This week I speak to musician, dark art collector and YouTuber, Troy Hughes (aka @TJH3113). We talk about how he started his popular YouTube channel, our mutual love of the band Rush, bass, how he started playing bass, Kiss, prog rock, makeup effects, horror conventions, his monster mask collection and much more! Troy is such a great guy and super talented bass player. I really enjoyed talking to him!

Also, a quick art life update.

Troy's YouTube channel:
@TJH3113

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Troy Hughes- Ep. 273

This week I talk to my old friend and amazing painter David Stoupakis. We talk about our work for the upcoming H.R. Giger Tribute Group Show at Copro Gallery, discovering Giger and the influence he had on us as young artists, the things we do to earn our living as artists, how we plan out our projects for the year, the Epson P5000 printer, the craziness of living as a working artist, the importance of using reference, his Patreon, frame making and tons more. This was a really fun conversation with lots of laughs and good vibes! Always great catching up with David!

H.R. Giger Tribute Group Show: https://www.copronason.com/

David's Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/davidstoupakis
David's website:
https://www.davidstoupakis.com/

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David Stoupakis- Ep. 275

This week I interview visionary dark artist Ash Darq! We talk about her creative childhood, getting serious as a visual artist a bit later than usual (age 28), living in Australia, creating work for her new solo show, bridging the gap between the dark art scene and the visionary art scene, live painting and selling merch at music festivals and much more! Ash has a great dark visionary style and it was great to finally have her on the show!

Also, a quick (art) life update about saving a wounded crow and a pug puke.

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Ash's Links:
In Shadow Realms FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/599200804927514
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ashdarq
Website: https://www.ashdarq.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashdarqart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashdarq
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashdarq
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCxhzBDxoQAFO14XSd6QpAw

Black Spark Cultural Centre https://www.instagram.com/black.spark_

Oscar Heathmore: https://www.instagram.com/oshmore_art/

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Ash Darq- Ep. 285

This week I interview the legendary artist, Dave Cooper! Dave was a big influence on me early on in my oil painting career and his work is truly visionary. We discuss his epic career as an underground comics luminary, animated television series creator and highly successful gallery fine artist. Dave is a really nice dude, and the conversation went in many different directions, just the way I like it!
For more background info on Dave that may not have been covered, check out Dave's interview on the Pencil to Pencil podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-50qDeKng

Mr. Cooper’s beard styling by @jakecooper.barber

Also, a quick art life update.

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Dave's Links:
https://www.davecooper.bigcartel.com
Instagram: @davecooper67
https://www.davegraphics.com

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Dave Cooper- Ep. 287

This week I interview the one and only Alex Pardee! I've known Alex for over 20 years now but have never gotten to delve into his background and life story. We talk about his earl life and how he got into art as a profession, his childhood struggle with anxiety, art as a healing process, creating his first comics, how he started his classic "Bunnywith" comic, being the art director for the band The Used, his artmaking process, our mutual love of the H3 podcast, his love of horror films and tons more! Alex is not only a great artist but a great human being and a positive force in the world!

Also, a quick art life update.

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Alex's Links:
Website: https://www.alexpardee.com/
Socials: @alexpardee

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Alex Pardee- Ep. 288

This week we have a really fun episode.In honor of director William Friedkin's death this month, my good friend Ryan Peterson and I discuss one of our favorite films: THE EXORCIST!!! We really analyze the artistic merits of the film and talk about it in the context of art and creativity in general, with a little bit of AI talk thrown in for good measure (Ryan has major problems with AI art). A really fun and insightful discussion about one of the greatest (horror) films ever made!

Also, a quick life update.

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Ryan's links:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF03lVHfkXM4WMTmHNR-zw
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Talking "The Exorcist" w/Ryan Peterson- Ep 292

This week author and occult scholar Mitch Horowitz returns for his third appearance on the podcast to talk all about his new book, "Modern Occultism" (you can pre-order here: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Occultism-History-Theory-Practice/dp/1722506261)! We also discuss a number of other things, including our joint speaking engagement at the Philosophical Research Society on Wed Sep 20, 2023, at 07 pm (tix here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-of-darkness-artist-chet-zar-and-author-mitch-horowitz-in-conversation-tickets-696268366427) and Mitch's book release at PRS on Friday, Sept 22nd at 7pm (tix here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-occultism-with-mitch-horowitz-in-person-a-talk-and-book-signing-tickets-696360933297?aff=oddtdtcreator. Mitch is one of my favorite guests and it's always great to be able to speak with him! (Mitch photo by Yoshino)

Also, a quick art life update.

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Website: https://www.mitchhorowitz.com/
Pre-order Modern Occultism: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Occultism-History-Theory-Practice/dp/1722506261

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Mitch Horowitz and Modern Occultism- Ep 293

This week it's just me talking about how I escaped my makeup effects career and became a (somewhat) successful fine artist.

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My Art Journey- Ep. 294

This week magician, magick teacher, author musician Marco Visconti joins me for a really fun and interesting conversation about Aleister Crowley, Crowley's magickal system/religion called Thelema and all kinds of other fun stuff like that! Really great conversation!

Also, a quick art life update.

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Marco's website: 
https://www.marcovisconti.org/

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Crowley, Thelema and Other Fun Stuff with Marco Visconti- Ep. 296

Eric "Toxictoons" Pigors returns to the show for this special Halloween themed episode! This one is best viewed as a video on our YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/BLLjwPZ5anE?si=d19Tz8L_GLvG7OH6) because while we chat a lot, he takes us on a tour of his collection of amazing 60s/70s Halloween and monster toys and collectables! This is a REALLY fun episode of two old "monster kids", reminiscing about Halloween and seeing Eric's amazing collection of oddities is worth the price of admission alone!

Also, a quick art life update.

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Eric's links:
Website: https://www.toxictoons.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toxictoons/

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The Spirit of Halloween with Eric Pigors- Ep. 299

For episode 300 (!), I do my first DAS podcast YouTube Halloween livestream Q&A! I chat with the live chat and answer questions. Subjects covered: my proudest career moments, my first paranormal experiences, working on films like Hocus Pocus and Hellboy, my painting and sculpting techniques and moret! It was a really fun episode for me to do and a nice way to celebrate Halloween with other dark art folks!

Also, a quick art life update.

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Halloween Livestream- Ep. 300

This week I speak to artist Deana Gore. We talk about her childhood drawing, her artist father, taking art classes after a 30 year break from art (!), the pros and cons of fan art, being inspired by artist Olivia, acrylic painting techniques, finding your tribe, doing personal work and a lot more! Deana is a super talented painter and it was awesome having her on the show!

Also, a quick art life update.

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Deana's links:
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Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/artdgore
Bluesky     https://bsky.app/profile/deanagore.bsky.social

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Deana Gore- Ep. 302

This week I speak to legendary pin up artist, Olivia! We discuss her epic art journey from her childhood drawing in the 50's, going to art school in NYC the 60's, working her first jobs as an illustrator for the men's magazines in the 70's, becoming iconic artist for Playboy magazine and lots more! Olivia is truly a legend, a true artist and an amazing person as well. I was so stoked to have her on the podcast!

Also, a quick art life update.

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Olivia's links:
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Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/oliviapinupart/

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Olivia- Ep. 303

This week I speak to Danish artist and writer John Kenn Mortensen! We talk about his viral Post-It Note drawings from 13 years ago that gave him his start as a professional fine artist, his childhood confusing adults and teachers by drawing monsters, becoming a kid's TV writer and director, getting his first solo show and quitting his day job, being a horror novelist, horror movies, heavy metal and much more! I really love John's work and it was really great getting to meet him and chat with him!

Also, a quick art life update.

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John's links:
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https://johnkenn.bigcartel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/johnkennmortensen/

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John Kenn Mortensen- Ep 304

This week I speak to special makeup effects artist legend Mark Shostrom! Mark has created makeup effects for many classics: Evil Dead II, Phantasm II & III, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 2 & 3, John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and many, many more! But we don't talk about makeup effects (much). This interview is all about Mark's truly remarkable series of ghostly events that he and others at the school he was teaching at experienced in the early 2000s. This is a really amazing episode. I can't believe this story has not been told before....until NOW!

Also, a quick art life update.

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Mark's links:
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Website: https://markshostrom.weebly.com/

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Mark Shostrom- Ep. 305

This week, for the last episode of the year, I talk to artist Ryan Case about facing adversity. Adversity is something that we all have to face but as artists (Dark Artists especially), it's part of the job. I thought speaking with Ryan about it would be a good way to end the year!

Also, a quick art life update.

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Ryan Case- Ep 306

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This week I check in with artist Dan Colonna (If you have not heard Dan's story battling glioblastoma - commonly known as a brain tumor- check out Ep. 168). We speak about him beating the odds after 10 years, his recent issues with a persistent skull infection and subsequent decision to go into palliative care, reaching milestones from month to month, how his 6+ brain surgeries in 2023 have continued to affect his artwork, as well as him spending his days painting and getting the most out of his life. Dan's story is very heavy, but he has an amazing attitude about it. We also get into some technical talk later in the episode. 

