SOPHIE’S ART PODCAST

Episodes of Sophie’s Art Podcast.

The Garden of Eden - An About the Tings Episode 175 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

175 • THE GARDEN OF EDEN

This ‘About The Tings’ episode may be a bit all over the place, but the main topic is The Garden of Eden.

I wonder:
Was the Garden of Eden a Paradise Prison?,
Who was God?,
Who is the Creator?,
Are we inside of some sort of Sketchbook?,
Are we destined to become Creators?,
Who was the Serpent?,
How is the Dream Realm related to all of this?

So many questions, so few answers, but I find it fun thinking about this sort of stuff.

I finish the episode off, by reading a chapter from the book ‘The Impersonal Life by Joseph S. Benner’.

Hope you find this one thought provoking.

CHARACTERIZE THIS: ANGRY CLOUD WITH EMMA CORMARIE - a Character Design Quarterly Art-ickle : Episode 174 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

174 • ANGRY CLOUD WITH EMMA CORMARIE : A CDQ ART-ICKLE

A look at a lickle ickle article entitled ‘Characterize This: Angry Cloud with Emma Cormarie’, from issue 15 of the Character Design Quarterly magazine, by 3dtotal publishing.

This was such a cool article to study from, leaving me super inspired to give it a go myself!

Some of the topics include:

Textures and Shapes,
Being Mindful of Your Keywords,
Drawing Exercises,
What Makes a Character Angry?,
Unity in your Design,
The Relationship between Background and Character,
Using Yourself as Reference,
and lilDENNiS sees his reflection for the first time.

Thumbnail for this episode shows the Angry Cloud illustration by Emma Cormarie.

Hope you love this one as much as I did.

Confrontation and Bad Habits - An About the Tings Episode 173 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

173 • CONFRONTATION AND BAD HABITS

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is all about Confrontation and Bad Habits. I thought at first they were two separate topics, but as I got into this one, I realised they’re kind of linked.

lilDENNiS wasn’t with us for this one, instead, I was in the heart of nature sunbathing :)

Some of the topics include:

Eating Biscuits,
Eating Ice Cream,
Snoozing,
Not Getting Enough Sleep,
Social Anxiety,
Peer Pressure,
Being True to Yourself,
The Power of Meditating,
and You Become Part of Nature when you Stay Perfectly Still.

Hope you enjoy this one.

STUDYING FROM ART BOOKS VS ONLINE COURSES : Episode 172 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

172 • STUDYING FROM ART BOOKS VS ONLINE COURSES

Studying time! In this one, lilDENNiS and I talk about Studying, and why I prefer Studying from Art Books vs Online Courses.

This episode came about after I set the date for my Procreate studying, of the 1st of August 2021.

Repetition and Practice … that’s all Studying is about really, but some of the other topics included:

Studying from Art Books vs Online Courses,
The Power of Repetition,
Traditional vs Digital Note Taking,
My Fear of Drawing Bad Drawings,
Slow and Steady wins the Study,
How I Study,
Sketching in Cheap Sketchbooks,
Procreate Studying,
and I have a good old slurp :)

Hope you find this one useful.

STORYTELLING AND ATMOSPHERE WITH RAQUEL VILLANUEVA - a Character Design Quarterly Art-ickle : Episode 171 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

171 • STORYTELLING AND ATMOSPHERE WITH RAQUEL VILLANUEVA : A CDQ ART-ICKLE

A look at an ickle article entitled ‘Storytelling and Atmosphere with Raquel Villanueva’, from issue 16 of the Character Design Quarterly magazine, by 3dtotal publishing.

This was a brilliant article to study, I came away from it with a greater appreciation of the power of Colour in telling a Story.

Some of the topics include:

How Everything has Story,
The Power of Exploration,
Ways to Keep it Simple,
Pushing Yourself without Taking Too Many Risks,
How the Initial Idea is Key,
The Connection between Artist, Character, and Viewer,
Exploring Designs, Colours, Inspiration,
Keeping the Feelings Flowing,
Being Mindful of the Story You Want To Tell,
Shape Language,
Using Reference,
and we look at Raquel Villanueva’s cute lil nose.

Thumbnail for this episode shows the articles finished illustration by Raquel Villanueva.

Hope you love this one.

15 TIPS FOR BETTER CHARACTER DESIGN WITH DAVID MELLING - an imagineFX Art-ickle : Episode 170 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

170 • 15 TIPS FOR BETTER CHARACTER DESIGN WITH DAVID MELLING : AN IMAGINEFX ART-ICKLE

A look at an ickle article entitled ’15 Tips for Better Character Design with David Melling’, from issue 201 of the art magazine ImagineFX.

This was such a cool article to study from; not only is it full of cute characters, and beautiful images, but it’s bursting with character design wisdom bombs too!

Some of the topics include:

Character Connection and Relationships,
Gesture Drawing,
Character Sheets,
Character Design Body Language,
How Everything has Story,
A new Fun Drawing Exercise called Sequential Drawing,
Anthropomorphic Design,
Exaggeration,
Expressive Silhouettes,
Being Open Minded,
How Keywords are Key,
Mickey Mouse’s Ears,
Silent Narrative,
and we have some Kitty Kisses :)

The thumbnail for this episode shows the character Ruffles by David Melling.

Hope you enjoy this one.

Catch up Episode: Time and Money, Routines, Saying Yes or No - An About the Tings Episode 169 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

169 • CATCH UP EPISODE: TIME AND MONEY

In this Brain Dump Catch up episode, I talk about: the past 3 months, Moving, Routines, Time and Money, and Saying Yes or No.

What’s the point of having loads of Money with No Time? I ask that, and talk about other topics like:

How with yes and no, we’re either creating, or destroying, time and money,
The Exhaustion of Moving Home,
Breaking Routines,
How Sketching is Therapeutic,
Broken iMacs,
Listening to Podcasts while Walking,
Day Jobs,
How Time and Money are entangled opposites,
Pursing a Passion,
Synchronicities,
Money vs Time,
The Power of Writing,
Being Distracted by YouTube videos,
Mind Numbing Tasks,
How it’s harder to realise when you’re giving away Time,
Sacrificing Sleep for more Time,
and I have me first Hot Cock-o-late slurp in months.

Hope you like this one.

Morning and Night time Routines - An About the Tings Episode 168 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

168 • MORNING AND NIGHT TIME ROUTINES

My Morning and Night time Routines are the topic for this one, as I talk about tings like: Automatic Writing, Dream Diaries, and Stretching.

The battery on my camera died right as I said bye on this one, which I thought was kind of cool :)

Hope you enjoy this walk and talk around Plymridge Woods.

Earth was originally the Reptilians - An About the Tings Episode 167 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

167 • EARTH WAS ORIGINALLY THE REPTILIANS

Dinosaurs, Extinctions, Intelligence, these are the main things I cover on this one, as I talk about how the Earth was originally the Reptilians.

I believe the Dinosaurs were way more intelligent than we’re lead to believe, but that they were purposefully wiped out during a war between Mars and the Asteroid Belt.

Hope you enjoy this lil walk and talk around Plymridge Woods.