Art by Nathan Fowkes
Animation artist Nathan Fowkes joins Jake Parker, Lee White, and Will Terry to share his story of resilience, bulletproofing his artistic career, the keys to making meaningful art, and much more.
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SHOW LINKS
Nathan Fowkes: nathanfowkesart.com, ArtStation, YouTube, Instagram, Schoolism
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
You are responsible for your life and the security of your career. Pursue excellence, create multiple income streams, and don’t let fear and excuses hold you back.
Find multiple ways to make money from a single project, whether you film the process and sell it as a course, create prints, or do something else. Passive income is one key to bulletproofing your artistic career.
Studying art online is a great way to learn while saving money, but there will be gaps in your education that you can’t see. Reach out to professional artists and ask them what classes they didn’t realize they needed until they took them. The answers may surprise you, but they’ll help you achieve a well-rounded foundation.
Create something your audience can’t get anywhere else. When you create something valuable, you become valuable.
BIO
Nathan Fowkes is an entertainment industry artist whose notable clients include DreamWorks, Disney, Blue Sky, Paramount, and more. He grew up in a small town in central California and attended ArtCenter College of Design, intending to become an illustrator. However, after accepting a job offer from DreamWorks, he rerouted his career toward animation. He worked at DreamWorks for fifteen years before becoming an independent artist.
Nathan specializes in storytelling through color scripts, plotting the color themes for films based on the emotions they evoke. He also enjoys traditional media and is assembling a book of personal work called Pathways, full of his landscapes that push color and composition.
After overcoming a health crisis that nearly took his ability to paint, Nathan is a stellar example of an illustrator who has bulletproofed his career through personal responsibility, mastery of technique, and multiple income streams. He is the author of several books and instructor of multiple classes at Schoolism.com
LINKS
Jake Parker: mrjakeparker.com. Instagram: @jakeparker, Youtube: JakeParker44
Will Terry: willterry.com. Instagram: @willterryart, Youtube: WillTerryArt
Lee White: leewhiteillustration.com. Instagram: @leewhiteillo
Daniel Tu: danieltu.co.
Lily Camille Howell: lilycamille.com
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