Bastards Of Art: Too Polished For Folk Art, Too Punk For Fine Art.

Waiting for Inspiration Building habits and routines will help you to find inspiration. It really is amazing what a little bit of scheduling does for your productivity.  In this episode, Matt Hodel shares tips on how to get motivated and be ready to strike!  It is time to feel good and good about today!  …

Another confessional style Podcast from Matt Hodel. In this podcast episode, Matt discusses his ideas for a St. Louis Tattoo Artist Meetup.  Its the Why, What and How of bring like minded people together. Itunes – Soundcloud – Contact – YouTube – Stitcher

Learning to Tattoo Recently I have been hanging out with Haram. She wants to learn how to tattoo. But first she must understand what it is she is asking for. Matt Hodel   Itunes – Soundcloud – Contact – YouTube – Stitcher

I’m Back!! Bastards of Art is ready to start a new chapter.  In the up coming months, the BOA will continue to release new episodes and new formats!  This is the beginning of the next step in expanding the Bastards of ART. In this Episode: Matt explains a way to break down large goals into…

The Lost Episode As the Bastards of Art movement moves forward Episodes 23 and 24 never made it to the editing station. Jon and I spent 6 months working on this project to get it off the ground. Our goal was 20 episodes. We actually made it past that. Jon is moving on to work…

The Lost Episode As the Bastards of Art movement moves forward Episodes 23 and 24 never made it to the editing station.  Jon and I spent 6 months working on this project to get it off the ground.  Our goal was 20 episodes.  We actually made it past that. Jon is moving on to work…

Are you an Artist? Jon and Jonathan and Matt Hodel Take the Test!  Are we artists? Itunes – Soundcloud – Contact – YouTube – Stitcher

Complete your Projects It is the 11th hour and you are very stressed. There is a deadline and it is coming quick.  How did you get here? What lead up to this very stressful and very avoidable conflict of time? An honest assessment can bring up a few key points that should have been addressed…

Direction Being an Artist is a calling.  Somedays it is more of an obsession than a pursuit.  The question is, what do you wanna do with your artistic gift? Like all gifts, its a shame to shove it in the corner and ignore it.  You must learn how to appreciate what you have been given.…

The SketchBook The spearhead of our ego. The Sketchbook is an uncomfortable little book that hold our “could be’s” and “would have been’s”.   Truthfully, it is rare to see a sketch book filled form cover to cover in perfected art.  A sketch book is just what it is, a book for sketching. Sketch: a rough…

Travel. Its hard to see the world from one spot.  If we are truly a product of out environment, we must change our surroundings to change ourselves. It is important for an artist to have a keen and perspective. In this episode Matt and Jon discuss how travel has changed their life.  From there personal experience…

This the third and final episode dealing with the reproduction of your Art Work. Starting with Episode 15, We helped you discover how printing your art work was not as simple as Scan-Print.  It is not impossible to get the look you want with your reproductions.  We hope that this series of podcast takes some…

Print and Display As promised, Bastards of Art Podcast helps to explain in depth how your art work can be photographed or scanned for reproduction. This is single handedly the most frustrating part of distributing Art!  If it was only as simple as a “How to Video”. The common thread in the entire CAPTURE-DISPLAY-PRINT process…

Capture Display Print In this Episode you will get an overview of how to turn your art into a reproduction.  If you are looking to sell fine art prints or just wanting to display your work on a web page, there are a few concepts that have to be discovered to retain the visual intent…

Ritual vs. Routine. Switching our minds into work mode is not as simple as one, two, three.  We can get into an autopilot and set up our workspace but that doesn’t bring us into the moment.  Once you are set up, you can still not be in the right frame of mind to be creative.…

Relieving the Tension in Retention It is Business 101 to know that it is cheaper to keep an existing client than to make new ones.  In this episode of Bastards of Art, we discuss how to concentrate your efforts on retaining the clientele base that you already have. Do you still remember what it was…

The Face of Networking What is a better feeling than going to your eatery and having the person serving you know your name and how you like your food? Today’s business world has been hidden behind social media. It’s easy to post the hell out of your paintings and illustrations.  I have a few people…

To Be an Entrepreneur Many people have great ideas for the next big thing.  Having an idea and seeing it to fruition takes that certain someone. I sat down with Bale from Albuquerque’s Por Vida Tattoo to talk about his latest endeavor, creating a magazine entitled “Tattoo Marque”. In this episode of Bastards of Art,…

Marketing NOT Advertising Turn your Likes into Gold! Actually, turn your Social Media apps and services into a productive tool. Jonathan and Matt explain how to understand how to funnel your online content into real world meetings.  It doesn’t have to feel so confusing.  Ever wonder what to post online to get people purchase your…

Hobby vs. Career In the book Devil in Paradise, author Henry Miller said something like “Eventually you will have to decide, what is your career and what is your hobby” In context Miller was discussing his life with writing asa a professional, but everyone with a passionate hobby will fantasize about how to turn their love…