Hosted by renowned Dark Artist Chet Zar, the Dark Art Society Podcast covers a variety of important and contemporary topics. Themes include Dark Art, literature, film, music, culture, philosophy, dreams, paranormal experiences, magick and much more! While each episode focuses on specific issues, the nature of this podcast is conversational and organic. With that said we encourage you to take up position, like a fly on the proverbial wall and tune in.
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week it's the return of one of my big artistic influences, Brom! We discuss his new book "Evil In Me", his love of writing, the perils of A.I., the importance of Punk Rock culture, being a monster kid, moving to Georgia from the Pacific Northwest, the concept of "r…
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I interview publisher, author and underground culture and occult legend Richard Metzger. We discuss his Kickstarter project Magick Show (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardmetzger/magick-show-a-masterclass-in-modern-occultism) as well as magick and so…
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week Gabe Leonard and I discuss the reality of having a successful fine art career vs. what we thought it would be like starting out.Also, a quick art life update.Gabe's links:https://gabeleonardart.com/https://www.instagram.com/gabeleonardart/https://www.tiktok.co…
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I interview Swedish dark artist Albert Fisk! We discuss the origins of his artist name, piercing and suspension, childhood growing up in Sweden, getting into art as a kid, getting sober, working in the video game industry, being attracted to dark art, his "cre…
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Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction with Mitch Horowitz- Ep. 324
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyOne of my favorite guests Mitch Horowitz returns to talk about his new show on The Discovery Channel, "Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction". We discuss the show, aliens, paranormal phenomena, manifesting money, loyalty and tons of other stuff. It's always a great show whe…
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The Incredible Journey of R.S. Connett- Ep 323
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I speak to the one and only R.S. Connett! We talk about selling art online in the early days of the internet, growing up as an art kid in San Francisco in the 60's, getting into trouble at school, getting in with a bad crowd, working in insurance for 20 years,…
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis episode I interview painter Tyler Vance. We talk about him growing up as a D&D and heavy metal art kid in Utah, going to art school, finding his style, teaching drawing, painting and art history, world building, creating zines and other alternate "delivery systems"…
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I speak to my art pal, painter Brian Viveros. We talk about showing together the early days of the LA art scene, his childhood love of horror, wrestling and Conan the Barbarian, becoming a graffiti artist, showing at and H.R Giger curated show in Switzerland, …
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I interview multidisciplinary artist Scum Choir (AKA Parker Winans). We discuss him being a childhood troublemaker, loving skateboard art as a kid in the 90s, how a mystery illness helped him turn his life around and focus on his artworks, how he came up with …
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyPart 3 of our series about the History of Makeup FX with sculptor and makeup FX artist Ryan K. Peterson! This covers the 90's and beyond! This is the final part in this series and it's nearly 4 hours long!!!Also, a quick life update.Ryan's links:www.youtube.com/channel/…
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The History of Makeup FX: Pt.2- the 1980's (w/ Ryan K Peterson)-Ep. 318
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyPart 2 of our series about the History of Makeup FX with sculptor and makeup FX artist Ryan K. Peterson! This covers the Golden Years- the 1980s! We missed a few things as well that we will address in part 3!Also, a quick life update.Ryan's links:www.youtube.com/channel…
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The History of Makeup FX: Pt.1- the 1920s to the 1970's (w/ Ryan K Peterson)-Ep. 317
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week my good friend and amazing artist Ryan K. Peterson discuss the history of makeup effects! Special thanks goes out to @scumchoir for the suggestion. We chat about how we became interested in makeup effects as kids and then discuss our nerdy knowledge of…
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This week I talk to Australian artist John Chen! We talk about him being born in Taiwan and emigrating to Australia, being a lifelong weightlifter, going to school to learn digital animation and FX, building career in digital FX production and his eventual disillusionment, finally settling into a career as a fine art creature creator and lots more!…
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For this special Easter minisode I tell a story about super weird incident that happened to me on Easter of 1980. Our sponsors:The Skull Shoppe: https://www.SkullShoppe.comArt n Glow: My affiliate link : https://www.artnglow.refr.cc/chetzarGet 10% off by using code ZARThe Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar.Become an Official Member of…
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This week I talk to Norwegian artist (with over 1 million followers on TikTok!) Kim Diaz Holm. We talk about his massive TikTok following, creating art videos for social media, creating art live for extreme metal bands, being a comic book artist, being part of a performance art blood ritual with the art project/metal band Witch Club Satan, his stan…
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society:https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I talk to oil painter and Instagram heavyweight Andrew Cadima! Andrew has become a master painter in a relatively short amount of time and also makes some of the best short form content for oil painters on Instagram. We talk all about his journey from …
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This week I talk to another monster portrait artist, Ed Binkley! We talk about his early childhood love of drawing (and monsters), his recent retirement of 30 years of art teaching, his new career as a gallery artist, his colored pencil techniques, being a color-blind artist and tons more! Great conversation with a really nice dude...who loves mons…
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Gabe Leonard, AI and the LA Art Show- Ep 311
