One Fantastic Week

Mr. Polansky has worked with ARTPact, an illustrator's rights organization, and regularly teaches courses about intellectual property and contract law. He is admitted to practice in Maryland, and received his JD from the Catholic University of America, and his MA and BAs from Indiana University of Pennsylvania – where he was a triple major in Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies. He currently lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife Kelley. In their spare time, they make independent films. (No, not that kind. Pervert.)

(Edit: We, unfortunately, had some technical difficulties so the last 5 minutes of the show was cut off.) Loish is from Holland and has Dutch nationality, she has lived all over the world, including the United States, Indonesia, France, and Belgium. Upon finishing high school in 2004, she studied animation in Ghent (Belgium) for a year and then moved back to her home country to study animation at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU) in Hilversum. She is currently a freelance illustrator and animator located in Utrecht (the Netherlands) and living with her boyfriend and fellow animator Arjen Klaverstijn.

Cory Godbey creates fanciful illustrations for picture books, covers, comics, animated shorts, and films. From commercials to documentary films, Cory has worked with a wide-ranging series of subjects and styles to create thoughtful, engaging, and award-winning art and animation for over a decade. His work has been featured in a variety of esteemed annuals and publications including ImagineFX, The Society of Illustrators, and Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. He enjoys meeting new creatures and hikes through twisting paths with friends. Cory lives with his wife, son, and a pack of stray cats in South Carolina.

On this week's episode Peter Mohrbacher is joined by friend of the show, co-host Nen Chang! Nen Chang is an illustrator and painter working in comics, gaming, and fine art. Specializing in integrating violence, gore, and horror with the beautiful and the surreal, NEN pulls an unspoken vision of the human condition from the fluidity of water, the subtlety of second glances, and her ability to pair painstaking attention to detail with the freedom of frenzied motion.

On this episode, our two hosts Peter Mohrbacher and Sam Flegal are going to talk about what they have been up to lately in their own art and illustration business! One Fantastic Week is a weekly web show where self-employed fantasy artists talk about whatever happened over the last 7 days.

Will Terry has been a freelance illustrator for 23 years. He was horrible at math, English, and science... luckily he found art. After finishing his BFA project at BYU he began working for magazines and newspapers not far from where he grew up in Washington D.C. He has created several indie ebooks that have sold tens of thousands of copies and has started a story app series with Rick Walton beginning with Gary's Place. He also co-owns svslearn.com - online illustration classes for children's book illustrators selling in over 80 countries.

Djamila is a Leipzig-based independent artist who draws character portraits and tarot cards. She enjoys surreal and dreamlike imagery with a fragile and delicate quality to it. Her primary goal is to evoke a sense of wonder in the viewer and her drawing style is heavily influenced by both nature and Japanese animation. She mainly works digitally, but also has an ongoing series of small traditional drawings. Her work has been published by Dragonsteel Entertainment and in Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, among others. Currently, Djamila is not looking for freelance work.

Katherine Rasmussen is a freelance illustrator and visual development artist from Norway based in Los Angeles. She loves creating images that tell stories She has trained and studied at Watts Atelier of the Arts for 4 years. Then spent 2 years studying at Brainstorm School in Los Angeles with a focus on design and visual storytelling.

Infinite Black designs and publishes games, game accessories, art, stories, and other cool stuff with a current emphasis on Lovecraftian fantasy and horror. Many of our projects are funded through Kickstarter.

Valency Genis is a sculpture artist that creates hybrid creatures of fancy. She takes an almost Dr. Frankenstein-like glee in crafting her unique animals, drawing on influences ranging from Dr. Seuss to Natural History Museum dioramas.

A pioneer in the video games industry, Mike previously had a long career as legendary developer BioWare's first artist, and for 12 years illustrated for some of the top RPG video games of all time. Mike's experience at BioWare creating box art, magazine covers, concept art and marketing illustrations allowed him to seamlessly transition in 2009 to pursue his true passion of fantasy illustration and oil painting.

Winona Nelson's fine art often focuses on the stories and history of her tribe, the Ojibwe of Minnesota. She now freelances fulltime, working on illustration, concept art, comics in addition to fine art. Clients include Naughty Dog, Wizards of the Coast and many more. She lives in Philadelphia with her artist beau Anthony Palumbo and their gentleman cat, Diego.

One Fantastic Week is a weekly web show where self-employed fantasy artists talk about whatever happened over the last 7 days. Sam and Pete have both wrapped up some projects recently, so there should be plenty to talk about.

Cavegirl Poductions & X-Ray Films are creating "EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons", a new feature-length documentary that explores the history, influence, and stories behind the artwork that helps create one of the most recognizable brands in gaming. The movie profiles D&D artists (both past and present), former TSR insiders, game designers, authors, and fans. Joining us will be: Seth C. Polansky, Brian Stillman and Kelley Slagle.

Aaron Miller is an award-winning, world-renowned fantasy artist and illustrator whose richly painted illustrations have graced such brands as Magic: the Gathering, Star Wars, and Dungeons & Dragons. Aaron is currently in a middle of a Kickstarter to create his second collection of custom MtG tokens.

Jason Brubaker began his career as an artist in 1996 where he drew hundreds of commercial storyboards for film and television. Some of his credits include Blade, Pitch Black and Van Helsing. In 2002, Brubaker began working as a traditional animator for motion design studios in Los Angeles and New York and was soon art directing animated commercials. In 2009, he began working as a Visual Development Artist at Dreamworks Animation on the Kung Fu Panda trilogy as well as many other animated movies.

Ania has a history of working as an illustrator in games. Her work has evolved over time, focusing these days on fine art watercolor painting. After experimenting with a few different avenues of making money as an independent artist, she's recently started to forgo any sort of commercial pursuits to focus on painting for its own sake. She's joining us today to talk about the experience of divorcing art from money and how it's effected the process and results of painting.