Dark Art Society Podcast

This week I get to chat with the amazing Joe Vaux! Joe is a painter, animator, storyboard artist, director (for the animated TV show "Family Guy") and all-around great dude. We talk about him growing up with artist parents, being scared by his practical joke loving uncle as a kid, getting serious about art a little later in life, going to school for animation, working with Ralph Bakshi (!), getting hired for "Family Guy" and tons more! Joe is a super talented, super nice guy and I loved talking to him! Also: a quick art update Joe's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Vaux Joe's Website: https://www.joevaux.com/ Joe's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joevaux/ Joe's Threadless: https://joevaux.threadless.com/ Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.instagram.com/darkar

This week I speak to friend of the show Josh G. We speak all about email marketing for artists as well as some thoughts about AI. This is a super informative podcast and it is always great catching up with Josh! *Josh G portrait by Buddy Nestor Also: a quick art update Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.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=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCrQBJayd-dfarbUOFS5m7hQ DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2023

This week I interview Chad Savage about him and his business Sinister Visions! We talk about his normal. sheltered childhood, his 'genetic' love of Halloween and horror, going to college, working in graphic design, getting in with the haunt industry, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, and starting his own specialized Halloween themed spooky graphic design company! Super fun conversation with a Dark Art OG! Chad's website: https://www.sinistervisions.com/ Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.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=stpr Podbay: po

This week I interview Elisa and Scott Baxa, the creators of Sugar That Rocks, a small business they created that makes amazing cookies with dark art and metal band art on them! I was so impressed with a set of cookies they sent me (pictured on the promo card) that I asked them to be on the show! We talk about their collaborative work on this project, the origin of the business, Elisa's techniques to make these amazing cookies, Scott's beautiful packaging, working with bands and much more! This is something different this week and I really enjoyed chatting with them both about Sugar That Rocks! Also: A quick art update and here is a link to my walk through of the Giger tribute show: https://www.instagram.com/p/CprLO-PKCnj/ Sugar That Rocks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sugarthatrocks/ Scott Baxa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_scottbaxa_art/ Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar. Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society:

This week I talk to my old friend and amazing painter David Stoupakis. We talk about our work for the upcoming H.R. Giger Tribute Group Show at Copro Gallery, discovering Giger and the influence he had on us as young artists, the things we do to earn our living as artists, how we plan out our projects for the year, the Epson P5000 printer, the craziness of living as a working artist, the importance of using reference, his Patreon, frame making and tons more. This was a really fun conversation with lots of laughs and good vibes! Always great catching up with David! H.R. Giger Tribute Group Show: https://www.copronason.com/ David's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidstoupakis David's website: https://www.davidstoupakis.com/ Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.instagram.com/darkartso

This week I speak to artist Tom Taggart (Ep. 125) to catch up with him and his art life. We talk dogs, why I have been away from social media, his favorite sculpture mediums, being old, his bookshelf monsters going viral, his bookshelf monsters getting ripped off, sculpting comic book covers, having a large studio, the difficulties and joys of the art life and lots more. Tom is a great artist and it's always great catching up with him! Tom’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/tomtaggart Tom’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/tom.taggart.146/ Tom’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/tom.taggart.146 Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.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 fol

This week I speak to musician, dark art collector and YouTuber, Troy Hughes (aka @TJH3113). We talk about how he started his popular YouTube channel, our mutual love of the band Rush, bass, how he started playing bass, Kiss, prog rock, makeup effects, horror conventions, his monster mask collection and much more! Troy is such a great guy and super talented bass player. I really enjoyed talking to him! Also, a quick art life update. Troy's YouTube channel: @TJH3113 Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.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&re

This week I interview my old friend Travis Louie. We have fun catching up and talking about things like morticians wax, being an art teacher, working with students, the blue-chip art world, being a working artist, conceptual art, modern art, masks, joke shops, The Norliss Tapes, The Night Stalker, and tons more! Super fun conversation with a great dude and amazing artist. Also, a quick art life update. Travis Louie's links: Website: http://www.travislouieart.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/travislouie/ Twitter https://twitter.com/travislouie Facebook https://www.facebook.com/travis.louie Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/travislouie Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: https://SkullShoppe.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar. Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: https:/

This week I interview religious scholar and horror fan, Brandon Grafius! We talk about his childhood as a horror fan, how horror relates to religion, his fantastic book about religion and horror "Lurking Under the Surface" https://a.co/d/8Y6NO6U , why we love horror films and how they help us, why we create dark art and tons more of the kind of deep questions we like to consider on this podcast. A really great conversation with a really smart and great dude! Also, a quick art life update. Brandon's links: Website: https://brandongrafius.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrGrafius Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.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 th

This week I interview my old art friend Brandi Milne. Brandi and I started out fine art careers around the same time and she has gone on to become a really successful artist. We talk about her childhood drawing but never considering a fine art career, her pre fine art jobs, her super supportive husband Richard, getting into the Cannibal Flower group shows, her approach to creating her work, her painting techniques and more! Lots of reminiscing about the good old days and what it takes to have a successful fine art career. Also, a sad art life update. Brandi's links: https://www.brandimilne.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brandimilne/ https://twitter.com/brandimilne https://www.youtube.com/@brandimilne2160 Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark

I start the new year off with a fun conversation with my friends Gabe Leonard and Josh Breckenridge. We discuss our journey in the NFT space last year and I get Josh and Gabe's perspective on AI. Both have tried out AI programs fairly extensively and have definite opinions about it. Lots of great conversation for a chill and kind of lighthearted start to 2023. Also, a quick art life update. Gabe's links: @gabeleonardart Josh's links: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/josh_breckenridge Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/2068974633419671 https://www.facebook.com/groups/2068974633419671 Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of plac