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This week I talk to official "friend of the show", artist Gabe Leonard. We talk about recent changes in his artistic process as well as our recent trip to the LA Art Show. Lots of painting shop talk as well as a bunch of unexpected AI talk from a painter's perspective.Also: an art life update and new subscribersGabe's website: https://gabeleonardar…
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Dark Art Symbolism: Stephen Reedy- Pt 2 Ep. 310
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I continue my conversation with Stephen Reedy and we talk all about the symbolism of Dark Art. There was a lot we did not have time to cover last week so I asked Stephen to come back, and he did not disappoint! Lots of great Dark Art talk in this one!A…
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I speak with filmmaker and instructor for The Basic Keys to "The Secret Teachings of All Ages". We discuss occult author Manly P. Hall's seminal book on esoteric knowledge, Stephen's work as a filmmaker and transition to esoteric symbolism teacher and …
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week I check in with artist Dan Colonna (If you have not heard Dan's story battling glioblastoma - commonly known as a brain tumor- check out Ep. 168). We speak about him beating the odds after 10 years, his recent issues with a persistent skull infection a…
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Talking "The Thing" w/Ryan Peterson- Ep. 307
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Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society!https://www.patreon.com/DarkArtSocietyThis week we are starting 2024 off right by bringing artist Ryan Peterson on to talk about John Carpenter's The Thing! This classic sci fi horror film from 1982 is one of our favorite films of all time and because of that, this is a long episode that gets pretty…
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This week, for the last episode of the year, I talk to artist Ryan Case about facing adversity. Adversity is something that we all have to face but as artists (Dark Artists especially), it's part of the job. I thought speaking with Ryan about it would be a good way to end the year!Also, a quick art life update.Our sponsors:The Skull Shoppe: https:/…
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This week I speak to special makeup effects artist legend Mark Shostrom! Mark has created makeup effects for many classics: Evil Dead II, Phantasm II & III, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 2 & 3, John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and many, many more! But we don't talk about makeup effects (much). This interview is all about Mark's truly remarkable s…
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This week I speak to Danish artist and writer John Kenn Mortensen! We talk about his viral Post-It Note drawings from 13 years ago that gave him his start as a professional fine artist, his childhood confusing adults and teachers by drawing monsters, becoming a kid's TV writer and director, getting his first solo show and quitting his day job, bein…
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This week I speak to legendary pin up artist, Olivia! We discuss her epic art journey from her childhood drawing in the 50's, going to art school in NYC the 60's, working her first jobs as an illustrator for the men's magazines in the 70's, becoming iconic artist for Playboy magazine and lots more! Olivia is truly a legend, a true artist and an ama…
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This week I speak to artist Deana Gore. We talk about her childhood drawing, her artist father, taking art classes after a 30 year break from art (!), the pros and cons of fan art, being inspired by artist Olivia, acrylic painting techniques, finding your tribe, doing personal work and a lot more! Deana is a super talented painter and it was awesom…
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This week I speak to artist Eric Fortune. We talk about his artistic childhood in Ohio, going to art college, working as a graphic designer, his crazy experience in the gallery scene, working in his family business, his thoughts on economics and politics, and lots of tech talk about his technique for creating his stunning paintings... and much more…
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For episode 300 (!), I do my first DAS podcast YouTube Halloween livestream Q&A! I chat with the live chat and answer questions. Subjects covered: my proudest career moments, my first paranormal experiences, working on films like Hocus Pocus and Hellboy, my painting and sculpting techniques and moret! It was a really fun episode for me to do and a …
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The Spirit of Halloween with Eric Pigors- Ep. 299
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Eric "Toxictoons" Pigors returns to the show for this special Halloween themed episode! This one is best viewed as a video on our YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/BLLjwPZ5anE?si=d19Tz8L_GLvG7OH6) because while we chat a lot, he takes us on a tour of his collection of amazing 60s/70s Halloween and monster toys and collectables! This is a REALLY fun…
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This week I speak to Philly artist Mike Gamble. We talk about his life in a family of artists and musicians, his college years getting into print making, scoring his first TOOL poster art gig, the lengthy process of woodcut printing, art as a legitimate spiritual practice, his artistic process and tons more! Mike is a super nice guy and a great art…
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Chris Haas and the Dark Art Parade- Ep 297
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This week I speak to my good friend, artist Chris Haas. This is his 2nd appearance on the podcast. We talk about his upcoming show at Arch Enemy Arts (https://www.archenemyarts.com/ap-chrishaas), his life since appearing last time, branching out into other forms of art, making it as a dark art sculptor, his band "Ragwater", the power of music, phil…
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Crowley, Thelema and Other Fun Stuff with Marco Visconti- Ep. 296
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This week magician, magick teacher, author musician Marco Visconti joins me for a really fun and interesting conversation about Aleister Crowley, Crowley's magickal system/religion called Thelema and all kinds of other fun stuff like that! Really great conversation!Also, a quick art life update.Our sponsors:The Skull Shoppe: https://SkullShoppe.com…
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This week I speak to fine artist/illustrator/comics creator Ryan Heshka! We discuss his unusual art career journey from art kid to interior design all the way through his wonderfully bizarre 30's/40's/50's pulp comic style surreal art,Tickets for Art of Darkness at PRS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-of-darkness-artist-chet-zar-and-author-mitch-h…
