#168 – Creating The Millie And Lou Show: Communicating Through Art & Making Friends Like Family With Mandy Wong

 

Mandy Wong is this week’s guest, she’s an illustrator, art director, character designer, show creator, painter, showrunner and many other things! She & Mike talk about her illustration process, her show Millie And Lou and much more!

 

In more detail, Mandy talks about how & why she started the show Millie And Lou with her husband Rory, what inspires her and where her passion for illustration came from, she talks about moving from Hong Kong to England and “found family”, what made her sell her art online, how she uses her art to communicate with others (especially when she first moved to England), her process of creating paintings and many other topics are discussed – this episode is available for all ages!

 

Mandy’s Site (where her art prints are available): https://mandywong.co.uk – Her Instagram is @itsmandywong – Find Millie And Lou On YouTube: https://youtu.be/jN6AdcUEKZU - Millie And Lou's Website: https://Millieandlou.com - Blue Zoo Animation Studios: https://blue-zoo.co.uk

 

Mandy mentioned the animes; Sailor Moon, Doraemon, Magical Circle Guru Guru and Goldfish Warning!.

 

Mandy confirmed the equipment she uses: Kuretake Sumi Brush Pen - Red Barrel, Da Vinci Watercolor Series 418 Petit Gris Pur Paint Brush, Wash/Mop Pure Russian Blue Squirrel Size 3/0 (You Can Get Good Synthetic Versions Too).

 

She also noted her favourite go-to ink for her line work screenprints is Dr. Ph. Martin's Black Star India Ink.

 

For sketching: Mitsubishi Uni 2mm Clutch Pencil MH-500 (she tends to get the coloured leads that are more waxy) & Muji Low Center of Gravity Mechanical Pencil [0.3mm].

 

To listen to a completely free Patreon episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

 

In the last episode of GCC (167), Mike spoke with Mary Kenney: Senior Writer for Insomniac Games, Narrative Design Teacher at Indiana University, writer of several IDW Publishing comics and author of her own book Gamer Girls – they discuss her time writing & passion for video games, writing her new book and more!

 

If you enjoyed this episode, please check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases at least 1 episode of his & Megan’s “Afterthoughts” a week, plus there’s early access to episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat  

 

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com     

 

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-102 are out now, in ep 102 Mike embared on the first volume of the Crimson Reign crossover event, while in ep 101, Mike tackled the final volume of Poe Dameron comics and in 100 Mike answered 20 listener questions! Previous episodes include the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover (all 34 tie-in issues), every other canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion  

 

Mike’s guest spots:
Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to talk about Maximum & Absolute Carnage: https://pod.fo/e/13304a
Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4  
Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0 – they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & the prequel trilogy here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw  

 

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