Making It in Character Art Direction with Charles Ellison

We talk about making it in photography with JonPaul Douglass, the man behind of some of today's most eye-catching ad campaigns. He shares his journey from drawing "derpy" things and getting fired from Progressive Insurance to being bored in LA and taking weird photos of pizza on things, which inevitably catapulted him into the mainstream.

We talk with Dylan Raasch, Designer of some of the most iconic shoes from Nike, DC and more. He shares how skateboarding led him to footwear design, drops knowledge on navigating corporate matrixes, and shares how staying true to himself has led him to running his own footwear design studio.

We talk with Alyssa Oh, Editor at "Rock Paper Scissors". Alyssa shares how she made it in the world of editing TV commercials, films and some pretty rad music videos, And how Maury Povich almost ruined the whole thing.

We talk with Craig Callum, Hot Wheels Designer. Craig shares how he ignored his high school counselor, who suggested he become a cake decorator, to follow his boyhood dream of making it as a car designer instead. He takes us through his decision to leave the world of designing real cars and transition to designing toy cars at Lego and Hot Wheels.

We talk with Nellie Rajabi, Music Supervisor at Apple. We talk about how English was not her first language and how at an early age the soundtrack for the movie E.T. shaped her relationship with music. She also gets into how she elbowed her way into a gig that didn't really exist, and it is still changing today.

We talk with Charles Ellison, Art Director on iconic characters from some of the biggest movies from Dreamworks, Netflix and Warner Brothers. We discuss where his passion comes from, how to "make it" in his industry, and even touch on his time selling bootleg perfume out of a suitcase on the streets of Oakland.