Giuseppe Castellano talks to Eisner Award and Caldecott Honor-winning children’s book creator, LeUyen Pham, about what artistic inspiration is and isn’t; how illustrating in multiple styles is not a disadvantage; what an Indiana Jones quote has to do with being an illustrator; and more.
To learn more about LeUyen, visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">leuyenpham.com</a>.
Artists mentioned in this episode include: Chuck Close, Marla Frazee, Allen Say, Barbara McClintock, Hilary Knight, Ashley Bryan, Mary GrandPré
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Giuseppe Castellano talks to Eisner Award and Caldecott Honor-winning children’s book creator, LeUyen Pham, about what artistic inspiration is and isn’t; how illustrating in multiple styles is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; a disadvantage; what an Indiana Jones quote has to do with being an illustrator; and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To learn more about LeUyen, visit &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;leuyenpham.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Artists mentioned in this episode include: Chuck Close, Marla Frazee, Allen Say, Barbara McClintock, Hilary Knight, Ashley Bryan, Mary GrandPré&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you find value in this podcast, consider supporting it via &lt;a href="https://illustrationdept.substack.com" target="_blank"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/illustrationdept" target="_blank"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;. / This podcast is produced by &lt;a href="http://illustrationdept.com/" target="_blank"&gt;IllustrationDept.com&lt;/a&gt;—a global leader&amp;nbsp;in online education for illustrators. / The music for this podcast was created by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/oatmello" target="_blank"&gt;Oatmello&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, you can &lt;a href="giuseppe@illustrationdept.com" target="_blank"&gt;email Giuseppe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

LeUyen talks about what artistic inspiration is and isn’t; how illustrating in multiple styles is not a disadvantage; and more.

LeUyen Pham

Giuseppe Castellano talks to Michelle Komie, publisher for art and architecture at Princeton University Press, and DB Dowd, author and professor of design at the Sam Fox School at Washington University, about illustration’s past; what reading has to do with illustration; how they—the publisher and the writer—approached the making of DB’s book, Reading Pictures; and more.
Find Reading Pictures, at your favorite bookstore, or at <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">press.princeton.edu/books</a>.
Artists mentioned in this episode include: John Sloan, Susan Doyle, Jaleen Grove, Whitney Sherman, Steven Heller
Notes:
<a href="https://nyupress.org/9780814787083/racial-innocence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights</a>
<a href="https://the-illustration-department-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/d-b-dowd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here</a> is DB’s previous episode on The Illustration Department Podcast from March 30, 2021.
 
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Giuseppe Castellano talks to Michelle Komie, publisher for art and architecture at Princeton University Press, and DB Dowd, author and professor of design at the Sam Fox School at Washington University, about illustration’s past; what reading has to do with illustration; how they—the publisher and the writer—approached the making of DB’s book, &lt;i&gt;Reading Pictures&lt;/i&gt;; and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Find &lt;i&gt;Reading Pictures&lt;/i&gt;, at your favorite bookstore, or at &lt;a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;press.princeton.edu/books&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Artists mentioned in this episode include: John Sloan, Susan Doyle, Jaleen Grove, Whitney Sherman, Steven Heller&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://nyupress.org/9780814787083/racial-innocence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://the-illustration-department-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/d-b-dowd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is DB’s previous episode on &lt;i&gt;The Illustration Department Podcast &lt;/i&gt;from March 30, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you find value in this podcast, consider supporting it via &lt;a href="https://illustrationdept.substack.com" target="_blank"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/illustrationdept" target="_blank"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;. / This podcast is produced by &lt;a href="http://illustrationdept.com/" target="_blank"&gt;IllustrationDept.com&lt;/a&gt;—a global leader&amp;nbsp;in online education for illustrators. / The music for this podcast was created by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/oatmello" target="_blank"&gt;Oatmello&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, you can &lt;a href="giuseppe@illustrationdept.com" target="_blank"&gt;email Giuseppe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Michelle and DB talk about illustration’s past; how they both approached the making of DB’s book, Reading Pictures; and more.

Michelle Komie and D.B. Dowd

Giuseppe Castellano talks to award-winning illustrator and author, Greg Pizzoli, about how some of his characters reflect his own multitudes; why “for now” are two very important words for aspiring book creators; what simple step illustrators can take if they want to write; and more.
To learn more about Greg and his books, visit <a href="https://www.gregpizzoli.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gregpizzoli.com</a>.
Artists mentioned in this episode include: Kay Healy, Matt Curtius, Matt Phelan, Zachariah OHora, Eric Carle, Saul Bass, Tomi Ungerer, Ed Emberley, Saul Steinberg, Roger Hargreaves, Roy McKie, P.D. Eastman, Katherine Milhous, Aliki Brandenberg, Seymour Chwast, Susan Viguers, John Alcorn, Jerry Smath, Arnold Lobel
If you find value in this podcast, consider supporting it via <a href="https://illustrationdept.substack.com" target="_blank">Substack</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/illustrationdept" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. / This podcast is produced by <a href="http://illustrationdept.com/" target="_blank">IllustrationDept.com</a>—a global leader&nbsp;in online education for illustrators. / The music for this podcast was created by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/oatmello" target="_blank">Oatmello</a>.If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, you can <a href="giuseppe@illustrationdept.com" target="_blank">email Giuseppe</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Giuseppe Castellano talks to award-winning illustrator and author, Greg Pizzoli, about how some of his characters reflect his own multitudes; why “for now” are two very important words for aspiring book creators; what simple step illustrators can take if they want to write; and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To learn more about Greg and his books, visit &lt;a href="https://www.gregpizzoli.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;gregpizzoli.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Artists mentioned in this episode include: Kay Healy, Matt Curtius, Matt Phelan, Zachariah OHora, Eric Carle, Saul Bass, Tomi Ungerer, Ed Emberley, Saul Steinberg, Roger Hargreaves, Roy McKie, P.D. Eastman, Katherine Milhous, Aliki Brandenberg, Seymour Chwast, Susan Viguers, John Alcorn, Jerry Smath, Arnold Lobel&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you find value in this podcast, consider supporting it via &lt;a href="https://illustrationdept.substack.com" target="_blank"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/illustrationdept" target="_blank"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;. / This podcast is produced by &lt;a href="http://illustrationdept.com/" target="_blank"&gt;IllustrationDept.com&lt;/a&gt;—a global leader&amp;nbsp;in online education for illustrators. / The music for this podcast was created by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/oatmello" target="_blank"&gt;Oatmello&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, you can &lt;a href="giuseppe@illustrationdept.com" target="_blank"&gt;email Giuseppe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Greg talks about how some of his characters reflect his own multitudes; why “for now” are two very important words for aspiring book creators; and more.

Greg Pizzoli

Giuseppe Castellano talks to bookseller and founder of Forage Books, Tamlyn Ancone, about how an independent book store isn’t just a place to buy books; how she stocks her store—literally and morally; what book-buyers are looking for (it’s not AI); and more.
To learn more about Tamlyn and Forage Books, visit <a href="https://www.foragebooksksq.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">foragebooksksq.com</a>.
A few things that were mentioned in this episode:
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Braiding Sweetgrass</a> by Robin Wall Kimmerer</li>
 <li>Don’t buy books on Amazon. Use <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/illustrationdept" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bookshop.org</a> instead.</li>
 <li>For audio books, visit <a href="https://libro.fm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">libro.fm</a>.</li>
</ul>
Artists mentioned in this episode include: Leo Lionni, Maria Dek, Micha Archer, Alexandra Day
If you find value in this podcast, consider supporting it via <a href="https://illustrationdept.substack.com" target="_blank">Substack</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/illustrationdept" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. / This podcast is produced by <a href="http://illustrationdept.com/" target="_blank">IllustrationDept.com</a>—a global leader&nbsp;in online education for illustrators. / The music for this podcast was created by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/oatmello" target="_blank">Oatmello</a>.If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, you can <a href="giuseppe@illustrationdept.com" target="_blank">email Giuseppe</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Giuseppe Castellano talks to bookseller and founder of Forage Books, Tamlyn Ancone, about how an independent book store isn’t just a place to buy books; how she stocks her store—literally and morally; what book-buyers are looking for (it’s not AI); and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To learn more about Tamlyn and Forage Books, visit &lt;a href="https://www.foragebooksksq.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;foragebooksksq.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A few things that were mentioned in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Braiding Sweetgrass&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Robin Wall Kimmerer&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Don’t buy books on Amazon. Use &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/illustrationdept" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;bookshop.org&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;For audio books, visit &lt;a href="https://libro.fm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;libro.fm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Artists mentioned in this episode include: Leo Lionni, Maria Dek, Micha Archer, Alexandra Day&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you find value in this podcast, consider supporting it via &lt;a href="https://illustrationdept.substack.com" target="_blank"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/illustrationdept" target="_blank"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;. / This podcast is produced by &lt;a href="http://illustrationdept.com/" target="_blank"&gt;IllustrationDept.com&lt;/a&gt;—a global leader&amp;nbsp;in online education for illustrators. / The music for this podcast was created by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/oatmello" target="_blank"&gt;Oatmello&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, you can &lt;a href="giuseppe@illustrationdept.com" target="_blank"&gt;email Giuseppe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Tamlyn talks about how an independent book store isn’t just a place to buy books; what book-buyers are looking for (it’s not AI); and more.

