The Naked Texture Artist

The Naked Texture Artist - Chris Nichols - Episode 3

September 10, 2023 Marque Pierre Sondergaard
The Naked Texture Artist - Chris Nichols - Episode 3
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The Naked Texture Artist
The Naked Texture Artist - Chris Nichols - Episode 3
Sep 10, 2023
Marque Pierre Sondergaard

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The Naked Texture Artist is a podcast where VFX/animation veterans have deep and honest conversations about their challenges and growth as working artists.


These are grim times. More than half of the good people in the film industry are without work these days. If that includes you too, you are certainly not alone. Speak up and share your pain with your friends and former colleagues.


We need some “comfort food for artists.” Chris Nichols and I continue our conversation, where we discuss many of the things working artists obsess over: burn out, coming up with new and believable looks for creatures that never existed in the real world and many more things.


It is my hope that you will learn a lot of useful stuff, and maybe even be entertained for the next 48 minutes, so as to forget the difficult situation outside of our control.


Do yourself a favour, please, and explore and support the amazing work Chris also does on the side:

https://www.artstation.com/porkpiesamurai


The Naked Texture Artist is produced by Marque Pierre Sondergaard.


Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thenakedtextureartist


Contact us on thenakedtextureartist@gmail.com


Follow us on https://twitter.com/nakedtexture and https://www.instagram.com/thenakedtextureartist/


Music copyright belongs to Tycho for the song Awake - https://tychomusic.com/


Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

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Send us a Text Message.

The Naked Texture Artist is a podcast where VFX/animation veterans have deep and honest conversations about their challenges and growth as working artists.


These are grim times. More than half of the good people in the film industry are without work these days. If that includes you too, you are certainly not alone. Speak up and share your pain with your friends and former colleagues.


We need some “comfort food for artists.” Chris Nichols and I continue our conversation, where we discuss many of the things working artists obsess over: burn out, coming up with new and believable looks for creatures that never existed in the real world and many more things.


It is my hope that you will learn a lot of useful stuff, and maybe even be entertained for the next 48 minutes, so as to forget the difficult situation outside of our control.


Do yourself a favour, please, and explore and support the amazing work Chris also does on the side:

https://www.artstation.com/porkpiesamurai


The Naked Texture Artist is produced by Marque Pierre Sondergaard.


Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thenakedtextureartist


Contact us on thenakedtextureartist@gmail.com


Follow us on https://twitter.com/nakedtexture and https://www.instagram.com/thenakedtextureartist/


Music copyright belongs to Tycho for the song Awake - https://tychomusic.com/


Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Intro
A word about getting laid off and the writers' strike
Interview start
Intermission: Burn out
Burn out continued...
How to cope with boredom (and burn out)
Physical boosters to artist performance
Intermission: Physical game
Mental game for artists to cope with stress
Alcohol to help cope with stress?
Breathing techniques for coping with stress
Reminiscing about the challenges of creating unseen looks on Ender's Game
The time honoured tradition of photographing decomposing meat
The lovely challenges of using natural patterns in texturing
Applied diffusion and patterns from sea life
Texture artists - always ready to snap some reference
Outro