Also, a quick life update.

Dan's Instagram: www.instagram.com/colonnafineart
Dan's website: https://www.colonnafineart.com/

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Dan Colonna- Ep. 308

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This week I continue my conversation with Stephen Reedy and we talk all about the symbolism of Dark Art. There was a lot we did not have time to cover last week so I asked Stephen to come back, and he did not disappoint! Lots of great Dark Art talk in this one!

Also, a quick life update.

Stephen's PRS course "The Basic Keys to the Secret Teachings of All Ages": https://learn.prs.org/courses/the-basic-keys-to-the-secret-teachings-of-all-ages

and his course "The Basics of Esoteric Symbolism": https://learn.prs.org/courses/the-basics-of-esoteric-symbolism

Stephen's website: https://www.stephenreedy.com/
Stephen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenreedy/
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Dark Art Symbolism: Stephen Reedy- Pt 2 Ep. 310

This week I talk to official "friend of the show", artist Gabe Leonard. We talk about recent changes in his artistic process as well as our recent trip to the LA Art Show. Lots of painting shop talk as well as a bunch of unexpected AI talk from a painter's perspective.

Also: an art life update and new subscribers

Gabe's website: https://gabeleonardart.com/
Gabe's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabeleonardart/
Gabe's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabeleonardart
Gabe's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCwZN7BriRa7T6jPnzORvepA 

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Gabe Leonard, AI and the LA Art Show- Ep 311

This week I talk to another monster portrait artist, Ed Binkley! We talk about his early childhood love of drawing (and monsters), his recent retirement of 30 years of art teaching, his new career as a gallery artist, his colored pencil techniques, being a color-blind artist and tons more! Great conversation with a really nice dude...who loves monsters!

Also: an art life update

Ed's website: https://www.edbinkley.com/
Ed's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edbinkleyart/
Ed's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artistedbinkley/
 
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Ed Binkley- Ep. 312

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This week I talk to oil painter and Instagram heavyweight Andrew Cadima! Andrew has become a master painter in a relatively short amount of time and also makes some of the best short form content for oil painters on Instagram. We talk all about his journey from guitar kid to professional composer to a master oil painter with over 1 million followers on Instagram! Andrew was a joy to speak to and I know you are going to dig this interview!

Also: an art life update

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewcadima/
 
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Andrew Cadima- Ep 313

This week I talk to Norwegian artist (with over 1 million followers on TikTok!) Kim Diaz Holm. We talk about his massive TikTok following, creating art videos for social media, creating art live for extreme metal bands, being a comic book artist, being part of a performance art blood ritual with the art project/metal band Witch Club Satan, his stance against copyright, art as magick and tons more! Really great conversation!!!

Also: an art life update

Kim's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@denungeherrholm
Kim's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denungeherrholm/
Kim's website: https://denungeherrholm.com/
Kim's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kimholm
 
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Kim Diaz Holm- Ep. 314

For this special Easter minisode I tell a story about super weird incident that happened to me on Easter of 1980.
 
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"An Easter Story" Minisode- Ep. 315

This week I talk to Australian artist John Chen! We talk about him being born in Taiwan and emigrating to Australia, being a lifelong weightlifter, going to school to learn digital animation and FX, building career in digital FX production and his eventual disillusionment, finally settling into a career as a fine art creature creator and lots more!  Great conversation with an OG member of the Dark Art Society and great artist!

Also: an art life update

John's links
https://www.patreon.com/jc_sculpture
https://twitter.com/webbyeasy
https://www.instagram.com/jc_sculpture/
https://www.facebook.com/CustomModelsJC
https://bsky.app/profile/johnchen.bsky.social
Homepage / Store - https://johnchen.com.au/

hellfire sculpting club
https://www.instagram.com/hellfiresculptingclub/?hl=en
https://www.hellfiresculpting.club/
 
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John Chen- Ep 316

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This week my good friend and amazing artist Ryan K. Peterson discuss the history of makeup effects! Special thanks goes out to  @scumchoir  for the suggestion. We chat about how we became interested in makeup effects as kids and then discuss our nerdy knowledge of makeup effects starting from the early days of horror film makeup of Lon Chaney in the 1920's, Jack Pierce (and others) in the 1930's, the advent of foam latex appliances, and the many innovations of the godfather of modern makeup effects, Dick Smith up through the 1970's and more. This is part 1 of two episodes on the history of makeup effects! Part 2 will be next week!

