Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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Special Guest Lauren Brown sits down with us to talk about her experience as a professional artist and art director currently working at Wizards of the Coast,

Lauren is not a spokesperson for Wizards and is speaking only from her own personal experiences as an art director for the last 5 years across 4 separate companies (this is part 1, part 2 coming soon)

Find Lauren here
Instagram instagram.com/labillustration?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Twitter https://x.com/Labillustration?s=20
YouTube @PaintedInColor


00:00 Intro
00:42 What is the role of an Art Director
06:28 Can you be an Art Director if you are not an artist
12:34 On-the-job training Art test
27:08 Generalize or Specialize
29:01 How AI is affecting the hiring Process
37:01 Fired?
41:52 Final thoughts
43:56 Lightbox info
45:50 Pokemon outro


Music by Streambeats

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