Hey! I Want Your Job!

Self styled "Serious Artist Person Guy" Tim Doyle has turned an irreverent sense of humor, a love of all things geek, and a not small amount of talent into serious business. Here's the basics:

Moving to Austin, Texas in 1999 to fulfill a life-long dream of not living in Dallas, Doyle started painting and showing in galleries in 2001. He self-published a diary zine, ‘Amazing Adult Fantasy’ from 2001-2003. Doyle has held many nerd-friendly jobs, including running a small chain of comic-book stores, as well as being the art director/ lead designer for MONDO from 2004-2009.

Doyle launched Nakatomi Inc in January of 2009. That Summer, Doyle started his own screenprint shop, Nakatomi Print, in which he and many other artists work out of, as well as do commercial printing for clients.

Since then, he has produced art for clients such as Marvel, Dark Horse, Cartoon Network, Studio Canal, and has generally been insanely busy. Doyle also art directs poster series for bands such as Metallica, Failure, and “Weird Al” Yankovic. Doyle has had 6 solo art shows at the SpokeArt Gallery in San Francisco and New York, which featured his UnReal Estate Series of prints.

In this episode we talk about that journey, as well as the future of art and get his best advice for people trying to make a living as artists.  Tim talks about his responsibilities to use his privilege as a white guy who has "made it" to bring more diverse voices to the forefront.  

If you want to get to know Tim better find him here:

His Twitter, Nakatomi's Twitter, His Insta, Nakatomi's Insta

Hey! I Want Your Job is sponsored by the resume and career experts at O&H Consulting. Find out more about O&H's services at: https://www.oandhconsulting.com/.  This week's episode is hosted by Michele Olivier.