{"id":10391,"date":"2017-06-19T20:21:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T00:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10391"},"modified":"2017-12-23T12:18:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:18:09","slug":"episode-223-joe-ciardiello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-223-joe-ciardiello","title":{"rendered":"Episode 223 – Joe Ciardiello"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show 223: Joe Ciardiello<\/a><\/p>\n

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“There’s an improvisational nature, and a rhythmic nature to my drawing, building up certain areas, leaving other areas freer. I like the idea that less is more, both in music and in art.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Award-winning illustrator Joe Ciardiello<\/a> reflects on 43 years as a freelancer, the jazz portraits that turned his career around, his drumming and how it influences his artwork, having more illustrator-friends than non-illustrator-friends, why he’d rather not be called a caricaturist, the time he was accused of ripping off the style of one of his idols, the search for perfect pen and paper (and how he keeps his Rapidographs working), and his amazing Spaghetti Journal<\/a> project! Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

“If I didn’t get off Staten Island before I was 50, I was going to die there.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n