Dark Art Society Podcast

This week I interview monster painter Scott Sherrod about mushrooms, UFOs, Twitch live streaming, stamping numbers on silicon computer chips, and his awesome monster watercolor paintings among other things. This is a super fun conversation that went in many directions (just the way I like it!). Also a quick art life update and new subscribers. Interview starts at 5:36 All of Scott's links in one convenient place! https://linktr.ee/MrCreeep?fbclid=IwAR2m9ZP0qqdFcuAcIyoj7u4ZSOLALuIV-OUt-pxGbvhUnW8ruEr9fp3FEpU 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=stpr Pod

This week I interview creature creator/designer/mask maker Casey Love. We discuss growing up in Monrovia ion the 80's and 90's, loving monsters and horror films as a kid, discovering masking (relatively) late in life, working for Sideshow Collectables, the power of obsession, working conventions, old dude stuff and much more! Casey is a super great dude and I really enjoyed talking with him! Also a quick art life update and new subscribers. Interview starts at 5:36 Casey’s Instagram: @caseylovedesigns Casey’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/casey.love.752 Casey’s website: https://www.caseylovemonsters.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: Soun

This week I interview illustrator Dave DeVries. We get right into conversational stuff right away rather than the usual format of history, background, etc. You probably know Dave from his Monster Engine project from years back. He’s the dude who painted children’s drawings as realistically rendered paintings. Yeah, that guy! The Monster Engine went viral on all the big blogs and even got him on TV for it! Topics covered: Weird paranormal stuff, a story about a clairvoyant experience he had, out of body experiences and shadow people, magick, the Monster Engine project, becoming a teacher, his upcoming book project and more! Great conversation in this one!!! Also a quick art life update and new subscribers. Interview starts at 6:00 Dave’s Instagram: @monsterengine Dave’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themonsterengine Dave’s website: https://www.davedevries.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 P

This week I interview artist and art collector Buddy Nestor. We talk about getting a new bed, growing up in small South New Jersey town, going to art school, working as a scenic artist, joining the Navy, hauling giant paintings to art galleries to try and get representation, becoming a painter and finding his artistic voice, becoming an art collector, his current art favorites, his art collection and lots more! The conversation flowed easily but we inadvertently left out a bunch of things we both wanted to talk about (The Philly art scene, his girlfriend artist Rachael Bridge, etc) so there will be a part 2!!! Also a quick art life update and new subscribers. Interview starts at 6:00 Buddy's Instagram: @buddy.nestor Buddy's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buddy.nestor.92 Website: Google "Buddy Nestor" 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 Insta

This week I interview artist and Dark Art Society member Ryan Case. We talk about growing up loving monsters and comics in a small town in Kentucky, taking terrible art classes in high school, community college, being a professional piercer, moving to Louisville, deciding to become a professional fine artist, teaching children's art classes, his "My Pet Monster" palette, creative DIY solutions to earning a living as an artist, and lots more! This is really a positive and inspiring episode for artists who want to go full time but don't have a lot of opportunities or resources. Ryan created his own and you can too! Also a quick art life update and new subscribers. Interview starts at 6:25 Ryan's art and prints: https://solislumen.bigcartel.com Ryan's shirts and hoodies: https://teespring.com/stores/solis-Lumen-shirts Ryan's Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin: @iamryancase The Case Family's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecasefamily138 Bridget's Jewelry: https://poeticmoon.bigcartel.com The Dark Art Soc

This week I continue my interview with my old friend and makeup effects sculptor buddy Ryan K. Peterson. In part 2 we talk a LOT about Magick but also cover Ryan's later film career as well as his forays into fine art and sculpting for Sideshow collectables. Conversation gets pretty deep in this one! Also a quick art life update and new subscribers. Interview starts at 6:25 Ryan's website: ryankpeterson.blogspot.com Ryan's Instagram: @ryankennethpeterson Ryan's Facebook: www.facebook.com/ryan.k.peterson.7 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=stpr Pod

