Art Cafe Podcast

Art Cafe

Art Cafe is a podcast hosted by animation director and film industry artist Maciej Kuciara. Through the lens of of world renown artists, designers, directors and entrepreneur, the podcast gives a glimpse into the art industry with informative, inspiring and absolutely candid and uncut conversations.

Get informed, get inspired. Unlock your creative mind.

ABOUT HOST

Maciej Kuciara is California based director and artist working in entertainment, clothing and technology. His involvement can be found in numerous critically acclaimed projects ranging from video games such as The Last of Us to films such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Ghost in the Shell and Avengers: infinity War to name a few.

Maciej is also a co-founder of Learn Squared, an art education platform providing world-class art education to over 15,000 students and numerous AAA studios worldwide.

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20 episodes
Updated Jun 15, 2024

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Jun 15, 2024 · 1 hr 48 min
The Godfather of Digital Art - Craig Mullins - Art Cafe #148
Craig Mullins is an american artist, painter and pioneer of digital art. https://www.goodbrush.com/ https://www.instagram.com/craigmullinsofficial 02:00 Introductions and The Role of AI in Art and the Future of Creativity 35:33 The Concrete Brain and Adaptation 49:09 The Overwhelming Influx of Data and Connectivity 01:06:57 The Cyclical Nature of History and Rapid Change 01:16:38 The Journey into Digital Art and the Emergence of Photoshop 01:38:36 Being Selective with Influences and Embracing Failure
Apr 23, 2024 · 1 hr 31 min
Artistic Provenance and Art Medium Journey /w Mad Dog Jones - Art Cafe #147
Michah Dowbak aka Mad Dog Jones is a multidisciplinary artist from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Dowbak rose to fame in the world of crypto art with the recent success of his Crash + Burn series of NFT artworks, and he is now a headliner in the first major NFT art exhibition at UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Michah has also designed a helmet graphics for F1 racing 7 time world champion Lewis Hamliton and livery design for winning MotoGP team VR46 Valentino Rossi.
Apr 2, 2024 · 59 min
Film Industry, Directors, Expectations - w/ Legendary Artist George Hull - Art Cafe #146
George Hull is a legendary artist and illustrator know for his iconic design work for Matrix Trilogy, Dune (Part 1 and 2) and more. https://www.ghull.com/ https://www.instagram.com/georgehulldesign
Mar 11, 2024 · 1 hr 43 min
Film Industry is Changing, Art Legacy, IPs and AI with David Levy - Art Cafe #145
David Levy is an award winning designer, artist and art director known for his work for films such as Avatar, Tron: Legacy, Star Wars EP9 and more. David's website: https://vyleart.com/home David's IG: https://www.instagram.com/vyleart My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
Feb 26, 2024 · 1 hr 24 min
Mentors, Animation and Artistic Growth with Benjy Brooke - Art Cafe #144
Benjy Brooke is a supervising director on Scavengers Reign Max tv mini series and at Green Street Pictures, Los Angeles, California. Benjy's website: https://www.benjybrooke.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/benjybrooke About Mike Burakoff - https://www.mikeburakoff.com/ The Strokes - At The Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CAz_vvsK9M
Feb 5, 2024 · 59 min
Making A Masterpiece: Scavenger's Reign, with Show Co-creator Joe Bennett - Art Cafe #143
Joe Bennett is a co-creator of Scavenger's Reign, animation director and co-founder of Green Street Pictures. https://www.josephbennett.tv/ https://www.instagram.com/joe_bennett_animation/ https://www.instagram.com/greenstreetpictures/ My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
Jan 29, 2024 · 1 hr 37 min
Production Design in Animation and Directing Art Department with Jason Scheier - Art Cafe #142
Jason is a seasoned Production Designer, Art Director, and instructor with a BA in Fine Arts and Illustration from California State, Fullerton. With experience in various prestigious studios like DreamWorks Animation, Warner Brothers, and Walt Disney Imagineering, and teaching roles at renowned institutions like Art Center College of Design, Jason excels in bringing imaginative worlds to life. Jason was a Production Designer on critically acclaimed Netflix animation Blue Eye Samurai and upcoming Transformers One. https://www.instagram.com/jasonscheierart https://twitter.com/ScheierJason My Website: kuciara.com Store: www.kuciara.com/shop Instagram: instagram.com/maciejkuciara X: x.com/maciej_kuciara
Jun 6, 2023 · 2 hr 5 min
Directing with Sava Zivkovic
Sava Zivkovic is a Director based in Belgrade, Serbia. with over 14 years of experience working in CG animation. Sava directs for Axis Studios and Hydra Studios, with directorial work in short films like IRRADIATION, HUXLEY, FREIGHT, and IFCC, as well as game cinematics for Dead Island 2, Diablo Immortal, Outriders, Solium Infernum, Destiny 2 and Gears of War 5. Follow Sava at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sava.zivkovic Behance - https://www.behance.net/SavaZivkovic Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/savazivkovic Sava's Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/SavaZivkovic BECKOMING - https://vimeo.com/765779439 Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com Store - https://shop.kuciara.com
May 15, 2023 · 2 hr 41 min
Art Beyond Entertainment with Michael Kutsche - Art Cafe #140
Michael Kutsche, a celebrated German artist, skillfully blends traditional and digital media. His work, featured in Sotheby's auctions and global exhibitions, merges diverse artistic elements and prompts reflection on the human condition. Michael's website: https://www.michaelkutsche.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_kutsche Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelkutsche Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/
Mar 9, 2023 · 2 hr 8 min
Prompt: In style of Greg Rutkowski - Art Cafe #139
Greg Rutkowski is a Polish illustrator and digital artist. Greg is known for his unique classical painting style and his work can be found on covers of Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering cards and more. Greg's website: https://rutkowski.artstation.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greg_rutkowski Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrzegorzRutko14 Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/
