Passion Behind The Art Show

Latasha James is a freelancer turned creative agency owner. Here she describes her journey from being a blogger to going to film school to working in a corporate setting. The lessons learned along the way will inspire you to take the next step towards your dreams in a strategic way. Favorite Quotes: - “Understand your client's objective, and if they don't know what they are, have a conversation about them.” - “I think people really love the ability to self educate and to kind of learn at their own pace.“ LEARN MORE ABOUT LATASHA JAMES: https://latashajames.com https://www.jamesandpark.com SUPPORT THE SHOW! Stop by our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/pbtashow JOIN THE COMMUNITY: HOST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/dpcreates PODCAST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/pbtapodcast PODCAST TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PbtaPodcast PODCAST FACEBOOK GROUP: https://facebook.com/groups/pbtapodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! I would love to hear from you. Take a picture of the episode you're listening to and tag

Check out Ben Stafford: https://www.benillustrated.com SUPPORT THE SHOW! Stop by our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/pbtashow JOIN THE COMMUNITY: HOST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/dpcreates PODCAST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/pbtapodcast PODCAST TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PbtaPodcast PODCAST FACEBOOK GROUP: https://facebook.com/groups/pbtapodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! I would love to hear from you. Take a picture of the episode you're listening to and tag the podcast on Instagram or Twitter at @pbtapodcast, @dpcreates, #pbtashow or #pbtapodcast. Leave an iTunes Rating and Review Share the show on social media or follow the Podcast Instagram Subscribe on your favorite podcast player: iTunes Stitcher Google Play Radio Overcast

Check out Brian White: https://brianwhitedesign.com SUPPORT THE SHOW! Stop by our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/pbtashow JOIN THE COMMUNITY: HOST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/dpcreates PODCAST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/pbtapodcast PODCAST TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PbtaPodcast PODCAST FACEBOOK GROUP: https://facebook.com/groups/pbtapodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! I would love to hear from you. Take a picture of the episode you're listening to and tag the podcast on Instagram or Twitter at @pbtapodcast, @dpcreates, #pbtashow or #pbtapodcast. Leave an iTunes Rating and Review Share the show on social media or follow the Podcast Instagram Subscribe on your favorite podcast player: iTunes Stitcher Google Play Radio Overcast

Check out Natalie Avalos: http://threeologie.com Check out Dylan Menges: http://www.menges.design SUPPORT THE SHOW! Stop by our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/pbtashow JOIN THE COMMUNITY: HOST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/dpcreates PODCAST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/pbtapodcast PODCAST TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PbtaPodcast PODCAST FACEBOOK GROUP: https://facebook.com/groups/pbtapodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! I would love to hear from you. Take a picture of the episode you're listening to and tag the podcast on Instagram or Twitter at @pbtapodcast, @dpcreates, #pbtashow or #pbtapodcast. Leave an iTunes Rating and Review Share the show on social media or follow the Podcast Instagram Subscribe on your favorite podcast player: iTunes Stitcher Google Play Radio Overcast

Check out Doc Reed: https://www.iamreedicus.com SUPPORT THE SHOW! Stop by our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/pbtashow JOIN THE COMMUNITY: HOST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/dpcreates PODCAST INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/pbtapodcast PODCAST TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PbtaPodcast PODCAST FACEBOOK GROUP: https://facebook.com/groups/pbtapodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! I would love to hear from you. Take a picture of the episode you're listening to and tag the podcast on Instagram or Twitter at @pbtapodcast, @dpcreates, #pbtashow or #pbtapodcast. Leave an iTunes Rating and Review Share the show on social media or follow the Podcast Instagram Subscribe on your favorite podcast player: iTunes Stitcher Google Play Radio Overcast

DP is back with another great episode and picking the brain of Shane Harris. Shane is a California native. He grew up and attended college in New Mexico earning a degree in Communication and Advertising. He then moved to Colorado for 10 years before settling down in Florida where he works as a designer and illustrator. His decade long career landed various jobs among nonprofit, agencies, churches. He now works in-house at Medi-Share, a Christian HealthCare Ministry, where he combines his faith in God and talents daily to serve their members. The camaraderie between Shane and DP began at Creative South. Creative South is a design conference where individuals come together from different parts of the world to network, support each other and foster ongoing relationships. Their slogan, “Come as friends, leave as family,” is not just great words put together, but an indication of the creator’s desire for everyone to feel accepted, supported and loved. Shane and Darold break down their experiences at the conference

On the latest episode of PBTA, Darold introduces us to Erica Pinto. Her creative gift comes in the form of calligraphy and she makes her living as a lettering artist. Erica attended a creative arts high school, but her journey took root in 2015. After the birth of her second son, she decided to get back into drawing with her husband. She drew inspiration from others within the art community on Instagram. Those early attempts at drawing letters and posting them online later resulted in requests for custom pieces. What Erica labels a hobby, has allowed her to make revenue from teaching classes, selling workbooks and creating custom lettering for several companies. She has plans to go further with teaching by allowing online courses for those unable to physically attend her classes. Throughout the interview, you see where her passion lies. You can hear it when she describes what it took to get her where she is currently and what she has her sights set on for the future. She offers advice that can help you at eve