This week I interview my old friend and makeup effects pal Ryan K. Peterson. Ryan is one of the greatest sculptors in Hollywood, or anywhere for that matter. We talk about his childhood growing up in rural Utah, his love of monsters from an early age, getting a degree in art college, breaking into the film business, working on major motion pictures such as "Seven", "Mission: Impossible", "Men in Black 1&2", working together at Alterian Studios and Rick baker's shop and lots more! In fact, we spoke about so many things that we decided to do a part 2, which will be next week's episode! Also a quick art life update. Interview starts at 6:25 Ryan's website: https://ryankpeterson.blogspot.com Ryan's Instagram: @ryankennethpeterson Ryan's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.k.peterson.7 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/

In episode 170 I interview the man behind Toxictoons, Eric Pigors. We discuss going to art school, our mutual love of monsters of the “Monster Kid” era of the 70’s, his 15 years working in feature animation at Disney (and working on a TON of hit films), his techniques for creating his monsters, dying from a heart attack (!), finding his style, his vast monster collection and tons more! I'm a HUGE fan of Eric's work so I was excited to have him on! Also a quick art life update. Interview starts at 6:45 Eric's website: https://www.toxictoons.com Eric's Instagram: @toxictoons 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: app

In episode 169 I interview Visionary artist Jake Kobrin. We discuss Visionary art (and Dark Art as a subset of Visionary Art), Magick, Crowley, magick.me, Eastern philosophy, Psychedelics, living in Bali, making money as an artist and lots more! This episode is my favorite kind- lots of mystical talk and full of insights! Also a quick art life update. Interview starts at 4:40 Jake's article about making a living as an artist that he mentioned during the podcast: https://medium.com/@jakekobrin/how-i-earn-money-as-a-visual-artist-1473757729fa Jake's Website: http://www.jakekobrinportal.com/ Jake's Inner Artist Course: http://www.unleashyourinnerartistcourse.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 i

In episode 168 I interview multi disciplinary artist, Dark Art society member and brain cancer survivor Dan Colonna. Dan talks about getting into art, painting, model painting, working for Disney Imagineering and then suddenly getting a diagnosis of having terminal brain cancer. 7 years later, he is going strong and doing so well that the doctors can't even explain it! We also discuss the importance of having support from friends and family, his wife Rhonda (and her saintly status), traveling to Italy, his neighborhood rooster named Jesus and tons more. His story is one of hope and inspiration (things that we can all use these days) and he has an important message for everybody: get up off your ass and follow your dreams! Also a quick art life update. Interview starts at 5:49 Dan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colonnafineart 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/Chet

In episode 167, I continue on the topic of "social media marketing for artists" with resident marketing and social media expert Josh G. His first interview (Ep. 110) is our most listened to podcast and Josh does not disappoint in this new fun and informative follow up episode. Lots of little nuggets sprinkled throughout! I ALWAYS learn something new about art promotion and marketing when I talk to Josh! Also a quick art life update. Interview starts at 6:18 Creep Machine website: www.creepmachine.com Creep Machine on Instagram: instagram.com/creepmachine Josh G's original article on this same subject on the Beinart blog: https://beinart.org/blogs/articles/beating-the-algorithm-the-artists-guide-to-instagram-social-media The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by 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

This week I interview artist Brian Despain. Brian was an artist I really loved in the early days of the Pop Surrealism scene (and still do!). We talk about his days in art school, working as a graphic artist in the early days of Photoshop, working for gaming companies, painting digitally, transitioning into fine art, learning to paint in oils and of course, tons more! Interview starts around 07:22 Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Brian's website: http://despainart.com Brian's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Despain 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:

This week I interview foam fabrication expert, prop maker and makeup effects industry professional Kenneth J. Hall. We learn about the art of foam fabrication, how he got into the film industry, stories from the many films he has worked on and LOTS of technical and process talk- something that I am really interested in! I had a great time talking with Ken and learning about his career. Super fun episode! Interview starts around 07:43 Also: another short Art Life update Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Ken's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Foam_Fab_101/posts Ken’s website:  https://www.totalfab.com Ken's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/totalfab95 Ken's food costume website: https://www.food-costumes.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/d

This week (director if "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" and Dark Art Society co creator) Mike Correll checks in to talk about his latest RV life adventures and his newest project, the all in-phone created unscripted fiction film "New Mexico True Horror". It was great to see how Mike is doing and we had a super fun conversation that went in a few different directions (just like we used to)! Interview starts around 09:30 Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Also: the Art Life update and new Patreon subscribers New Mexico True Horror teaser: https://vimeo.com/286073207 Mike's Patreon's: Patreon.com/EmailsFromInfinity Patreon.com/LandOfEnchantmentTours 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

This week I interview another one of my makeup effects industry pals, the two time Academy Award winning (“Bombshell” and “Darkest Hour”) Kazu Hiro! Kazu is widely regarded as one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) special makeup effects artists of our time. We talk about his childhood in Japan, breaking into the Japanese film industry, starting his own FX shop, working with Akira Kurosawa, coming to America, working for Rick Baker, working with Gary Oldman on “Darkest Hour”, working with Charlize Theron on “Bombshell”, working with a difficult Jim Carey on The Grinch and lots of other behind the scenes film stories. We also get into why he left the film industry and blew people’s minds with his incredible fine art sculptures, his artistic process, his experience working with galleries, his technical innovations in the field of hyper realistic sculpture, his return to the film industry and lots more! This is a truly great episode. Interview starts around 09:57 Also: the Art Life update Please help "Che

This week I interview my old makeup effect buddy, Tim Gore. Tim is a legendary painter in the FX industry and has worked on TONS of movies. We discuss his 35+ year career, his childhood model making years, his various horror novelty items, working on tour with Skinny Puppy, getting stabbed nearly to death at a club, the state of makeup effects shops these days, working on Hellboy 2 in Budapest (and getting arrested there!) and lots of behind the scenes movies stories! Tim and I go way back so if you don't understand something it's probably because it's an in joke. Tim does not hold back much so there are a few bleeps to obscure a couple of names. This is a really fun episode! Interview starts around 06:46 Also: a very short Art Life update Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Tim's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimGoreArt Tim’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tgoreart/ Tim's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.gore.5095 The Dark

This week I interview artist Lara Dann. We have shown together a few times over the years and I’m a big fan of her ghostly portrait work. We discuss her early life, living all over the United States, dealing with childhood trauma, art school, birthing babies(!), acrylics vs oils, painting techniques, and all kinds of other stuff! This is an extra long interview clocking in at almost 2 1/2 hours! Interview starts around 09:46 Also: the Art Life update Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Lara’s website: http://www.laradann.com Lara’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laradann/ Modern Eden Gallery: https://www.moderneden.com/pages/lara-dann-sirens-of-the-zodiac 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.darkar

This week I interview my pal Dave Sherman. Dave is an addictions professional/life coach and we thought it might be a good idea to do a show this week on some quarantine coping strategies during these freaky times from an expert in the field of self care. As a Dark Art collector himself, he comes from a place of understanding when it comes to weird folks like us. Dave is the official mental health expert for the DAS, and a very cool and funny dude! Interview starts around 08:49 Also: the Art Life update To support the "In Search of Tomorrow" Sci Fi doc on Kickstarter, go here: http://kck.st/2VpEaKo Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Dave's website: https://theroadtorehab.com Dave's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.sherman.3701 Dave's Instagram: @favidsherman #fuckdavesherman coffee made cup by Jay Ferguson The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/Da

This week we have the incredible creature designer/sculptor Aris Kolokontes. We speak about life in Greece, being a monster kid, being a creature designer in Greece, working on The Hobbit, his dissatisfaction with the film industry (sound familiar?) and the satisfaction of creating for himself, tons of technical sculpting tips and much more. This show is a must for people who love to hear about the artistic process, particularly sculptors! Interview starts around 19:54 Also: the Art Life update and some thoughts about Covid19 Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Aris Kolokontes’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ariskolokontes 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 P

This week I interview artist Pamela Wilson. I have been a huge fan of her work since I first discovered it. We talk about: Pamela’s painting technique, knowing she was an artist from an early age, overcoming a recent creative block, the relevance of Dark Art in the days of coronavirus, dealing with instagram, working with galleries, self doubt and painting with confidence, honesty in art and a ton more. Another very real and emotional interview! Interview starts around 09:21 Also: the Art Life update Please help "Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters" get on to Netflix: help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Pamela’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pammyw222 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