Dark Art Society Podcast

This week I interview my old art pal, David Stoupakis. David is an incredible and accomplished painter and one of the main inspirations behind Mike and I starting the Dark Art Society podcast. We talk about: oil painting mediums, his early attempts to get into the comic book field, avoiding the coronavirus while living in Queens, designing book covers for Joe Hill and Jack Ketchum, the DAS Friday Night Art Jam, Dark Art, Visionary Art and lots of other casual art talk between two old buddies. David is a legend in the Dark Art world and it was super fun catching up! Interview starts around 10:54 Also: the Art Life update and the New DAS Friday Night Art Jam! Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest David’s website: https://www.davidstoupakis.com David’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidstoupakis David’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidstoupakis/ The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of th

This week I interview sculptor Jason Hite. We talk about his work in the Halloween industry, his interest as a kid on monsters and makeup effects, going to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh...but then get on the subject of out of body experiences, magick, spirits, art as dimensional portals and all kinds of other cosmic and supernatural topics. Really enjoyed this one! These are my favorite kinds of interviews: the weird stuff!!! Interview starts around 11:21 Also: the Art Life update. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Jason's website: https://www.hitestudios.com/ Jason's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hitestudios/ Jason's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jason.a.hite Hite Studio's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HiteStudios/ The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagra

This week I interview my old pal from my makeup effects days, Steve Wang. Steve is a legend in the business and it was really fun chatting about the old days as well as his stories about designing and creating the Predator, working at Stan Winston's, directing his first feature film, creating life sized sculptures for Blizzard entertainment, getting started in the MUFX biz, working at Rick Baker's shop and tons more! This was a ton of fun for me to do and Steve is an excellent interview! Lots of fun. Interview starts around 14:44 Also: the Art Life update and a fascinating email from listener R.E. Chappell. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Steve’s Instagram : @stevewangcreaturecreator Steve Wang's website: https://www.theonyxforge.com Steve Wang on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevewangCreatureCreator/ The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSoci

Another great one this week! Paul Komoda speaks to me for his long awaited Part 2 episode and he does not disappoint! We discuss art, magick, psychedelics and a ton more! This is an intense interview, over 2 hours long and packed full of info so I will just let it speak for itself! Interview starts around 9:03 Also: the Art Life update. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Paul Komoda’s Instagram : @paulkomoda Paul Komoda's website: www.paulkomoda.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=s

This week I interview artist Mikey Carrasco. This is one of the most ‘real’ episodes yet and Mikey has bravely allowed me to post the full interview unedited. We also cover many other topics: growing up in an extremely religious household, overcoming hardships and being grateful for them, becoming a tattooer, learning to paint from painting workshops and seminars, meditation, psychedelics, Magick, spirituality, understanding the religious perspective, painting techniques and much more!!! This is a really good one, folks! Interview starts around 9:07 Also: the Art Life update. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Mikey’s Instagram : @mikeyctattoo High Voltage Tattoo's Instagram: @highvoltagetat The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Ar

This week I interview artist John Cebollero. We talk about Creepy and Eerie horror comics, going to an art high school, the subversion of Mad Magazine, Mort Drucker, Richard Corben and his stocky figures, Heavy Metal magazine, trying to get a job with Tim Burton, working on Garbage Pail Kids and Mars Attacks for Topps, old horror movies on TV, Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, the strange women he paints, H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and too much more to mention! Interview starts at 9:37 Also: the Art Life update. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest John’s website: johncebollero.com John’s Instagram : artistjohncebollero The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com Th

This week I interview Dark Artist Jody Fallon. We talk about life in coal country, being a Marine, leaving his job as a nuclear security guard to become an artist, IX Arts, painting intuitively, studying at the Frank Frazetta museum, building an art career, teaching yourself how to paint, the courage it takes to be an artist, working at night vs. day, the honor of being a collected artist, and lots more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Jody’s website: https://www.pariahfineart.com Jody’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JodyFallon/posts The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variet

This week I interview my old friend Nathan Cartwright. We talk about Bacon the Pitbull, coming up together in the underground LA art scene of the early 2000's, showing at Cannibal Flower, Hangar 1018, the perils of living in a loading dock, dead rats in the oven, creating The Hive gallery, the craziness of living in downtown LA, being a gallerist vs. being an artist, advice for young artists and lots more! This is a 2 hr interview and we cover a ton of stuff! A super fun one to do. Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Nathan Cartwright Instagram:@kingbeeme Facebook:www.facebook.com/kingbeeme www.artwrightstudio.com Hive Gallery www.hivegallery.com Instagram:@hivegallery Twitter:@thehivegallery Youtube: www.youtube.com/thehivegallery.com Bacon's Instagram:@baconbitsman The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.co

This week I interview artist Jeremy Hush. We talk about creating artwork for his friend’s bands when he was young, traveling with bands and being a roadie, using ball point pens in his artwork, the importance of having a day job, high end woodworking, The Philly Dark Art scene/community, renovating, curating and managing The Convent Philly, sculpting, how to create your own art scene in your town and lots more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Jeremy Hush on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jeremy-Hush-1648707595418129/ Jeremy Hush on Instagram:@jeremyhush The Convent Philly on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theconventphilly/ The Convent Philly on Instagram: @theconventphilly The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagra

This episode I interview artist Mia Araujo. We discuss: her twin and their non psychic relationship, getting a degree from Otis Parsons, getting her start as a fine artist, Patreon, her big Alice in Wonderland book project, being an artist with a non art related day job, her big solo show at Corey Helford Gallery, the dangers of starting an art career without a plan and much more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Mia’s website: www.art-by-mia.com Mia’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/miaaraujo Mia’s IG: www.instagram.com/mllemiaaraujo Mia’s Twitter: www.twitter.com/mllemiaaraujo Mia’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/mia.araujo The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website