This week I wanted to share a small discovery I made regarding one way you can protect your artwork from being used as AI training data with this short, end of the year mini episode. Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: https://SkullShoppe.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar. Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: https://www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: https://apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: https://podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrQBJayd-dfarbUOFS5m7hQ DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2022

This week I interview writer and occult scholar (and creator of the Bind Trump ritual) Michael M. Hughes. We discuss how he got interested in magick as a kid, ghosts, the nature of reality, his love of Tarot and how he started teaching and eventually created an online Tarot class (which is great!), why magick is making a comeback, his own approach to magick, synchronicities. thje importance of a dream journal and lots more! Another really great talk and super fun episode! Also, a short art life update and this month's Skull Shoppe skull winner! Michael's links: https://linktr.ee/michaelmhughes Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places

This week I speak to Meats Meier about A.I. in art and all of its implications! This is an important topic that everybody needs to understand regardless of what side of the issue you are on! Meats bio: Meats Meier is a digital artist and animator who has worked on video games, movies, commercials, and title sequences. He was recently the virtual production supervisor on the Obi-wan Kenobi series on Disney Plus. Meats' personal FB page: www.facebook.com/meats Meats' Instagram: @meats Meats Twitter: @MeatsMeier Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.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/2gM

This week I speak to New Zealand artist Tim Molloy. We discuss his childhood growing up in an art supporting family, creating comics/zines as a kid, Toddlerpillars, NFTs, his comic book "Mr. Unpronounceable", being able to quit his day job and focus on his own work, his Patreon, working with AI, and more! This conversation frequently went back to the subject of AI, which is a big topic on the minds of many artists these days. Great episode! Also: a minor art life update! Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.com Tim's links: http://patreon.com/timmolloy http://www.timmolloy.com/ http://instagram.com/timmolloyart http://twitter.com/tim_molloy_art 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: www.instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variet

This week we catch up again with the amazing Paul Komoda! We discuss his new sketchbook, his life since the pandemic, his mystical experience of finding a loose guinea pig in Eagle Rock, CA, Ketamine tripping, his obsessive sketching habit, working in the toy and film industries and lots more! Paul really is a creative genius and it's always great to catch up with him! Buy Paul's Sketchbook! https://www.paulkomoda.com/shop Join Paul's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PaulKomoda Paul's website: https://www.paulkomoda.com/ Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.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: ap

This week I interview prolific GIF artist and photographer A.L. Crego. We discuss his life as an artist in Spain, his involvement in street art, how he got into GIF art, the NFT space, blockchain technology, his masterful H3LIX project, the concepts behind GIF art and tons more! Great interview with lots of creative insights with a great artist who is truly on the cutting edge of technology! A.L. Crego's links: https://linktr.ee/alcrego Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: SkullShoppe.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: www.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=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/sh

This week I have artist Steven Zapata on again- this time to talk about an extremely timely and important subject: AI. Steven recently created a really compelling video on his YouTube channel called "The End of Art: An Argument Against Image AIs" (linked below). It really changed my attitude about image AIs. It's a must-see video! We had an excellent conversation about it and the current state of this powerful new technology. This may be one of the most important episodes we have ever had on the Dark Art Society Podcast! Also: a quick art life update (I kept it short this time) Steven's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenZapataArt Steven's website: https://www.stevenzapata.com/ Steven's "Argument Against Image AIs" video: https://youtu.be/tjSxFAGP9Ss AI & Industry Town Hall featuring US Copyright Office: https://youtu.be/7u1CeiSHqwY Concept Art Association: https://www.conceptartassociation.com/ GitHub Copilot Lawsuit: https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/ Karla Ortiz on Twitter: https://twitte

This week I speak once again to the amazing Mitch Horowitz to talk about his new book "Uncertain Places: Essays on Occult and Outsider Experiences" (get it here! https://smile.amazon.com/Uncertain-Places-Essays-Outsider-Experiences/dp/1644115921/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667971544&sr=8-1) We also talk about tons of other interesting things such as: creating a book proposal, working with book publishers and editors, self-publishing, Bob Dylan and the song "Jokerman", Satanism, the disintegration of society, chaos theory and chaos magick, UFOs, OBEs, Whitley Streiber and a lot more! It's always great talking to Mitch! Also: an art life update and the winner of this month's skull from The Skull Shoppe! Mitch's links: www.mitchhorowitz.com/ Twitter: @MitchHorowitz Buy Mitch's new book "Uncertain Places: Essays on Occult and Outsider Experiences" here: https://smile.amazon.com/Uncertain-Places-Essays-Outsider-Experiences/dp/1644115921/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667971544&sr=8- Our s

This week I speak with artists Jon Beinart, Tim Molloy (creators of the Toddlerpillars NFT project) and Christopher Ulrich about their new Toddlerpillars graphic novel. We discuss the process of bringing Christopher over to Australia to work on the project and their process of writing, storyboarding and illustrating this epic project. We also discuss the creative potential and problems of the NFT space, the crazy state of the world, the creative process and lots more!!! Toddlerpillars website: https://toddlerpillars.com/ Jon's website: https://beinart.org/ Tim's website: https://www.timmolloy.com/ Christopher's website: https://www.christopherulrich.com/ Our sponsor: The Skull Shoppe: https://SkullShoppe.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar. Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: