"Pushing The Envelope" - ZEROPOD Ep. 17 with Artist & Designer Vinnie Hager!

Nov 13 2023

On Episode 17 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk hosts artist, designer and talented doodler extraordinaire Vinnie Hager. We talk about his early art beginnings making small custom pieces for his friends back in high school, and follow his trajectory all the way through to becoming one of the most iconic and versatile physical & digital artists in our space.

This was a really great conversation and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Please MINT WITH COMMENT and FOLLOW if you do, it helps a lot.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Art on clothing
01:55 - ZEROPOD intro
02:51 - The Vinnie Hager origin story
04:24 - Diary: https://opensea.io/collection/diary-b...
06:00 - “Keep everything.”
07:02 - How do you decide what to release?
07:50 - Early style influences
09:50 - High School Hustler
11:09 - NFT journey
13:18 - The Letters Collection
16:32 - Physical vs Digital Illustration
17:50 - How does he plan his doodle pieces?
18:32 - Where do the symbols come from?
19:27 - Drawing on clothing
21:20 - Parallels to CC0 art
22:20 - Toady’s Vinnie Physical
24:04 - Simplicity as a creative cue
25:45 - Clon and the Cool Cats
27:30 - The friends we make along the way
28:46 - Being and artist through crypto cycles
31:44 - Favorite piece from your collections?
35:00 - Vinnie on Nouns
37:00 - DNounScouted?
40:00 - What’s next for Vinnie?
43:00 - Advice for aspiring artists.

Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk and JackWyldes. Hosted by Toady Hawk. Music by SuperTightWoody.

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