The Way of Water, Dune, The Creator, and many more helped him forge his stunning and workflow which he teaches in his course Grounded Costume Design. This episode is packed with goodness.

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  • Alex, also known as Noax, is a highly skilled designer who has contributed his expertise to games such as Star Citizen and Call of Duty. On today's episode of the podcast, he shares with us the key ingredients to success in the field of concept design, along with his personal journey and what it's teaching him about his future.

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  • Art Director and Concept Artist Zhoslen Makoev joined Learn Squared as a student when we launched back in 2015, and he dropped by today to talk about how he built a his playable project DUST in Unreal Engine as well as his journey to being one of the co-founders of BigMediumSmall and the joys of food plus much more.

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  • Concept Designer Matthew Savage joins us for a fabulous episode by providing us the secrets needed to forge a successful career in the Entertainment Design Industry as well as the highs and lows of it and how he navigated the recent strikes.

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  • Our Concept Art in UE5 instructor, Ellie Cooper, drops by to celebrate the release of her TWO courses that are all about allowing artists to use Unreal Engine 5 with ease and flair. We find out the theory and aims of the course and how Ellie has built a career and company from her mastery of Unreal Engine.

    We also talk about dealing with the mental pressure of being a creative professional and much more.

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  • Our brand new learn squared instructor KleinerHai is here to talk about his secrets on developing his jaw-dropping IP titled ‘On The Way’ and how these secrets also form the very fabric of his course Sketching Everything, which is available right now (and with Early Bird pricing for a limited time) and much more. -

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  • Concept Artist Jules Darriulat shares his journey from hustling for art jobs & experience to working on movies at Framestore. We also discuss the phenomenon of needing to prove yourself as an artist and what that entails. This ep covers many topics, such as Jules's journey co-founding the Concept 101 event, mentoring, and much more.

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