This episode I interview Nathan Reidt. Nathan was a video game and digital FX artist for the film industry and (like me) got sick of it all and quit to focus on his own original artwork. We discuss having panic attacks on “Iron Man” and leaving the industry, being a skate punk, following your own art, drawing and oil paint techniques, painting from your head, painting monsters, the ills of social media and a lot more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Interview starts at about 20.16 Instagram: @nathanreidt  Website: nathanreidt.com   (Also mentioned in the interview) Bronwyn Lorelei Instagram: @bronwynlorelei  Website: bronwynlorelei.com   Bayard Baudoin @bayardbaudoin  The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram

This episode I interview my old Dark Art pal Jeremy Cross. We cover his early days as a trouble making punk rocker, his wandering restless impulse, his old job as a corporate store manager, becoming an artist, becoming a curator and working behind the scenes at an art gallery, finding his home in Long Beach and the fortuitous synchronicity of the Dark Art Emporium opening up in Long Beach, and lots more. This was a fun and easy conversation that I really enjoyed. hope you do, too! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Interview starts at about 22:03 www.JeremyCrossart.com www.Patreon.com/JeremyCross IG- @Jeremycrossart FB- https://www.facebook.com/jeremycrossart/ DAE Gallery www.DarkArtEmporium.com IG- @DarkArtEmporium Upcoming Exhibitions Group Show - Feb. 2020- Conjoined - Copro Gallery Group show - April 2020-  Communion - DAE Gallery Solo Show Oct. 2020 at DAE Gallery "The L

Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2020 I interview artist Christopher Ulrich about his journey to sobriety, the parallels between art and magick, building the dark art community, goals for the coming year, the difficulty of the art life, building an art career, reaching out to other artists and more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 23:07 Christopher's website: www.christopherulrich.com Christopher's Instagram: www.instagram.com/artistchristopherulrich The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a

In episode 144 I interview artist Jason Limon about his unique artwork. We discuss: building his own studio, studying graphic design, getting his start in art, developing his own artistic voice, living in Texas, growing up in a big family, watching documentaries while painting, expressing emotions through art and a lot more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 21:06 This is the last episode of 2019. I'm taking 2 weeks off for the holidays so the podcast will be back on January 8th. Happy holidays! Jason's website: http://www.limon-art.com Jason's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlimon The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: in

In episode 143 I interview artist/illustrator/painter/teacher Erik Gist. We cover his career as an illustrator and teacher, his involvement with Watts Atelier, being a monster/horror geek, working with Guillermo del Toro, breaking into and working on comics, art reps, working in gaming, blurring the line between fine art and illustration, makeup effects, his thoughts on the motivations of dark artists and lots more! Erik is smart and well spoken so this was a really enjoyable podcast to record. Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 26.13 Erik's website: http://www.erikgist.com Erik's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/e.m.gist/ Chet Zar's Threadless shop: https://chetzar.threadless.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon

In episode 142 I interview painter/art director for video games Adam McCarthy. We talk about his career in the gaming industry, his recent excursions showing the gallery scene, his painting process, his days as a singer of the symphonic black metal band Sothis, moving from video game artist to art director at a big video game company, managing artists vs. being an artist, and more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 30:42 Adam's website: http://www.amccarthyfineart.com/ Adam's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/AdamMcCarthyArtwork/ Adam's Instagram: @ac_mccarthy The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Offi

In episode 141 I interview another digital artist- the super talented Terry Wolfinger. We discuss having tons in common, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, his origins as an artist, being a metal head artist kid, going to CalArts, working on an early Amiga computer, getting his first animation job, being an art director for one of the first video game magazines, the early days of photoshop and painting with a mouse (!), working at Stan Winston studios, Rick Baker, Sebastian Kruger, Mort Drucker, The Road Warrior and more! Terry is a super nice dude and it was a pleasure interviewing him. Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 22:30 Terry's personal FB page: https://www.facebook.com/terry.wolfinger Terry's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrywolfinger Terry's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerryWolfinger Terry's BigCartel shop: https://wolfinger.bigcartel.com Terry's email: wolfingerstudio@gmail.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, wi

In episode 140 I interview my old friend, digital artist Meats Meier. We discuss the origins of his name, growing up amongst Mormons in Utah, being an art kid in that environment, getting into digital, getting his first big break in the gaming industry, working with Tool and Puscifer and lots more! Meats doesn't really do interviews so I was lucky that he granted us this! I am a huge fan of his work and this episode is a great one! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 16:11 Meats' personal FB page: https://www.facebook.com/meats Meats' Instagram: @meats Meats Twitter: @MeatsMeier The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/da

This week I interview another Aussie!!! Dark artist and tattooer Tony Champ joins me for the interview. We discuss our love of Frazetta, Tony's work in martial arts, his career in illustration prior to becoming an art teacher, tattooing, acrylic VS oils, the virtues of painting monsters and more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 22:22 Tony Champ Facebook page: search Anthony Champ and or Tony Champ Art Tony Champ Instagram: @drawblood For prints or commissions PayPal: tonychampart@gmail.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Soc

This week I interview Australian artist Mow Skwoz. We discuss being an art kid and artist in Perth, Australia, moving to America, meeting and marrying Kevin Rutmanis from The Cows/Melvins/Tomahawk, serial killers, the beauty of viscera, mutual friend Mackie Osborne, the weirdness of LA and lots more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 22:58 Mow Skwoz Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/m.skwoz/ Mow Skwoz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mmowskwozz/ The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a var