VIDEO GAMES

What Do I Want? : An Accountability Session Episode 262 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

262 • WHAT DO I WANT?

In this ‘Accountability Session’ episode I ask, What Do I want?

Co-host lilDENNiS was here to help me, and some of the stuff that came up was:

Actionable Steps for Next Week,
Doing Little Things like Sitting in the Park for 10 minutes,
Sleeping,
Eating,
Nature,
Balancing Everything,
Video Games,
Meditating,
Comics,
Making Videos,
Sam Schaeffer’s I Overcame Anxiety Course,
and after I finished doing this podcast I realised … I never asked WHY! I need to ask, WHY Do I want This? That’s how I find the desire!

So That’s another Actionable Step for next week :)

Hope you like this one.

Dump and Doodle The Shadow Self - An About the Tings Episode 197 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

197 • DUMP AND DOODLE THE SHADOW SELF

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is a Dump and Doodle The Shadow Self, where I do some Doodling, while Brain Dumping on various topics.

Co-host lilDENNiS takes control of this one, as we talk about stuff like:

The Shadow Self is an Earth Bound Spirit,
Mums recent ‘More Real Than Real’ Dream,
Ink Scribbling Doodles,
How I was Wrong About Setting Goals,
Facing Your Fears is Hard,
My White Light Jesus Dream,
Feeling Overwhelmed By Your Goals,
Procrastinating,
The Power of Awareness,
Video Games,
Is There An End To Existence?,
Black Holes and Reptilians,
What Happens When You Go Into General Anesthesia?,
and I talk about My Plans for Episode 200 :)

Hope you like this one.

Goals, Death, and Video Games : An About The Tings Walk and Talk Episode 196 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

196 • GOALS, DEATH, AND VIDEO GAMES

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is a Walk and Talk about Goals, Death, and Video Games :)

It was a very Gloomy, Wet, and Windy day, so co-host lilDENNiS decided to stay indoors; Sorry if the wind gets a bit noisy at times!

Some of the topics I talked about included:

Is It Worth Setting Goals?,
The Last Moments Before Death,
How Time Slows Down During A Car Crash,
Matrix Resurrections,
Passion Planners,
Gran Turismo 3 Wet Weather Sound Effects,
How I thought 2021 would be The End of the World,
Fall Guys,
Need For Speed Rivals,
Gran Turismo Sport,
and a lil Bird shows up at the end.

Hope you enjoy :)

Dump and Doodle Boo - An About the Tings Episode 190 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

190 • DUMP AND DOODLE BOO

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is a Dump and Doodle Boo, where I do some Doodling, while Brain Dumping on various topics.

Co-host lilDENNiS and Kitty are here, as we talk about stuff like:

My Relationship with Money,
Playing Video Games,
The Endless Search For Our Creator,
Feeling Unsatisfied,
Old PlayStation Magazine Demo Disks,
Christmas Time is Video Game Time,
Xbox vs PlayStation,
Finding Balance,
Buying Too Many Tings,
and The Christmas Penguin Pops In to say Hello :)

Hope you like :)

Christmas Memories : An About the Tings Episode 143 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

143 • CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is all about Christmas Memories, as I wear a Miss Santa outfit, and Rodney the Reindeer joins us for a look back at Christmas Films, Toys, and Video Games.

Some of stuff we cover includes:

Funny TV Shows like The Office,
PlayStation Access Christmas Specials,
Throwing my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures out the window,
Crying during The Snowman,
Gran Turismo Christmas Jazz Music,
My Dads Jam Tarts,
The Muppets films,
Being Transgender and Connecting with Lara Croft,
Breaking my Thundercats toys,
Female Clothes Shopping with my Mum,
Receiving Dangerous Ink Magazine Artwork Gifts,
and we have another Christmas Sing Song :)

Hope you have a nice Christmas!

THE A-Z OF SCI-FI ART PART TWO - an ImagineFX Magazine Article : Episode 141 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

141 • IMAGINEFX ARTICLE ‘THE A-Z OF SCI-FI ART’ PART TWO

Part two of an Art-Ickle from issue 65 of the ImagineFX Magazine, entitled ‘The A-Z of Sci-Fi Art’, was the topic for this weeks episode.

This episode covers N to Z, and was so much fun. I wore me lil Mass Effect N7 Dress again, and it was fitting, tight fitting lol, because one of the Artist we look at is Brian Sum who worked on Mass Effect 2 :)

Some of the other topics include:

Mixing Nature and Technology,
Designing the DeLorean from Back to the Future,
lil Art Tricks,
How Hands are Expressive,
The Psychology of Art,
Mass Effect Mako,
Coolness and Functionality,
Subtle Cues of Human and Animal Emotions,
Being Mindful in your Art,
Designing Sci-Fi Weapons,
Keeping it Real,
Video Game Art,
Creating a Sense of Scale,
and Morti does some dancing :)

Hope you like this one.

THE A-Z OF SCI-FI ART PART ONE - an ImagineFX Magazine Article : Episode 140 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

140 • IMAGINEFX ARTICLE ‘THE A-Z OF SCI-FI ART’ PART ONE

An Art-Ickle from issue 65 of the ImagineFX Magazine, entitled ‘The A-Z of Sci-Fi Art’, was the topic for this weeks episode.

This is a beast of an Art-ickle, so I’ve split it into two parts, with this episode covering A to M, and next week finishing it off with N to Z.

Really enjoyed this one though, and I even wore me lil Mass Effect N7 Dress to get in the Sci-Fi mood :)

Some of the topics include:

How to Create a Sense of Scale,
Mixing Reality and Imagination,
The Importance of lil Details,
Different Art Styles,
Reusing Assets,
How Everything Has a Story,
Combining Traditional and Digital Painting,
Always Thinking about the Viewer,
Having a Greater Appreciation of Designing Vehicles,
How Nothing is Ever Wasted,
Keeping it Simple,
How the Foreground and Background are both Important,
and we give the Mole a name :)

Hope you like this one :)

Scary Stuff - Scary Films, Scary Video Games, and Scary Art : Episode 135 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

135 • SCARY STUFF: SCARY FILMS, SCARY VIDEO GAMES, AND SCARY ART

I cosplay a not so scary cat for this one, as I talk about Scary Stuff like Scary Films, Scary Video Games, and Scary Art.

There’s also a lil scary story, but the less said about that the better :)

Some of the scary Halloween themed tings include :

How Virtual Reality Feels Real,
Being Trapped in a Dream,
False Awakenings,
Resident Evil,
Jump Scares,
Japanese Horror,
Freddie Krueger,
Scary Experiences,
Do Humans Enjoy being Scared?,
The Power of Fear,
and lilDENNiS turns into a Zombie :)

Hope you like this one.