The 1-year Anniversary Episode

Since June 18, 2019, Giuseppe Castellano has talked to leaders, legends, and luminaries in illustration, graphic design, publishing, animation, and other creative fields, about their beginnings, their successes, and the bumps and bruises they’ve experienced along the way.

To celebrate the podcast’s 1-year Anniversary, Giuseppe asked listeners of the podcast to answer three questions:

1. What is the best thing about being an illustrator?

2. What is the worst thing about being an illustrator?

3. What advice would you offer to illustrators?

Lastly, each of the 23 contributing illustrators share an important message.

To learn more about the contributors to this episode, here are their names (linked to their websites)—in the order that you hear them: Lalena Fisher, Nick Sweeney, Crisy Meschieri, Dave Bain, Helena Juhasz, Estefanía Santos, Guilherme Karsten, Jenny Eickbush, Christof Simons, Marina Movshina, Michelle Schneider, Nadya Bonten-Slenders, Prescott Hill, Jessica Linn Evans, Stephen Macquignon, Tara Santoro, Beverly Hall, Ximena Ross, Scott Soeder, Estrela Lourenco,  Sherry Meidell, Lizzie DiFiore, and Eddie Edwards

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