Draftsmen | From Rocket Scientist to Professional Artist (ft. Jama Jurabaev) - Draftsmen S2E33 @Draftsmen | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Jama Jurabaev is one of Marshall’s former students and has overcome incredible and difficult circumstances to become the pro artist that he is today. He joins the podcast to tell his full story and hopefully inspire other artists that are working hard towards a career in the industry. Jama’s design work has influenced some of the biggest movie franchises in the past decade including Star Wars and Jurassic World.

You can follow Jama and keep up with his work here - instagram.com/jamajurabaev


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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Marshall's Class
04:50 - Electricity Curfew
09:00 - Jama after Marshall’s class
17:47 - Employment Visa
22:33 - Relocation for Work
27:48 - Rocket Science
34:12 - Discovering Concept Art
01:03:31 - Making the most out of what you have
01:14:15 - Jama's Personal Projects
01:18:36 - Outro

Show Links (some contain affiliate links):
Tajikistan - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan
Hydro Electric Example - proko.com/draftsmen-media/hydroelectric-dam-diagram-s2e33.jpg
MPC Advertising - moving-picture.com
Matte Painting - proko.com/draftsmen-media/jama-jurabaev-matte-paintings-s2e33.jpg
Jama's Student Work - proko.com/draftsmen-media/jama-jurabaev-student-work-s2e33.jpg
ILM - ilm.com
Jama's Freelance for Star Wars - proko.com/draftsmen-media/jama-jurabaev-concept-art-star-wars-mandalorian-s2e33.jpg
Andree Wallin - proko.com/draftsmen-media/andree-wallin-concept-art-star-wars-s2e33.jpg
Bernie Wrightson - A Look Back - amzn.to/2Jx2pTa
The War of Art - amzn.to/3lpY8y4
Art of Fear - amzn.to/3lmpOE9
Jama's Concept Art - proko.com/draftsmen-media/jama-jurabaev-concept-artwork-s2e33.jpg
Terminator - amzn.to/3loyOIU
Nicolai Fechin - proko.com/draftsmen-media/nicolai-fechin-portrait-drawing-old-man-s2e33.jpeg
Jama's Instagram - instagram.com/jamajurabaev
Jama’s Artstation - artstation.com/jama
Jama’s Gumroad - gumroad.com/jamajurabaev


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Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff are art instructors. If you love the arts, particularly the craft of drawing and painting and image-making… and you want to level up your skills or even make a living with your skills, we are here to answer your questions. We’re here to offer you advice, refer you to our resources, share your love of the craft and maybe inspire you! Learn to Draw - proko.com Marshall Vandruff - http://www.marshallart.com. Subscribe to the podcast at bit.ly/DraftsmenPod

CREDITS:
Guest - Jama Jurabaev (jamajurabaev.com/)
Hosts - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Marshall Vandruff (marshallart.com/)
Production Assistance - Alex Otis (instagram.com/alexotisillustration/), Charlie Nicholson (instagram.com/shloogorgh/)
Editing - Tyler Spaid, Alex Otis, Charlie Nicholson
Intro Animation - Cody Shank (codyshank.com/)
Intro Jingle - Tommy Rush (instagram.com/tommyrush/)
Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra