The Handsome Frank Illustration Podcast

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21 - Luis Mendo

21 - Luis Mendo

In a Paris hotel room, beneath the Eiffel Tower, we finally tracked down the wonderful Luis Mendo. Join us for a ranging conversation, taking in a career designing magazines in 90's Amsterdam, a life changing decision to relocate to Tokyo and how his work as an illustrator was born from a language barrier. Trigger warning, contains mentions of AI that artists may find refreshing. Check out Luis' portfolio at handsomefrank.com Feeling a strong desire to stroll through Tokyo with Luis? You're in luck! Join him on his daily routine in our 'Little Film About...Luis Mendo'. Watch now on vimeo

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21 - Luis Mendo

21 - Luis Mendo

In a Paris hotel room, beneath the Eiffel Tower, we finally tracked down the wonderful Luis Mendo. Join us for a ranging conversation, taking in a career designing magazines in 90's Amsterdam, a life changing decision to relocate to Tokyo and how his work as an illustrator was born from a language barrier. Trigger warning, contains mentions of AI that artists may find refreshing. Check out Luis' portfolio at handsomefrank.com Feeling a strong desire to stroll through Tokyo with Luis? You're in luck! Join him on his daily routine in our 'Little Film About...Luis Mendo'. Watch now on vimeo

20 - Helen Musselwhite

20 - Helen Musselwhite

Part illustrator, part model maker, part engineer and full time Handsome Frank royalty, paper artist Helen Musselwhite visited our studio for our 20th episode.   We catch up with perhaps our most analogue artist to discuss her childhood fascination with model villages, thinking in 3D, and how she uses her photography skills to bring her paper worlds to life. If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch our 'Little Film About...Helen Musselwhite' in full, here. Visit Helen's portfolio page at www.handsomefrank.com

19 - Matt Murphy

19 - Matt Murphy

Matt Murphy brought his customary warmth and good conversation as he called in to see us and record podcast EP19. We discussed colour theory, great music and dream commissions past and (hopefully) future.

18 - Niege Borges

18 - Niege Borges

Brooklyn's finest, Niege Borges, flew over to London to fill our studio with colour and recount stories of her art journey, her cat Shakira, and her inflatable sidekick Elizabeth.

17 - Dakarai Akil

17 - Dakarai Akil

From driving taxis, sleeping in a gallery, to working in a homeless centre on Skid Row, Dakarai’s journey to becoming a freelance artist is one of the most fascinating and eventful we’ve ever heard. Warning this podcast contains rattle snake references.

14 - Leonie Bos

14 - Leonie Bos

For latest episode we jumped on the Eurostar and headed to Amsterdam to meet with artist and illustrator Leonie Bos. From her studio, tucked away on the ground floor of an old Victorian school, we talk about everything from squatting in abandoned buildings to punch needle and the difficulties of growing vegetables.

16 - Luke McConkey

16 - Luke McConkey

In our latest podcast we embark on a magical mystery tour into the world of Liverpool based artist Luke McConkey. Luke spills the beans on how he first grabbed our attention, the fact that he "draws like he's a nice guy", and his side project as an independent record label owner.

15 - Joël Penkman

15 - Joël Penkman

Once again we took the Handsome Frank podcast on the road, this time to a snow covered Liverpool to meet up with the wonderful Joël Penkman. Based in Maghull, on the northern outskirts of the city we turned up at the beautiful mid-century family house that Joël and her partner James call home. The smell of fresh coffee and freshly baked bread greeted us, offering a very welcome sanctuary from the unseasonable elements of the morning.

13 - Andrew Joyce

13 - Andrew Joyce

Illustrator Andrew Joyce is perhaps best known for his maps and building illustrations. As such, we thought it would be fun to take the Handsome Frank podcast to the streets and check out some London architecture on the move. Grabbing some newly acquired roving recording equipment, we wired ourselves up, clipped some microphones to our lapels and went for a little walk and talk around one of our favourite neighbourhoods.

12 - Zoë Barker

12 - Zoë Barker

If you love beautifully rendered buildings and hate the price of train tickets, this is the episode for you! This week we’re off to Norwich to chat to the equal parts talented and lovely Zoë Barker. (Leave your Alan Partridge impressions at the door please!) A small content warning - we discuss themes around mental health, including OCD and anxiety. Many many thanks to Zoë for her candour and openness in discussing how she’s learnt to manage her life and career while looking after her mental wellbeing.

11 - Agathe Singer

11 - Agathe Singer

We took a trip to Paris to meet with the wonderful Agathe Singer and discuss all things gouache, juggling childcare and tiny lifts.

10 - David Sparshott

10 - David Sparshott

We headed to rural Norfolk to speak to David Sparshott, an illustrator who creates all of his work using pencils. David lives off-grid and we were chased by his geese during a tour of his home.

09 - Michelle Thompson

09 - Michelle Thompson

We headed to the Essex countryside to meet up with collage expert Michelle Thompson to find out about what she'd been working on and why she chose illustration as a career.

08 - Tobias Hall

08 - Tobias Hall

We had a lovely chat with typographer and illustrator Tobias Hall. He treated us to pizza and we got to stroke his giant cat.

07 - Paul Thurlby

07 - Paul Thurlby

We headed to glorious Brighton to chat to the lovely Paul Thurlby.

06 - Emily Robertson

06 - Emily Robertson

With the sun shining we met up with Emily Robertson for a good chat, a giggle and some custard tarts.

05 - Sebastian Curi

05 - Sebastian Curi

It's lockdown right now so we jumped on a Zoom call with LA based illustrator Sebastian Curi to talk about how he made it into the industry and how he's coping in these bizarre times.

04 - Tom Haugomat & Bruno Mangyoku

04 - Tom Haugomat & Bruno Mangyoku

We sat down and chatted to illustrators Tom Haugomat and Bruno Mangyoku who share a top-floor studio in Paris, accessible only by the worlds smallest lift.

03 - Sarah Maycock

03 - Sarah Maycock

Sarah Maycock took the train up from Hastings to come have a chat with us about her career to date as an illustrator and painter.

02 - Matt Saunders

02 - Matt Saunders

This week we speak to Matt Saunders, illustration supremo and all round nice guy.