82 Scott Jenson
What’s it like being a designer?
This is the story of a kid from Milwaukee who went to college at Stanford. But it’s more about how an introverted nerd became president of his senior class. Scott Jenson successfully learned to bridge the gap between programming and design. He’s a user experience designer of hardware and software. And you’ll learn how Apple should have designed the IPad. To learn more about Frog Design, Click here
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80 Mauro Porcini
What’s it like being a designer?
This is the story of a boy from Milan, Italy who grew up to be a designer and then moved to…Minnesota? Mauro (au is aw, and remember to roll the r) Porcini (pore chee knee) is great fun. He’s smart, talented and learned to speak English in Ireland.
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68 Jennifer Carrasco
What’s it like being a muralist?
Alki is a little peninsula with beautiful view of Seattle. It’s a great place to be an artist. And it’s the place where Jennifer Carrasco paints murals. As a child, she learned to paint on large pieces of newsprint. It must have been formative because she continues to paint large, up to 30×40 feet.
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65 Mark Ulriksen
What’s it like being an illustrator?
If you like the cover art on the cover of New Yorker magazine, you like Mark Ulriksen’s work. He is an artist, painter, illustrator, and lover of baseball and dogs. His subjects are often famous people. And I’m going to commission Mark to paint my portrait…just as soon as I’m rich and famous.
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61 Jere Smith
What’s it like being an artist?
This is the story of how you can start out with a degree in psychology but became a fine artist. Or at least how Jere Smith did it. He always was an artist but it took Jere a couple of decades to accept that description of himself. His journey to art included living in Alaska and a trip to Europe. But no matter how long it took, Jere is happy he has finally arrived.
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18 Scott Johnson
What’s it like being a cartoonist?
I’ve thought of how much fun it would be to be a great cartoonist. Draw funny things for a living. But I can’t draw. Fortunately, Scott Johnson can. So he started Frog Pants Studios as a place to house his creativity. And when he’s not drawing, he’s making podcasts on technology, science fiction, and whatever interests him. If you were drawing a caricature of Scott Johnson, he would have a pen in one hand and a microphone in the other.
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10 Andrew Bosley
What’s it like to be an artist for a video game company?
Andrew Bosley is a artist. In high school that makes you special; in art school it’s the norm. But he says, the real fun is using art to solve problems. Andrew explains why drawing quickly is essential to his job, how a concept artist differs from a character artist, and when you should compare yourself to others and when you shouldn’t. He also explains the difference between blueprints vs. inspiration, and how he met the Queen Mum at the National Gallery, sort of.
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