The Creative Hustlers Show

Callum May is the creator of a famous YouTube channel called The Canipa Effect, this channel is dedicated to create in depth analysis about anime series, movies, animation studios and animators as well. Even though Callum is not an animator nor an illustrator he has extensive knowledge on the techniques and principles used to create amazing scenes to the point that his understanding goes many times beyond of what many working anima...

Henry Thurlow is a 2D animator working in the anime industry in Japan, he has worked in series like One Piece, Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto Shippuden, Jojo`s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Overlord seasons 2 and 3 and others. Later he started a new studio with a friend called “D`Art Shtajio” where he’s directed projects like “Sturgill Simpson`s Sound and Fury”, “Indigo Ignited” & Castlevania Season 3 and now they have started a new blo...

Thierry Boulanger is the Co-Founder, CEO and Creative Director of Sabotage Studio, founded in 2016 they’re looking to create retro-inspired video games. They quickly went from 3 employees to a team of 16 all working with towards the idea of creating modern video games that capture the compelling nature of old video games which was his passion since he was a kid. Their first game “The Messenger” (inspired on Ninja Gaiden) was launch...

Arryn Troche is a 3D character animator with a focus in action/body mechanics and fight animation. She attended the Savannah College of Art and Design and majored in animation with a specialization in dynamic/action animation and a minor in Concept Art for Video Games and has worked on he game Harbinger of Spring, as well as several student films that are coming out this June. She's also a graduating senior with a Bachelor in Fine ...

Ethan Becker is a Visual Developer who worked in DreamWorks TV as a revisionist for Voltron Legendary Defender. He has experience as a Background Designer, Environment Design, Production Design who worked in Newbaby Productions and In My Father’s Shadow film. He’s originally from Texas and moved to California to look for more opportunities as a creative professional. Now he's working on a secret project with a secret company which ...

Ivan Mendoza is a character designer & illustrator. He grew up in Diamond Bar, Ca. and now currently resides in Los Angeles. Currently, he’s designing characters for Dreamworks Animation, TV. Previously he’s worked for Starburns Industries that produces the HBO show “Animals”, Warner Bros. Animation on the production “Bunnicula” & “Be Cool Scooby Doo” which airs on Cartoon Network, Ivan has also been a part of developing un...

Hedvig H-S or also known as VixieArts is a Concept Artist, Freelance Illustrator and Comic Book Artist who has created art for books, animation, magazines and even worked in video games. And now she's the author of her own graphic novel called Aurora the Unicorn. She also has created a following of 183K+ fans on instagram where she posts her illustrations and mostly a lot of animal drawings.

Hedvig H-S is originally from Gothe...

Jenn Ely is based in Portland, OR, where she works as a freelance production designer and visual development artist for various commercial, film, and television animation projects. She began working as a gallery artist after her traditional painting focused BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She later attended Savannah College of Art and Design in the Illustration program, where she discovered her love of design f...

Erin Shin is a Concept Artist, Character Designer & World Builder. She's a student of the Art Center College of Design, she's worked on the visual assets for the games "Sankofa" and "Hippo Time" got a scholarship in Nickelodeon's Pitch program where she worked with their staff and to pitch a show called "Wrestlemania".

Erin Shin has also worked as a concept artist for JM Animation Studios in Seoul, South Korea and created ...

Mikel Mujika Amann is a freelance visual developer, character & costume designer for animation and video games from Bilbao, Spain. And he has created his own art books, one book called "Gals" where he has created 136 designs and his portfolio inspired in the Sleeping Beauty which ended up becoming his second book.

Mikel always had art as a hobbie as he kept drawing everyday. In the end he decided to go pro into art and cho...

Nicola Hwang is an illustrator, animator who has experience in creating art for publishing and animation and also taking good care of animals. She had her first hit at Wondercon 2011 where she got elected to illustrate Aspen's Comic Books and since then has been working for the US in Games as a character / prop / merchandise designer and took part of CTN where she worked in projects with Casey Robin & Alishea Gibson.

Nicol...

Wouter Tulp is a freelance character designer based in the Netherlands. He is known for his versatility as an illustrator, lavishing over a hundred children’s books with his wonderful illustrations, as well as creating caricatures and editorial illustrations in high-circulation newspapers and magazines. He is also a teacher in Schoolism.

Since then, he has slowly shifted his focus towards character design. After a series of in...

Brynn Metheney specialize in creature design, animal anatomy and visual development for film, games and publishing. She currently live and work in Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured in a number of different publications including, Spectrum Fantastic Art Annuals, Graphite Magazine, Uppercase Magazine and more.

Brynn currently teach creature design at The Animation Workshop and Otis College of Art & Design. She’ve t...

Eve Skylar is a production designer and storyteller with experience in creative and visual development for VR | AR, feature animation, tv, live action, publishing, and interactive games. She did the production design in the award-winning and oscar qualifying animated short "La Noria" by Carlos Baena of Pixar, which premiered at Siggraph Vancouver 2018 and is currently winning over 40 awards and screened at worldwide film festivals.

Tom Booth is an author, illustrator, and art director. Born on the twelfth day of the twelfth month, Tom made his earliest marks — sometimes on his parents’ antique kitchen table — growing up just outside of Philadelphia. Tom has had the good fortune to work with Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Workman Publishing, Nicktoons, and Scholastic.

Tom attended Hamilton College where he majored in history and mark-making, otherwise k...

Kirsten Winkelbauer is an illustrator and designer based out of San Francisco. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Academy of Art University and currently works as a full-time freelancer. Her work focuses on fun, brightly colored characters and imagery, and she enjoys experimenting with new mediums often.

In addition to freelance illustration and graphic design, she plays with jewelry making and crafting with materia...

Anoosha Syed is a Pakistani-Canadian freelance illustrator and character designer for animation based in Toronto. She has worked in Disney TV, Dreamworks TV on projects like "Dot" (a preschool series) and has illustrated over 20 picture books for major publishers like Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Macmillan & Disney Publishing.

She has participated in gallery shows at Gallery Nucleus, LGAL and QPop, hosted and art ...

Bruna Mebs is a Brazilian artist and entrepreneur located in Pennsylvania. She has spent the past few years working with creative people from all over the US and became best known for her ink drawings. Bruna has recently illustrated and published her first coloring book The Olympic Games Coloring Book.

Bruna has illustrated for a variety of clients including FabFitFun, Farmhouse Inns, Jord, Leota and Meredith Banzhoff. Her art...

Nikkolas Smith is a Theme Park Designer & Concept artist at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Children's Books Author/Illustrator. He is the author/illustrator the picture books "The Golden Girls of Rio" (nominated for an NAACP Image Award) and My Hair Is Poofy and That's Okay. His works have been featured on TIME Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Buzzfeed, the Academy of Motion Pictures, The Guardian, ABC, NB...