Karl Kopinski on Discipline, Sketching, and Making it as a Freelance Illustrator

Draftsmen

Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff

Visual Arts, Design, Arts

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This interview with illustrator Karl Kopinski covers his artistic journey, from early influences like fantasy novels and biology books to honing his skills at Games Workshop. Karl provides an inside look at freelancing for big brands like Magic: The Gathering and Netflix, building an accidental social media following thanks to his wife's encouragement, and the discipline needed to draw for 10+ hours daily. He also shares funny stories from conventions, his approach to developing original characters, and the obsessive research that goes into historical paintings. Karl Kopinski - karlkopinski.com/ Learn to Draw - www.proko.com Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
0:07.4	Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.
0:13.8	Silly bookers? Well, enjoy those cues at the bar. Stop booking around and visit Onthebeach.com.
0:21.3	Conditions apply.
0:22.6	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.
0:28.7	Hey there, drafts people.
0:32.1	To help fill the void and the lack of episodes in your draftsman feed,
0:36.3	we're rewinding back to five Proco Classic
0:39.1	interviews and one new one. You're listening to this new miniseries where we take a deep dive
0:45.8	into the lives, journeys, and minds of some of the most fascinating artists and instructors
0:50.6	from fine art masters to comic legends.
0:56.5	First up is Carl Kapinski.
1:03.2	Carl is one of the cool kids with Super Annie, and he got to start working on Warhammer and Magic the Gathering.
1:04.3	This was a particularly fun one.
1:07.3	I don't think I've ever laughed as hard in any other interview.
1:11.7	So, get ready.
1:13.7	Here we go.
1:14.6	We're cutting out everything except the sex jokes.
1:17.5	Oh, really?
1:18.2	Yeah.
1:18.6	Don't do the thing about the shting.
1:21.5	I think that was a step too far.
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