Tamlyn Ancone

Giuseppe Castellano talks to designer and illustrator, Brandon Campbell, about what making a bed has to do with illustration; how illustrators can improve the artistry of their line; what it means to listen to your work; and more.
To learn more about Brandon, visit <a href="https://www.brandoncampbell.tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">brandoncampbell.tv</a>.
Find Brandon’s book, Just Add Line, <a href="https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780789346247/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> or at your favorite bookseller.
Correction: Giuseppe mentioned that Harold Ross asked Gloria Steinem to infiltrate a Turkish bath for an exposé. It was actually Harvey Kurtzman—not Harold Ross.
Artists mentioned in this episode include: Jim Campbell, Norman Rockwell, Bernie Fuchs, Rick McCollum, Jim Flora, David Klein, David Stone Martin, Ben Shahn, Al Parker, Ralph Steadman, Tim Bauer, Steve Brodner, Philip Burke, Joe Sorren, Evaline Ness
If you find value in this podcast, consider supporting it via <a href="https://illustrationdept.substack.com" target="_blank">Substack</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/illustrationdept" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. / This podcast is produced by <a href="http://illustrationdept.com/" target="_blank">IllustrationDept.com</a>—a global leader&nbsp;in online education for illustrators. / The music for this podcast was created by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/oatmello" target="_blank">Oatmello</a>.If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, you can <a href="giuseppe@illustrationdept.com" target="_blank">email Giuseppe</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Giuseppe Castellano talks to designer and illustrator, Brandon Campbell, about what making a bed has to do with illustration; how illustrators can improve the artistry of their line; what it means to listen to your work; and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To learn more about Brandon, visit &lt;a href="https://www.brandoncampbell.tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;brandoncampbell.tv&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Find Brandon’s book, &lt;i&gt;Just Add Line&lt;/i&gt;,&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780789346247/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or at your favorite bookseller.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Correction: Giuseppe mentioned that Harold Ross asked Gloria Steinem to infiltrate a Turkish bath for an exposé. It was actually Harvey Kurtzman—not Harold Ross.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Artists mentioned in this episode include: Jim Campbell, Norman Rockwell, Bernie Fuchs, Rick McCollum, Jim Flora, David Klein, David Stone Martin, Ben Shahn, Al Parker, Ralph Steadman, Tim Bauer, Steve Brodner, Philip Burke, Joe Sorren, Evaline Ness&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you find value in this podcast, consider supporting it via &lt;a href="https://illustrationdept.substack.com" target="_blank"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/illustrationdept" target="_blank"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;. / This podcast is produced by &lt;a href="http://illustrationdept.com/" target="_blank"&gt;IllustrationDept.com&lt;/a&gt;—a global leader&amp;nbsp;in online education for illustrators. / The music for this podcast was created by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/oatmello" target="_blank"&gt;Oatmello&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, you can &lt;a href="giuseppe@illustrationdept.com" target="_blank"&gt;email Giuseppe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Brandon talks about how illustrators can improve the artistry of their line; what it means to listen to your work; and more.

Brandon Campbell

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