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    The Breakthrough Creative

    The Breakthrough Creative with host John McDavitt is for the Creative Entrepreneur as we look behind the scenes at the ‘business of art’ and the ‘art of business!’
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    106. Kids Murals with Andy Pinder

    106. Kids Murals with Andy Pinder

    Andy Pinder is an amazing muralist. After leaving Art College, Andy began working in London as a Visualiser, Designer and Art Director, before relocating to Kent. Having spent many years creating illustrations and storyboards for film and television, painting wall murals became a natural development through which Andy could channel his creative and artistic skills. Naturally, this working method was, far, far away from the world of computers. However, Andy does still generate most of his mural designs using modern technology, before painting a Kids Art Mural.

    You can follow Andy online at: https://www.instagram.com/kids_art_murals/

    https://www.facebook.com/kidsartmurals/

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    You can email John@thebreakthroughcreative.com with any comments, guest suggestions or questions.

    105. Pete Marin: Airbrush T-Shirts and Airbrush Events

    105. Pete Marin: Airbrush T-Shirts and Airbrush Events

    Pete Marin is the owner of Airbrush Events, revolutionizing private event entertainment through airbrushed party favors, providing take-home gifts and party entertainment activity, all in one!

    Pete’s story begins in Maine where he first encountered airbrushed T-shirts at his local mall. He pursued that aspect of airbrushing for much of his career and eventually ran his own retail venture.

    Over the past 10 years, Pete has niched down to events and entertainment making “Airbrush Events the perfect entertainment solution for any occasion”.

    Learn more about Pete and Airbrush Events at:

    Website: http://www.airbrushevents.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airbrushevents/?hl=en

    Links: https://linktr.ee/AirbrushEvents

     

    Links to the episodes Pete and I mentioned in his interview:

    Ep 35. How I made $11k in One Month Airbrushing T Shirts

    Podcast

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-breakthrough-creative/id1499200068?i=1000500802524

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/B8Hr7E-07FI

    Ep 33 The Airbrush T-Shirt Business with Pat Gaines

    Podcast:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-breakthrough-creative/id1499200068?i=1000499914308

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/CfEnhS7RYSs

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    104. Muralist, Hood Liner Artist & Airbrusher: Corrado Mallia

    104. Muralist, Hood Liner Artist & Airbrusher: Corrado Mallia

    Corrado Mallia is a Toronto area muralist celebrating 25 years in the industry. Since a young child, Corrado has been drawing and painting since childhood. At the age of 23, he began his career painting murals, where the larger scale gives more space and freedom to transform a wall or whole room. A blank wall is just a blank canvas begging for some paint!

    Follow Corrado at: https://www.corradomurals.com

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    103. FLASHBACK: Alec Gillis, Special Effects Makeup Career - Predator, Aliens, Pumpkinhead, It

    103. FLASHBACK: Alec Gillis, Special Effects Makeup Career - Predator, Aliens, Pumpkinhead, It

    Alec Gillis is the co-founder of the Studio ADI, one of the largest practical effects houses in the film industry.

    Alec shares stories from his early career at Roger Corman's New World Pictures, his time at Stan Winston Studios (working on Aliens, Predator and more), how he and his partner, Tom Woodruff, Jr, formed ADI and his foray into writing and directing the 80's retro-monster movie, Harbinger Down.

    Alec talks about his chance encounter with James Cameron, how luck and preparedness go hand-in-hand, lessons from Dick Smith and we share memories from the food truck!

    You can follow Alec on Instagram or visit his YouTube Channel.

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    You can contact The Breakthrough Creative by emailing: john@thebreakthroughcreative.com

    102. Kim Witte, SFX Artist & Cookbook Author (Knowing When to Pivot)

    102. Kim Witte, SFX Artist & Cookbook Author (Knowing When to Pivot)

    I love when I get to catch up with old friends like Kim Witte.

    Kim was one of my first guests on The Breakthrough Creative and I invited her back to catch us up on all she has been doing since we last spoke.

