The Evolution of an Unmistakable Signature with Mars Dorian

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Mars Dorian’s work has been an integral part of The Unmistakable Creative brand. In this episode of the podcast, he discusses how he discovered his calling at an early age, growing up with creative parents and how he eventually developed such a distinctive style as an artist that it’s instantly recognized as his work.

Highlights:

A moment in early life when Mars found his calling
How drawing pulled Mars out of suicidal depression
Channeling introversion into art and creativity
Co-creating a dream world in which you connect with people
The influence of living in East Germany on art
How growing up with creative parents influenced Mars’ life
Borrowing from multiple art forms to develop a signature style
The importance of a curious and open mind
Cutting off the possibility working in an corporate environment
Bringing about the moments we fall in love with our work
The keys to developing a truly unmistakable style

Resources:

Mars Dorian is a digital illustrator and storyteller. He creates visual illustrations and designs to help your content spread online, and stand above the noise. He also is the logo designer and spejcial projects artist for The Unimstakable Creative Podcast. You can follow him on twitter @marsrodian

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0:12.8	Everything was dark and I just I dreaded the next day because I thought like what's the point of living like I have no skill no real skill anymore I have no red line in my life it's's just hopeless, right? And I believe, from my personal experience,
0:16.0	that confusion is one of the worst things
0:18.7	that can happen to us in terms of your outlook on life. The years after that, building up my career, were actually much harder.
0:27.0	Sometimes I had even more money problems because I wasn't living with my mother anymore.
0:33.0	But since that day I created that block because my friend told me to,
0:38.0	and since I had that Waccom tablet and I drew my shitty little cartoon, right?
0:43.8	That if I see it today, I just want to punch myself.
0:46.8	I want to get into my time machine travel back
0:49.2	and punch myself for creating such a piece of curd, right?
0:52.1	But it was so important for me to create something
0:55.8	and to push it out to the world and have like people look at it
0:59.2	that it really gave me that red line.
1:01.5	And from that day on I knew I'm going to use the internet to create a creative career.
1:07.0	I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses, written best-selling books, and created insanely interesting
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