In this episode of TEJI TALKS I chat with my friend Nathan aka Chiqleh about his first art solo show in Miami, his struggles as a creative finding direction and redesigning the world.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:15 Dealing with art block and loss of direction
4:30 Finding direction in character art
5:00 Consistency
7:22 Finding friends who challenge your art
10:00 Chiqleh’s first solo show
11:00 Second guessing yourself as a creative
12:20 Scheduling time for art
14:14 The Rascals
20:30 Meeting the audience halfway
23:00 Creative umbrellas
23:42 Character art
29:00 Collecting toys
33:00 Corporate design is dead
37:00 The revolutionary artist is dead
38:00 Fear of making bad art
39:00 Discovery and staying original
42:00 Childhood influences
46:00 Curating shows
47:00 Character artists in web3
48:00 Art vs design
53:00 Gumball’s creative direction
55:00 Infinite budgets
58:00 Lack of innovation in the world
1:01:00 Everything is ugly
1:02:13 Redesigning the world
1:02:48 First principles
1:04:00 Design innovation
1:06:19 Giving the wrong people an audience
1:07:00 Nikola Tesla
1:08:00 Electric vehicles
1:09:00 A new system
1:10:10 Promoting yourself as an artist
1:16:00 Overthinking
1:18:00 Podcast ideas
1:20:00 Outro