“Never underestimate the ability of your kids to understand something as intangible as empathy might seem because they really can understand a lot of it and they can also teach us a lot about it too. Don’t underestimate the power of a kid.” - Beth Stafford “If there’s something you’ve always wanted to do, let people know you want to do it...It will lead to other things that are really great.” - Jeremy Slagle --- For this episode, DP sat down with the dynamic duo, Beth Stanford and Jeremy Slagle. The partnership started when after doing a podcast together, Jeremy expressed his desire to illustrate a children’s book. During that conversion, Beth realized Jeremy’s vision was in synch with the one she had for her book. Thus began a business partnership, and, more importantly, a friendship. The books they produce have a great message. Prompted by the great qualities Beth observed in her daughter, she wrote Chin Up Chinchilla, which deals with having empathy for others. The second one, Hip Hooray Hippo, touches on

In this episode, Darold reconnects with Matt Vergotis. Catching up with Darold, he updates him of his daughters’ growth, his new therapeutic fishing hobby as well as his role as lead guitarist in a band. This is in addition to him being a husband, surfer and having a day job. Matt’s day job is typography and corporate identity specialist for several breweries and companies including Spotify. You may be wondering how he finds the time to get everything done. He credits working on his craft for over the past ten years resulted in his refined skills and muscle memory, allowing him to be able to execute his work in a more timely and efficient manner. Matt is still passionate about his creativity and talks about the many things he does to take his skill set to the next level, which allows him to remain relevant in his field. You definitely don’t want to miss this episode, and if you haven’t heard his first interview, check that out as well. Happy listening! Learn more about Matt Vergotis: http://www.instagram.com/

DP is back again with another great interview. He talks with Will Harris. You will get to know more about him as a husband, father, copywriter and content marketing manager at Real Thread in this interview. His creative journey began “late” in life.  After contemplating other fields, he would end up choosing advertising, with a concentration in copywriting, as his major in college. It was during this time that he would begin to label himself as a creative. As he speaks, his passion can be heard. He talks about his love of writing and how his personal conviction to be authentically allowed him to produce his best work. His style of communication puts on target with Real Thread’s mission statements as they seek to serve people in a relaxed environment. Will speaks about his wife and how her support was key in helping him get over the personal struggle of being confident with the work he produces. You’ll get to hear him discuss, work versus worth and how that thought process served as an additional confiden

Hello, it’s time for another episode, so let’s jump right in. DP connects with media journalist Jade Jackson. Her journey started at the age of 9 when the school librarian, selected her to do morning announcements, an honor normally reserved for the sixth-grade students. She was hailed by students and teachers as being funny and entertaining. She didn’t like the news however and like most children, her age pondered why her family chose to watch them instead of morning cartoons. It would take the CNN document, Black In America, to make her take interest with the idea of telling stories. During her high school years, she was a member of the yearbook, newspaper and television committees which launched her into the world of broadcasting. She attended Jarvis Christian College, founded by her Great-grandfather, and has made a promise to establish a journalism degree program there. Her drive to allow others the same opportunity given to her speaks to the passion she has for her art. Learn more about Jade Jackson: ht

In this week’s episode, DP chats with lettering artist Natalie Avalos. Her creative journey was one that developed over time. It was first instilled in her by her mother who was big on having great penmanship. She would creative worksheets for Natalie and her sisters to do after school. On a recent trip to Thailand, Natalie decided to test the waters and do lettering as a business venture. Natalie, who describes herself as persuasive and adventurous, would spend a lot of her days doodling and would always go above and beyond when working on art projects. It would be years later that she would fully realize that her passion was in the arts. Her trip to Thailand allowed her creativity to flow as she found a connection with the culture and scenery. Learn more about Natalie Avalos: https://threeologie.com/ SUPPORT THE SHOW! Stop by our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/pbtashow THIS WEEK'S EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY YELLOW IMAGES: Exclusive Mockups for Branding and Packaging Design: http://bit.ly/YellowImages J

This week, DP chats with Brandon Groce. Brandon describes himself as a being a cartoonist, geek, hip-hop head, action figure collector and ex sneakerhead. How did this man who wears many hats begin his creative journey? He describes having a deep interest in designing tattoos and thought he was going to be an ink artist. After realizing that his expectations were unrealistic, he enrolled in college and started taking graphic design and illustration classes. With his skill level in art, he naturally thought illustration would be the field for him, but yet again, his course would shift. As he learned more about graphic design, he realized that’s where he wanted to be. A majority of the experience he acquired came from working and learning on the job as he didn’t graduate from college. He built his brand after he started making inspiration boards and creative employment advice. He describes his inspiration behind doing that was having something that he could own. He opens up in the interview about his challenge

“The bigger your dreams, the bigger your sacrifice has to be.” Tom Ross In this week's episode, Darold “DP” Pinnock dialogues with the CEO of Design Cuts, podcaster, and marketing talent Tom Ross. Tom was born to be creative. As a child, he took creative writing courses and even had a few of his poems published. He loved art and was even a member of a band. The passion for web design came at the age of 12 when while playing around online at a friend's house, they realized that websites were actually humanly developed. With that, a new world was open to them and they started to design web pages for fun. By the time they were in high school, they were able to make a profit from some of these designs. During his college years, while he pursued an English degree, at the urging of his parents, he was still being directed in the creative path. He would help his friends with photoshop and work for various design companies. As an intelligent kid that was used to doing little and still excel, he didn’t get serious abo

