James Gurney on Dinotopia, Creativity, and Technology in the Arts. - a podcast by Conversations about the business of art, inside the artist studio, and plei

• James Gurney talks about: 


• How John Steinbeck, Charles Kuralt, and a hobo named Bud inspired James to spend three months traveling across the U.S.


• The lasting impression of James' art on young minds and how one fan grew up to be a paleontologist and named a dinosaur after James: Torvosaurus gurneyi


• The criteria James uses to decide what projects to work on: "Find the work I have the most fun doing, work with the people I really enjoy hanging with and then figure out how to make a business out of that."


• Why James thinks right now is the best time to be an artist and how he uses new technology to reach current fans and create new ones.


• Why reading every day is important to James' work.


• How his artist blog, Gurney Journey sparks James' creativity.


• James' advice on how to develop an original vision.

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