Khalid Birdsong is an American cartoonist. He spent two years in Japan teaching English which led to the idea of his first comic strip, Fried Chicken and Sushi. This comic strip was inspired by his experiences as a single black man living in Ja

dcm11: Tony Helms - cartoonist

Mar 16th, 2021 8m 44s

Tony Helms, better known as tonycartoonish on social media, is a cartoonist. He’ll tell you he’s a software engineer, but in truth, he loves to draw with a passion. Tony has a unrelenting fiery will to draw as much as possible with one goal—to

dcm10: Bob Wertz - designer

Mar 2nd, 2021 50m 40s

Bob is the Associate Director of Visual Branding at the University of South Carolina. Bob labels himself as a designer, blogger, grad student, college instructor, husband and dad. He’s obsessed with typography, the creative process and tools we

Driven Creatively Mad with Adam Daughhetee

Feb 16th, 2021 46m 40s

Adam is a location sound mixer for film and corporate work and a post audio editor. Adam lives in Mauldin, South Carolina with his wife, Shawn, and their dog Ranger. Adam shares his journey from playing guitar in high school to his first real a

Trailer

Driven Creatively Mad Trailer

Feb 16th, 2021 8m 44s

Hi, I’m Kris Black and you are listening to the trailer for Driven Creatively Mad, where I share stories of creators who aspire to earn a living from their art.

So Driven Creatively Mad actually started about three years ago in 2017. W

DCM 8: It's Been a Year Since Season 1

Oct 25th, 2018 8m 44s

Catch up on what I've been doing for the last year since season 1. What's the status of my children's book? What have I been doing?

DCM 8: It's Been a Year Since Season 1

Oct 25th, 2018 8m 44s

Catch up on what I've been doing for the last year since season 1. What's the status of my children's book? What have I been doing?

DCM 7: Preparing for What's Next

Oct 10th, 2017 24m 26s

I talk about my current community involvement with AIGA SC, illustrations for a secret project, drawing a comic strip for Inktober, and the next two children's book stories I plan to write.

DCM 7: Preparing for What's Next

Oct 10th, 2017 24m 27s

I talk about my current community involvement with AIGA SC, illustrations for a secret project, drawing a comic strip for Inktober, and the next two children's book stories I plan to write.

DCM 6: Children's Book Conference Recap, Getting Productive, and Commenting

Sep 9th, 2017 28m 30s

After more than a month hiatus, I come back with a follow-up about my experience at the children's literature conference, my new obsession with getting productive on my Mac, and a wonderful review left on iTunes.

DCM 6: Children's Book Conference Recap, Getting Productive, and Commenting

Sep 9th, 2017 28m 30s

DCM 5: Character Design Illustrating and Postcard Promotion

Jul 26th, 2017 17m 19s

I've been working intensely on character design for my children's book main character. I begin creating an illustration for a promotional postcard to share with publishing companies and the conference facility.

DCM 5: Character Design Illustrating and Postcard Promotion

Jul 26th, 2017 17m 19s

DCM 4: It's Now Time to Illustrate My Children's Book

Jul 12th, 2017 21m 26s

I finally made it to episode 4! A brief recap of my summer 2017 project, creating a children's book. I discuss my process I take to create my illustrations for the children's book.

DCM 4: It's Now Time to Illustrate My Children's Book

Jul 12th, 2017 21m 26s

I finally made it to episode 4! A brief recap of my summer 2017 project, creating a children's book. I discuss my process I take to create my illustrations for the children's book.

DCM 3: My Process for Writing My First Picture Book for Children

Jun 28th, 2017 12m 35s

Find out about the process and the app I'm using to write my first picture book as I prepare to submit my manuscript for a critique at a children's literature conference.

DCM 3: My Process for Writing My First Picture Book for Children

Jun 28th, 2017 12m 36s

Find out about the process and the app I'm using to write my first picture book as I prepare to submit my manuscript for a critique at a children's literature conference.

DCM 2: How I Organize My Projects And Learned to Do It Better

Jun 16th, 2017 16m 42s

For years I would organize my projects in such a way that didn't allow me to focus on any of them to produce effective results. A life coach helped me gain focus.

DCM 2: How I Organized My Projects And Learned to Do It Better

Jun 15th, 2017 16m 42s

For years I would organize my projects in a such a way that didn't allow me to focus on any of them to produce effective results. A life coach helped me gain focus.

DCM 1: Who and What is Driven Creatively Mad?

Jun 2nd, 2017 13m 19s

For more than 20 years I’ve been driving myself creatively mad, searching for the best way to tell stories. Join me as I document all my failures and successes of becoming an author and illustrator of children's literature.