“Anything that you don’t intentionally change will constantly block us.” Darold “DP” Pinnock is kicking off the New Year with yet another great, inspirational episode. As you can already glean from the title, this episode centers around ensuring we take the appropriate steps to get to the future we envisioned for ourselves. It delivers a timely message as the New Year always prompts many to set resolutions that unfortunately never get accomplished. Darold encourages us to take a deeper look within our daily routine to determine is our habits are a factor is dreams not being met. He challenges us to lighten our load as we free ourselves from unnecessary burdens, such as involving ourselves in the business of others. He asks two profound questions that personally have me taking a hard look at myself and my actions: -“Stop and think...what are we doing on a daily basis that doesn’t match where we’re trying to go?” -“What are you doing that you shouldn’t be doing that will constantly break the cycle that will lea

In this episode, Darold speaks to the listeners and provides a wrap up for 2019 and offers advice for the New Year. He starts out thanking you, the listener, for continued support. “I want to say thank you for just listening; that’s the most important thing to the podcast, you listening and subscribing and sharing the podcast.” Darold makes mention of his achievements as he was asked to join an agency, be on the Board Of Directors of a local school and the continued progress of a van that he and his wife and converting into a traveling/living space. Sukant Ratnakar is a motivational speaker and author who once said, “Beginning of a great day begins the night before.” Darold says a great year starts the year before.  “2018 was just a bunch of planting seeds...2019 has been a year of watching the fruits of my labor come to being.” All the hard work, or seeds as he calls it, has begun to flourish. He urges us to do the same so that we can have similar results. “Just keep working out their guys, ‘cause somet

Emily  Cohen joins Darold Pinnock for this episode of Passion Behind the Art  Show. Emily makes her living as a consultation, speaker, strategic business adviser, and author. She grew up with encouragement from her father to pursue art. She graduated with a design degree and practiced art for seven years before feeling within herself that it was time for a  change. Emily’s change and true purpose came when she started managing an art studio.  That opportunity allowed her to still be a part of the art community and continue the friendships and networking established there. In her book  Brutally Honest, she shares a lot of the lessons she has learned throughout the years as well as the best practices to use in business. You don’t want to miss this interview as she discusses the industry, the challenges she faced and the lessons learned and much more with transparency. Happy Listening! LEARN MORE ABOUT Emily Cohen: https://emilycohen.com/ http://www.instagram.com/emilyruthcohen http://ww

If you’re a fan of someone landing their dream job, this episode will be a great one for you. Darold sits down with Michael Baron, who is a graphic design artist for the New York Jets. If you’re wondering how he landed such an amazing job, don’t worry he’ll reveal that and  more. Michael was creative even during his early years as he  spent his days drawing, painting, coloring and building. During middle and high school, his passion continued, leading him in the direction of  architecture. After weighing his options for college studies, he was  directed towards the graphic design field. In addition to talking about how he got his dream job, he shares a bit about what his other job taught him about the creative world. He also mentions the challenge he  had to overcome in order to grow throughout his career and what the next steps will be. Happy Listening and don’t forget to like and subscribe to this podcast. LEARN MORE ABOUT Michael Baron: michaelbarondesign.com   SUPPORT THE SHO

“Talent is maybe 25% of it, and 75% is actually connections and how you use the technology with your work to connect to people.” Passion Behind The Art Show is back with another episode for you to enjoy. This week Darold sits down with Andrew Thompson an art director and designer at Vayner Media. Andrew spent a lot of his earlier years drawing, even spending time in the library during his high school years studying the craft. He pursued his passion in college as he sought out colleges that offered the New Media design curriculum. After college, his first experience in the workforce was being an intern. Although it wasn’t a paid assignment, Andrew learned how to organize fonts as well as sourcing photos. He then went on to a paid gig, where he was a junior designer and able to support a campaign from start to finish. His current role at Vayner Media allows him to assist others to establish their presence on the internet and social media platforms. Learn More About Andrew Thompson: https://www.twitter.com/atslo

Darold is back with another episode of Passion Behind The Arts and this week he’s sitting down with Nick Longo. Nick Longo is a designer, educator, and one of the co-hosts from The Deeply Graphic DesignCast, one of the first podcasts that highlighted graphic designers. As Nick recalls his childhood, he talks about being drawn to creative toys. He loved to draw, and because he never considered it his strongest skill, he devoted himself to work on ways to better express himself creatively. As a collegiate student, he was introduced to graphic design from one of his best friends. After graduating, he had the opportunity to work closely with an art director who taught him invaluable lessons about timelines and client relations. Another of his jobs would allow him to pay homage to his childhood by giving him the opportunity to design toys. He also talks about the times he took bold steps that resulted in him getting the opportunity to co-host at The Deeply Graphic DesignCast and become a professor at his alma mate