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The Breakthrough Creative

Mar 29, 2021

The MURAL Episode is a detailed breakdown of the creative and business process of a mural I was commissioned to design and paint for the Downers Grove Public Library in 2017.

It was a huge creative undertaking and I enjoyed the challenge.

WARNING - Due to the visuals I refer to this episode plays better on my


Mar 22, 2021

Vanessa E is a Singer, Songwriter and online Vocal Coach at 'You Can Sing 2'. (She is also like a sister to me)

Vanessa shares her early career as a 'big-hair' band, heavy-metal guitarist (she can really shred!), her step into the spotlight as a singer/songwriter for her own band and how she has found...


Mar 15, 2021

Your expectations of your art and career need to be disciplined and realistic! Otherwise you can end up stuck, wasting time and making little to no progress. How hard are we supposed to be on ourselves? Too hard and we burn our or worse. Too easy and we get nowhere or worse. This episode tackles this OFTEN INVISIBLE...


Mar 8, 2021

How I got responses from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney and Universal with my (and my partner's) Cartoon Property - Zombie Todd!

Years ago, my friend, Paul Van Dorn, and I created, wrote and illustrated an animated concept series for television. I share the journey from concept to sitting down with a...


Mar 1, 2021

Keith Gordon is the co-founder and story architect at Duo Storytelling. After years of working as a fiction editor, his wake-up call came when he realized that there were thousands of aspiring authors looking to share their stories with the world, but for one reason or another, they lacked the confidence and the courage...