From Rocket Scientist to Professional Artist (ft. Jama Jurabaev) - Draftsmen S2E33

Jama Jurabaev is one of Marshall’s former students and has overcome incredible and difficult circumstances to become the pro artist that he is today. He joins the podcast to tell his full story and hopefully inspire other artists that are working hard towards a career in the industry. Jama’s design work has influenced some of the biggest movie franchises in the past decade including Star Wars and Jurassic World.

You can follow Jama and keep up with his work here -   / jamajurabaev  


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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Marshall's Class
04:50 - Electricity Curfew
09:00 - Jama after Marshall’s class
17:47 - Employment Visa
22:33 - Relocation for Work
27:48 - Rocket Science
34:12 - Discovering Concept Art
01:03:31 - Making the most out of what you have
01:14:15 - Jama's Personal Projects
01:18:36 - Outro

Show Links (some contain affiliate links):
Tajikistan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan
Hydro Electric Example - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/hyd...
MPC Advertising - https://www.moving-picture.com/
Matte Painting - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jam...
Jama's Student Work - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jam...
ILM - https://www.ilm.com/
Jama's Freelance for Star Wars - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jam...
Andree Wallin - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/and...
Bernie Wrightson - A Look Back - https://amzn.to/2Jx2pTa
The War of Art - https://amzn.to/3lpY8y4
Art of Fear - https://amzn.to/3lmpOE9
Jama's Concept Art - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jam...
Terminator - https://amzn.to/3loyOIU
Nicolai Fechin - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/nic...
Jama's Instagram -   / jamajurabaev  
Jama’s Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/jama
Jama’s Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/jamajurabaev


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CREDITS:
Guest - Jama Jurabaev (http://jamajurabaev.com/)
Hosts - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Marshall Vandruff (http://www.marshallart.com/)
Production Assistance - Alex Otis (  / alexotisillustration  , Charlie Nicholson (  / shloogorgh  )
Editing - Tyler Spaid, Alex Otis, Charlie Nicholson
Intro Animation - Cody Shank (http://codyshank.com/)
Intro Jingle - Tommy Rush (  / tommyrush  )
Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra