Colton’s Blog - Art & Podcasting

Hey there mighty artists. Damon Cimarusti and I are Character Artists at Insomniac Games. We just released the first 3 episodes of our brand new podcast, ShapeLanguage.

We created the show to highlight uplifting conversations between great artists in the entertainment industry. We believe the show will help create bridges between studios while providing essential resources and guidance to students. Damon and I recently made the leap from student to professional and we hope to forge a path for more artists to follow. Join us on the first leg of our journey where we speak with three outstanding artists from LA!

PS: I may post some art here, but primarily this blog will be focused on my latest creative endeavors in podcasting.

Thanks for the warm welcome Malcom!

In this week’s episode, we sat down with Melissa, a character artist at Insomniac Games. We discussed student questions on dealing with competition, building a killer portfolio, and how Melissa leveraged Twitter to land her a position at Insomniac straight out of school + much much more!

In this week’s episode, we sat down with Alec Hunstad, a Character/Creature Artist at MPC. Listen in to find out why he recommends school, how to study anatomy, and how he won 7 out of 8 best of term awards at Gnomon.

Welcome to 2020! We've got a hot line up of great artists for you to hear from this year. We kicked things off with a show and tell episode. Enjoy!

The Keos Masons co-founder shares his mindset on finding fulfillment in the creative process and why he loves doing personal projects despite a very busy work life. Marco also pulls back the curtain on some exciting news at Keos Masons and talks about where his career is headed next.

In Part 1, Leroy describes his journey from Taiwan, to working at Bioware, and finally coming to Insomniac. Check out Part 2 to see Leroy’s early work and inspirations!

In Part 2, Leroy shares some amazing work that continues to inspire him today, and he even took the time to dig up some of his early student work to show us how he got started.

Our coworker Jayson shows us some amazing art and we talk through some of the most recent pieces on Artstation.

This episode is different. Instead of talking with someone in the entertainment industry, we had the great pleasure of speaking with an outsider. Skylar’s understanding of art history and culture would be downright intimidating if it were not for her warm personality and accessible presentation of complex trends. Hearing an extremely well educated, outsider’s perspective on the world of entertainment art was very rewarding. The conversation was full of surprises and insights as we discussed specific ArtStation pieces and where entertainment art fits into the broader art world. We really enjoyed this conversation and hope you will too!

Doing something fun with friends this weekend--hope to see you there! For details: bit.ly/34hAwF0