    Witte Artistry, LLC is a media company that specializes in creating educational and entertaining content around special effects makeup & traditional art mediums. Established in 2016 with the goal of encouraging others to pursue their artistic endeavors through education, encouragement, and positive messages. 

    You can find Kim at witteartistry.com

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    You can email John@thebreakthroughcreative.com with any comments, guest suggestions or questions.

    101. Mark Enright: Pop Culture Mask Maker

    101. Mark Enright: Pop Culture Mask Maker

    Mark Enright is a freelance artist, sculptor, house haunter & pumpkin carver who started Mortar Heads in 2004 with a series of bas relief, Star Wars characters sculpted in mortar. A former intern of Make up & effects labs and former employee of MEL products. In 2020, Mark took the skills and experience learned while working in the FX industry and decided to focus full time on his own company, Mortar Heads. Specializing in latex masks of vintage action figures, toys & Halloween decorations with a vintage sensibility paying tribute to classic mask studios such as Don Post, Be something studios, & Death studios. The first release being a collaboration with NECA colllectibles was a set of Monster masks based on the Remco Universal mini monsters from the 80’s and this partnership continues on in 2023 with a yet to be revealed project.

    Mark's Links:
     
     
     
     
    Instagram: @mortarheads
     
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    Contact john@thebreakthroughcreative.com with questions, comments or guest suggestions.

    100. Greg Nicolett: Film & TV Composer

    100. Greg Nicolett: Film & TV Composer

    My guest today for our 100th episode is film & TV Composer, Greg Nicolett.

    Greg shares about his career, finding mentors and growing his business.

    Greg's television work includes the Disney animated series - T.O.T.S, Goldie and Bear and Pupstruction - as well as additional music for Smallville, The Vampire Diaries, Video Game High School and Puppy Dog Pals. His video game work includes Voracious Games’ “Potionomics,” additional music for Kinect Disney Adventures, and orchestrations for Star Wars: First Assault. Before scoring films full time, Greg had a successful career scoring commercials, working with brands such as Microsoft, Old Navy, and Best Buy.

    Find Greg:

    Twitter @GregNicolett
    Insta @GPnicolett

    Apple Music
    Follow Greg on Spotify!

    For more info about the show Contact john@thebreakthroughcreative.com

     

    99. The Costs of Starting Your Creative Business

    99. The Costs of Starting Your Creative Business

    Anytime you decide to do something worthwhile it comes at a cost - energy, resources, pain. AND, if you stick with it, there are so many benefits - success, relationships, new skills and becoming a resource for clients to solve their problems.

    I share about how I stuck it out and found success.

    john@thebreakthroughcreative.com

    https://www.instagram.com/artofjohnmcdavitt/

    https://www.instagram.com/thebreakthroughcreative/

     

    98. Learn Public Speaking Skills and Become Unstoppable

    98. Learn Public Speaking Skills and Become Unstoppable

    If you learn the Skill of Public Speaking you will be able to represent yourself to individual clients (super important), work in small groups (brainstorming) and persuade large groups (keynote speaking).

    You need this skill!

    I explain the benefits and break down how you can learn to speak to large groups with competence and confidence (and how you can get over embarrassment)

    BONUS: if you email me or DM me on Instagram I will send you my notes from this episode.

    john@thebreakthroughcreative.com

    https://www.instagram.com/artofjohnmcdavitt/

    https://www.instagram.com/thebreakthroughcreative/

     

     

    96. Thoughts on Licensing Art, Working in a Studio Environment and Stories from the Working World

    96. Thoughts on Licensing Art, Working in a Studio Environment and Stories from the Working World

    It's been a little while... I wanted to check in on the episode to share my thoughts on licensing, social media, the benefits of working in a studio environment and flexibility in work/life.

    john@thebreakthroughcreative.com

    https://www.instagram.com/artofjohnmcdavitt/

    https://www.instagram.com/thebreakthroughcreative/

    95. FLASHBACK: Kate Sartorious, Cake and Sugar Artist

    95. FLASHBACK: Kate Sartorious, Cake and Sugar Artist

    I interviewed Cake and Sugar Artist, Kate Sartorious, about her career in March of 2020 and wanted to share it again in this 

    Kate is a the owner and operator of Kate's Cake Design where she makes unique cake toppers for her clients.

