Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters

By: Ben Walker-Storey
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  • Illustrator, Ben Walker-Storey loves monsters, ghosts, creepers and kaiju. On the Cheap Chills Podcast, Ben talks with other artists and creators about how macabre movies, gothic toys and forbidden comics influenced their life and their artwork.
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Episodes
  • Time-Sucks! Dealing with Procrastination and Distractions : Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis

    Time-Sucks! Dealing with Procrastination and Distractions : Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis
    Nov 5 2024
    This week, Illustrator, Creator (and your host) Ben Walker-Storey talks about his two big time-sucks: Procrastination and Distractions, what could be at the root of these problems and some thoughts, tricks and tips on working around them.
    Then its time to talk about monsters! We need to talk about the 1988 film, Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis (or Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis) from Director, Akio Jissôji
    Ben does his best to avoid big, clinical words or armchair diagnosis but (spoiler) this episode is monstly about mental health issues like Anxiety, Depression and ADHD.
    Regardless of any neurodivergence (dammit! a big clinical word) you may or may not have, Ben has some tips that have helped him stay more productive in recent years and get back into what was so fun about art before adulthood and money was involved. If nothing else let's remember to go easy on ourselves.
    This episode is brought to you by the Cheap Chills Etsy shop. Ben’s designed a bunch of T-shirts and prints for people who love spooky weird stuff, custom art brushes for Clip Studio Paint and there's even some vintage toys and clothes for you to check out.
    Use PROMO CODE: GREENFIFTEEN for 15% off your order
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    38 mins
  • Found Footage Festival's Nick Prueher on Carpenter's The Thing

    Found Footage Festival's Nick Prueher on Carpenter's The Thing
    Oct 22 2024
    Welcome to Cheap Chills on Art and Monsters. I probably need a new intro but I do love the announcer I snagged for the original cheap chills podcast.
    This week's guest is Nick Prueher, best known as being half of the Found Footage Festival team along with his childhood friend, Joe Pickett.
    Nick is also a film producer writer having writen for The Onion and Late Night with David Letterman.
    We came together to talk about his favorite monster, John Carpenter's The Thing, but of course we got into what it's like being the funny, creative weirdo in your small town, irrational fears that could make a good horror movie, some of the movies that horrified us as kids and how hot Dianne Franklin is in Better Off Dead.

    Find more from Nick at foundfootagefest.com
    on Instagram @chimplips, @foundfootagefestival
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Isabel Samaras : Howl and find the people who howl back at you

    Isabel Samaras : Howl and find the people who howl back at you
    Oct 9 2024
    I am so thrilled to bring you the conversation for this episode! I got a chance to catch up with my friend, world renown painter, Isabel Samaras. Years before we ever met I discovered her work through art magazines like Juxtapoz and Hi Fructose. I was blown away by Isabel’s work because she’s not just an incredible painter but she’s someone who has a take on popular culture, romance and humor that is all her own.
    There's literally too much to go over with Isabel as far as monsters and pop culture characters. But we get into our love for The Bride of Frankenstein and how we as artists can use imagery to add to popular stories and even give our beloved fictitious characters a more fulfilling life.
    Apologies to A24, the movie we were talking about is The Hole in the Ground, not A Hole in the Woods or whatever Ben said.
    Here's some heady subjects for you artists: Are you making art you think an audience wants or creating what excites you and bringing people along for the ride? And do you have “Kulaks” in your portfolio?
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    This is episode is brought to you by Ben's Shadowplay digital brushes and the Cheap Chills Etsy shop.
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    If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too!
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    Music for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Badger Meyer.


    **Also discussed word dump:
    Shirley Jackson, Kathryn Bigelow, Ana Lily Amirpour, a girl walks home alone at night, Batman's love life
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    1 hr and 17 mins

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