Also, a quick life update.

Ryan's links:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF03lVHfkXM4WMTmHNR-zw
www.instagram.com/ryankennethpeterson/
www.facebook.com/ryan.k.peterson.7

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The History of Makeup FX: Pt.1- the 1920s to the 1970's (w/ Ryan K Peterson)-Ep. 317

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Part 2 of our series about the History of Makeup FX with sculptor and makeup FX artist Ryan K. Peterson! This covers the Golden Years- the 1980s! We missed a few things as well that we will address in part 3!

Also, a quick life update.

Ryan's links:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF03lVHfkXM4WMTmHNR-zw
www.instagram.com/ryankennethpeterson/
www.facebook.com/ryan.k.peterson.7

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The History of Makeup FX: Pt.2- the 1980's (w/ Ryan K Peterson)-Ep. 318

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Part 3 of our series about the History of Makeup FX with sculptor and makeup FX artist Ryan K. Peterson! This covers the 90's and beyond! This is the final part in this series and it's nearly 4 hours long!!!

Also, a quick life update.

Ryan's links:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF03lVHfkXM4WMTmHNR-zw
www.instagram.com/ryankennethpeterson/
www.facebook.com/ryan.k.peterson.7

Our sponsors:

Entries are now open for the 2024 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize! Through this international art prize, you can showcase your work on a global scale and win big with $65,000 USD in cash and prizes up for grabs.
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The History Of MUFX Pt 3- Ep 319

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This week I interview multidisciplinary artist Scum Choir (AKA Parker Winans). We discuss him being a childhood troublemaker, loving skateboard art as a kid in the 90s, how a mystery illness helped him turn his life around and focus on his artworks, how he came up with the name Scum Choir, his videos that went viral, the importance of navigating and contributing to social media and a bunch more stuff! Another really fun conversation  with a really cool dark artist!

Also, a quick life update.

Parker's links:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scumchoir
Website: https://scumchoir.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scumchoir
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scumchoir
everything else @scumchoir

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Entries are now open for the 2024 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize! Through this international art prize, you can showcase your work on a global scale and win big with $65,000 USD in cash and prizes up for grabs.
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Scum Choir- Ep. 320

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This week I speak to my art pal, painter Brian Viveros. We talk about showing together the early days of the LA art scene, his childhood love of horror, wrestling and Conan the Barbarian, becoming a graffiti artist, showing at and H.R Giger curated show in Switzerland, getting encouragement from Clive Barker AND H.R. Giger (!), manifesting an art career, his approach to the art business, his unique painting techniques and a lot more! Great conversation with a great artist who is also a really nice guy!

Also, a quick life update.

Brian's links:
Website: https://brianmviveros.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viveros_brand
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/DirtyLandia
Brian's upcoming events:
SCOPE Miami in December
Beinart 2025 solo

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Brian Viveros- Ep. 321

In episode 110, I interview Josh G, creator of the Creep Machine. The Creep Machine is one of the first Dark Art blogs, if not THE first. Aside from being a really nice guy and Dark Art Lover, Josh also has a degree in art history and works in Northern California in the  internet tech world. He has intimate knowledge of how to use Instagram and has lots of inside info and advice for artists using the platform! If you are an artist working on your online presence, this may the most important episode we have ever done! Josh was able to get over 300k followers on the Creep Machine instagram in a relatively short amount of time, organically and with NO PAID ADS simply by working with and understanding the dreaded "algorithms"! If you are an artist looking to raise your online profile, then this is the episode to listen to! 

I also talk about recovering from Monsterpalooza and answer the 5 questions of the week.

Buffer and Linktree links: 
https://buffer.com
https://linktr.ee

Creep Machine website: www.creepmachine.com

Creep Machine on Instagram: instagram.com/creepmachine

Josh G's article on this same subject on the Beinart blog: https://beinart.org/blogs/articles/beating-the-algorithm-the-artists-guide-to-instagram-social-media

The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com

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The Dark Art Society

Josh G- Ep 110

Hosted by renowned Dark Artist Chet Zar, the Dark Art Society Podcast covers a variety of important and contemporary topics. Themes include Dark Art, literature, film, music, culture, philosophy, dreams, paranormal experiences, magick and much more! While each episode focuses on specific issues, the nature of this podcast is conversational and organic. With that said we encourage you to take up position, like a fly on the proverbial wall and tune in.

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