#31: Why Artists Shouldn’t Fear A.I, with Aaron Limonick

Aaron Limonick is an ex-Naughty Dog concept artist, and now a World Art Director at Activision Blizzard.  In this podcast, we discuss the importance of curating your portfolio, and what skills you need to learn to get a job in the creative art field. We also talk about A.I. and why Aaron isn’t scared of its emergence in the industry.  Aaron’s Links: Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/limonick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaron_limonick/ Links discussed in podcast: Maciej Kuciara: https://www.artstation.com/maciej Marvelous Designer: https://www.marvelousdesigner.com/ Kevin Kelly Book: https://www.amazon.com/Inevitable-Understanding-Technological-Forces-Future/dp/0143110373 Signup to Poliigon: https://www.poliigon.com/?utm_campaign=andrewprice-pod&utm_source=desc&utm_medium=youtube&utm_content=ep-31 Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:05 - How Aaron got into art 00:03:21 - Biggest preventor of people wanting to become artist 00:08:05 - Why artist must constantly learn and innovate  00:20:41 - Benefit of learning multiple skills 00:29:43 - Aaron's experience at Art Center 00:32:00 - What you need to learn to work at a studio 00:41:29 - Poliigon 00:42:28 - How to curate your portfolio 00:49:09 - The order of importance in design 00:53:59 - Aaron's start at Naughty Dog 01:00:13 - Why Aaron is not scared of A.I. 01:09:49 - There's more to A.I. than people think 01:23:28 - The progress of incorporating A.I. into artwork Send in your video question: https://www.blenderguru.com/podcastquestion Listen to The Andrew Price Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iQrZmxF18bDcou2ZpN0R9  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-andrew-price-podcast/id1543110518 Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zYTk2NDM3OC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==  Anchor: https://anchor.fm/andrew-price-podcast  Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-andrew-price-podcast  Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/g63tah31  RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-andrew-price-podcast-8QQnak ----------------------------------------------- Follow me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpprice Instagram: http://instagram.com/andrewpprice Facebook: http://facebook.com/blenderguru ArtStation: http://artstation.com/artist/andrewprice Blender Guru: http://www.blenderguru.com Poliigon: http://www.poliigon.com