    Kate also teaches an online Cake Topper course called 'Top Tier Cake Topper Masterclass.'

    You can find Kate and her work on Instagram!

    Contact us at John@theBreakthroughCreative.com

     

    94. Licensed Star Wars Artist, Dawn Murphy

    94. Licensed Star Wars Artist, Dawn Murphy
    Dawn Murphy is a freelance artist currently residing in the Chicagoland area. She specializes in portraiture and costume illustration with a focus on pop culture. She has created numerous officially licensed artworks for Lucasfilm/Star Wars, Topps Trading Cards and RRParks Cards. Her work has been featured in the Star Wars Celebration Art Show, Star Wars Insider Magazine, the sci-fi anthology book Contact Light, and book four of the War of the Seasons series. When she isn't drawing she loves to play video games with her son and husband, reading, sewing costumes and trying not to burn dinner.
     
    Follow Dawn at:

    You can contact john@thebreakthroughcreative.com with comments and questions.

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    https://www.instagram.com/thebreakthroughcreative/

    92. 7 Great Reasons to Work for a Company Before You Start Your Own Business (and join the new Facebook group)

    92. 7 Great Reasons to Work for a Company Before You Start Your Own Business (and join the new Facebook group)

    Please join 'THE BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE' FACEBOOK GROUP. I'm looking forward to meeting you there.

    Episode 92:

    There are lots of good reasons to begin your career by working for a company BEFORE you start your own thing because there are so many things you don't know that you don't know.

    Why not make it a bit easier on yourself and learn on the job while you plan and even start your own business.

    My thoughts on the topic in this episode.

    91. Apprentice to Pro: Tattoos with Mikey Wheeler

    91.  Apprentice to Pro: Tattoos with Mikey Wheeler

    Mikey Wheeler is a professional tattooist who shares his journey from sandwich maker to apprentice to pro! Mikey also goes into the details of the business side of Tattooing. You can see Mikey's work and find him at: https://www.instagram.com/mikeywheelertattooer/

    http://windhorserising.com

    mikeywheelertattooer@gmail.com

    You can contact John at john@thebreakthroughcreative.com

     

    90. Finding Your Style with Kunal Kundu: Crumpled Paper Artist

    90. Finding Your Style with Kunal Kundu: Crumpled Paper Artist

    How does one find their creative style?

    How does one achieve their first published book?

    Kunal Kundu has done both!

    An animator, illustrator and sculptor, Kunal took leave from his career to find his 'style' and shares his process in this episode. Kunal also reveals his gritty approach to publishing his first book.

    For more on Kunal check out the links below:

    https://www.kunalkundu.com

    https://www.instagram.com/kunalkunducrumpledpaper/

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB7CyrQfq-c

    You can reach John at john@thebreakthroughcreative.com

    88. BEST OF 2021: How to Price Your Work, Managing Your Workload & Finding Your Niche - A Q&A Coaching Episode

    88. BEST OF 2021: How to Price Your Work, Managing Your Workload & Finding Your Niche - A Q&A Coaching Episode

    This is The Breakthrough Creative's most dowloaded episode of 2021.

    Worth another listen - Ep 44 (2021)

    In my first Q&A Coaching episode, I answer questions from my guest, Jason de Knegt. We talk about Pricing, Managing your Workload and Finding your professional Niche. Jason de Knegt is a bartender & illustrator who balances his official ‘day job’ crafting cocktails with creating digital paintings for his clients. Like many hoping to make a full-time career shift into the art world, he hopes to blend his professional experience with his creative pursuits… in this case applying what he’s learned in the service and hospitality industry to providing unique portraits for those who enjoy his work and particular style. You can check out Jason's art (& even a few bonus cocktail recipes) and follow Jason on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jaydeke/ or his website https://www.jdkillustration.com Please subscribe to The Breakthrough Creative and share with the artists in your life. You can reach us at john@thebreakthroughcreative.com

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    enDecember 30, 2021