Feb 20, 2023 · 2 hr 17 min
Oseanworld - Art Cafe #138
Osean is a digital artist, musician, animation director and creator of Oseanworld. His work also include collaborating with major musicians such as 2 Chainz, Offset, Madeon and more. Follow Osean at: Website - https://www.osean.world/ Oseanworld Youtubue - https://www.youtube.com/c/OSEANWORLD Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oseanworld Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/
Feb 1, 2023 · 2 hr 24 min
Artist Authenticity vs AI with Sam Yang - #137
Sam Yang is a Toronto based artist, illustrator and entertainer known for his popular Youtube channel Sam Does Arts. Sam's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SamDoesArts Sam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samdoesarts Follow me at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://kuciara.com/ Store - https://shop.kuciara.com/ Show Notes: Midjourney - https://midjourney.com/ Chatgpt - https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ Getty Images AI lawsuit - https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit Stable Diffusion Class Aciton Lawsuit - https://stablediffusionlitigation.com/ ChatGPT pass parts of business law, medical exams - https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/29/chatgpt-ai-language-bot-can-pass-business-law-and-/
Jan 7, 2023 · 1 hr 58 min
Being an Artist and Artificial Intelligence, Holiday Special /w Ash Thorp - Art Cafe #136
Ash Thorp is a director,, designer and a visionary artist based in California, known for batmobile designs for latest The Batman movie, Ken Block's rally Ford Cosworth car, designs for films such as Ender's Game, Captain Marvel to name a few and a director at ALT Creative, Inc. https://www.altcinc.com https://www.instagram.com/ashthorp https://twitter.com/ashthorp1 Show notes: Mid Journey Forbes Article - https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/09/16/midjourney-founder-david-holz-on-the-impact-of-ai-on-art-imagination-and-the-creative-economy/?sh=2eda17c62d2b Stable Diffusion explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIpzeNxIhU OpenAI - https://openai.com/ CLIP - https://openai.com/blog/clip/ MidJourney - https://www.midjourney.com/ Stability.ai - https://stability.ai/ Andrew Huberman - https://hubermanlab.com/ Concept Art Association GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/protecting-artists-from-ai-technologies Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara https://www.kuciara.com Shop: https://www.shop.kuciara.com
Jan 7, 2023 · 3 hr 8 min
Technology and how Art is Changing /w Joshua Davis - Art Cafe #135
Joshua Davis is an American designer, technologist, author, and visual artist in new media. He is best known as the creator of praystation.com, winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 Golden Nica for "Net Vision / Net Excellence”. https://joshuadavis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/praystation/?hl=en https://www.zerospace.co/ The End of Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSxFAGP9Ss Chatgpt: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.twitter.com/maciej_kuciara https://kuciara.com Store: https://shop.kuciara.com
Dec 15, 2022 · 2 hr 56 min
AI and The Future of Art with Steven Zapata - Art Cafe #134
Steven Zapata is a a professional designer, illustrator, and educator for over a decade based out of New York City. Steven’s Links Website: https://www.stevenzapata.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/stevenzapataart Links from the show: Git Hub Litigation: https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/ Google Sentient AI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/ All-In Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@allin Followe me: Instagram - https://instagram.com/maciejkuciara Twitter - https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara Website - https://www.kuciara.com Store - https://shop.kuciara.com
Nov 26, 2020 · 1 hr 32 min
Art of Manipulation with Ethan Becker - Art Cafe #133
Ethan is a visual development artist in animation, who worked with clients such as Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, Studio Mir to name a few. Ethan is also known his incredibly popular and funny youtube channel and probably one of most interesting personalities I've had a chance to talk with. https://www.instagram.com/ethanbecker70 https://www.youtube.com/user/ToBelgium Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara
Nov 10, 2020 · 1 hr 18 min
Art Career Dream to Reality with Gio Nakpil
Gio Nakpil is a senior design evangelist and art director at Adobe. We spoke about his road to becoming an artist and fulfilling childhood dreams, dealing with anxiety of switching industries and more. https://www.artstation.com/gionakpil https://twitter.com/GioNakpil https://www.instagram.com/gionakpil Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara
Oct 22, 2020 · 1 hr 48 min
Professionalism and Hustle /w Allan McKay - Art Cafe #131
Allan McKay is a Los-Angeles based visual effects supervisor and technical director. He is responsible for visual effects sequences in projects including Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Blade, The Last Airbender, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Flight, The Equalizer, and other films. www.allanmckay.com https://www.instagram.com/allanmckayofficial Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara
Sep 29, 2020 · 1 hr 41 min
What Its Like to Be A Concept Artist - Danar Worya - Art Cafe #130
Danar Worya is a Netherlands based concept artist. https://www.artstation.com/danarworya https://www.instagram.com/danarworyaart Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com https://www.vimeo.com/maciejkuciara/showtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345BezU Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara
Sep 9, 2020 · 2 hr 9 min
Expressing Yourself in Art - Ramon Nunez - Art Cafe #129
Ramon Nunez is a Venezuelan artist living in Madrid, Spain. https://www.instagram.com/ramonn90 https://www.artstation.com/ramonn90 Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/maciejkuciara https://www.kuciara.com Showtime Film is OUT! https://www.showtimeanime.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klu345Bez https://www.vimeo.com/maciejkuciara/showtime Merch: https://shop.kuciara.com/ Gear and Books Recommendations https://www.kit.co/maciejkuciara