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This week it's just me talking about how I escaped my makeup effects career and became a (somewhat) successful fine artist.Our sponsors:The Skull Shoppe: https://SkullShoppe.comArt n Glow: My affiliate link https://artnglow.refr.cc/chetzarGet 10% off by using code ZARThe Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar.Become an Official Member of …
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Mitch Horowitz and Modern Occultism- Ep 293
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This week author and occult scholar Mitch Horowitz returns for his third appearance on the podcast to talk all about his new book, "Modern Occultism" (you can pre-order here: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Occultism-History-Theory-Practice/dp/1722506261)! We also discuss a number of other things, including our joint speaking engagement at the Philos…
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Talking "The Exorcist" w/Ryan Peterson- Ep 292
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This week we have a really fun episode.In honor of director William Friedkin's death this month, my good friend Ryan Peterson and I discuss one of our favorite films: THE EXORCIST!!! We really analyze the artistic merits of the film and talk about it in the context of art and creativity in general, with a little bit of AI talk thrown in for good me…
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This episode I catch up with my old friend, artist Dave Correia! Dave is an accomplished independent artist from the Bay Area. We talk about his interest in art from an early age, studying to be a digital animator, his "big break" working for Scion, starting Zerofriends with Alex Pardee, doing conventions, working with galleries and much more! Also…
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Kelly McKernan: AI and the Fight for Artists Rights- Ep. 290
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This week I speak with fine artist and illustrator Kelly McKernan! We talk about a LOT of different topics including their schooling, photography, teaching, creating a comic book for Evanescence, their perspective on NFTs and especially: AI! Kelly McKernan is one of the three plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney, an…
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This week we have Dan Fisher return to the podcast to talk about his upcoming show at Skull and Snake Tattoo called "Inhabitants" (also showing are Michael Meech and Louis Cypher). We talk his move to the country, dogs, the refining of his painting technique, entities vs. aliens, how Dan Kelley puts on amazing art shows at Skull and Snake and much …
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This week I interview the one and only Alex Pardee! I've known Alex for over 20 years now but have never gotten to delve into his background and life story. We talk about his earl life and how he got into art as a profession, his childhood struggle with anxiety, art as a healing process, creating his first comics, how he started his classic "Bunnyw…
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This week I interview the legendary artist, Dave Cooper! Dave was a big influence on me early on in my oil painting career and his work is truly visionary. We discuss his epic career as an underground comics luminary, animated television series creator and highly successful gallery fine artist. Dave is a really nice dude, and the conversation went …
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This week I finally have the incredible creature designer/sculptor/illustrator David Meng on the show! We discuss how he got into the film industry, his artistic childhood, why we love monsters, spending 7 1/2 years in New Zealand at WETA, working with Guillermo del Toro on Pacific Rim, The Shape of Water and Crimson Peak, his high hopes for his ne…
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This week I interview visionary dark artist Ash Darq! We talk about her creative childhood, getting serious as a visual artist a bit later than usual (age 28), living in Australia, creating work for her new solo show, bridging the gap between the dark art scene and the visionary art scene, live painting and selling merch at music festivals and much…
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Artist Carrie Ann Baade returns to talk about her beautiful new art book "Scissors and Tears". We discuss: Polish bugs, Beksinski, being an art professor, her unusual collage sketch to oil painting technique, the hardships of creating her first art book and lots more! We kind of wanted to frame this book around the idea of talking about the unseen …
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Artist Martin Darkside returns to talk about his new show of dark art still life oil paintings at Skull and Snake tattoo called "Ritual"! We discuss: travelling to the US from the UK, the idea of ritual, paganism, witchcraft, magick, the ritual of painting and art making, the grisaille technique and tons of shop talk about oil painting. Martin is a…
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Finally....the return of Skinner to the podcast! I had a feeling that this would be a really good episode and I was not disappointed! We talk: mental health struggles and childhood trauma, working as an artist, money, not giving a shit, AI, dunking on Elon Musk, his new stop motion animation film Shrine of Abominations, and tons more! Always great …
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This week I catch up with tattooer and painter Brett Herman. We talk about his childhood in Colorado, going to California to be a rock star, working multiple jobs while doing his tattoo apprenticeship, becoming a full time tattooer, learning to paint in oils, and a lot more! Great conversation with a super upbeat and talented dude!Also: a quick art…
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This episode I finally chat with my friend and master oil painter/tattooer Shawn Barber! We discuss tons of stuff such as: how Shawn got started as an artist, growing up in the 70s, falling in love with oil painting in college and learning to paint in oils, working in commercial art and illustration, getting into tattooing, learning to tattoo, his …
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This week I get to chat with the amazing Joe Vaux! Joe is a painter, animator, storyboard artist, director (for the animated TV show "Family Guy") and all-around great dude. We talk about him growing up with artist parents, being scared by his practical joke loving uncle as a kid, getting serious about art a little later in life, going to school fo…
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