The Negative Space Podcast

By Negative Space

Negative Space is a surprisingly positive podcast about what surrounds the lives of artists in the entertainment industry! Max Ulichney, Nicholas Kole, and James A. Castillo chat about their struggles, wins, opinions, and anecdotes from their careers as artists in publishing, advertising, video games, and animation. To keep things spicy, they're joined occasionally by guests.

Music by Francisco Ojeda

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#014 · DONT @ US - Helen Chen & Navigating Twitter drama

The Negative Space PodcastAug 24, 2021

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#014 · DONT @ US - Helen Chen & Navigating Twitter drama

Hello Everybody! Who hasn't fallen pray to some insidious Twitter drama? Our guest today, the amazing Helen Chen has come to talk to us about some common twitter discourse for us to talk about and shine some light into the topics a lot of people seem to focus about!
We are sure by now everyone is familiar with Helen's work, but for those of you who don't know, she has been a visual development artist on films such as Raya and the Last Dragon, Wreck it Ralph, Big Hero 6 and is currently working on the upcoming K-POP: Demon Hunters.

You can follow Helen Chen at: @MingjueChen

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Aug 24, 202101:08:50

#013 · Lindsey Olivares & The importance of specificity.

Hey everyone! Today we are talking to Lindsey Olivares! Visual Development artist and Production Designer extraordinaire who has came to the podcast to talk about her latest project; The Mitchel's vs The machines and the importance of specificity in her work.

You can follow Lindsey Olivares at: @lindseyolivares

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Aug 10, 202101:28:50

#012 · Lawrence Bennett & Writing Madrid Noir while running a VR company.

Hey everyone! Today we are talking to a true maverick of the VR industry. The one and only Lawrence Bennett! He is the co-founder of No Ghost, an immersive reality studio based in London, UK. Together with James (yes, the co-host of this podcast) he developed Madrid Noir, a VR film which just released on the Oculus Quest. We will talk together about the challenges of working in VR, how he transitioned from his VFX job into this new and untamed industry and how hard was working with James.

Also, there are some obscure references to Matrix: Reloaded, let us know if you spot them.

You can find out more about Madrid Noir here: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3003818956320639/

You can follow Lawrence Bennett at: @lozbennett

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Jul 27, 202101:07:23

#011 · John Loren & The pursuit of small personal projects

Hey everyone! Today we are talking to John Loren! Concept artist and children's book author joins us to talk about how to pursuit personal projects throughout your career. He has just published his new book "Hugo Sprouts and the rare case of the beans", you can find more about his book here:
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/hugo-sprouts-and-the-strange-case-of-the-beans-john-loren?variant=32916302921762

You can follow John Loren at: @johnlorenart

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Jul 13, 202101:14:20

#010 · Valentin Amador and the differences between a freelance and a studio careers

We are officially passing our 10th episode! We made it! And we couldn't be happier to have Valentin Amador as our guest today. He is the animation director of the coming Disney feature ENCANTO and has been kind enough to come over and tell us about his career and experience working in the animation industry. We mainly talked about the differences between freelance and studio lifestyles.

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Jun 30, 202102:05:27

#009 · Dana Terrace & The truffles of discontent (compromise in collaborative work)

Dana Terrace is our guest today! Max, Nick and James are joined by Dana to discuss how to navigate a production to make sure that your vision and ideas are communicated and understood by the whole team, as well as how to manage the inevitable compromises that come with collaboration.

You can follow Dana Terrace at: @danaterrace

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Jun 15, 202101:09:07

#008 · Wouter Tulp & Abstraction

In today's episode Nicholas, Max and Jimbo are joined by the prolific character designer and illustrator Wouter Tulp to discuss the place that abstractions plays into his work. Listen to us take a dive into modern art, imagination and techniques.

You can follow Wouter Tulp at: @woutertulp

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Jun 01, 202101:26:32

#007 · Iris Muddy & Non-Art Hobbies and Balance

In today's episode Max, Nick and James are joined by the thoughtful Iris Muddy to discuss live balance, non art hobbies and how we have tried to cope with our art driven lives now and in the past.

You can follow Iris Muddy at: @irismuddy

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May 18, 202101:17:04

#006 · Art Education

In today's episode Max, Nick and James talk about their own personal experience with their art educations. Where did they study, how much they owe to it and how did it help them moving forward. They also discuss the current trend of online learning and how they stay sharp learning new skills.

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May 04, 202101:09:04

#005 · Claire Hummel & Online audiences

In today's episode Max, Nick and James are joined by the super talented Claire Hummel! Art director and Illustrator extraordinaire, to discuss their relationship with their audience and how it affects them in their personal work. There is also an in-depth discussion about Riven, a game James knows nothing about.

You can follow Claire Hummel at: @shoomlah

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Apr 20, 202101:01:49

#004 · Expectations coming into the industry

In today's episode Max, Nick and James discuss their own individual experiences coming into the industry. From their early steps trying to understand how everything worked, to how to bring value to such a competitive field.

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Apr 06, 202101:05:12

#003 · Aha! moments in our careers

In today's episode Max, Nick and James talk about moments of frustration through their artistic careers and how those led them to learn new things about themselves and the industry.

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Mar 23, 202101:04:24

#002 · Stylistic range

In today's episode Max, Nick and James dig deep into style. What it means, how it develops and how it's used as a communication device. Join them to discover which artist influenced them and why.
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Mar 15, 202101:34:18

#001 · Balancing personal and professional work

In today's episode Max, Nick and James dive into the struggles of balancing their personal and professional work. How do we stay inspired during the hard times? What is their long term plan? See us barely make it alive in our first venture into podcasting!

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Mar 15, 202101:23:38