This week Olivia interviews artist, illustrator and designer Hannah Sung.

• With an interesting career, Hannah has worked for Disney, Netflix and Fox as a concept sketch artist.

• We discuss Hannah's inspiration for her new watch design Paper Crane and how she came to collaborate with Mr Jones Watches.

• We learn how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped Hannah's life and artistic style.

• Hannah explains how she has moved from LA to Iowa in order to focus on her independent artwork.

• We learn about how Hannah's Korean-American background and culture has influenced her creative career.

• Hannah explains how her work has evolved over the years and she is now working on feminist art.

You can find Hannah's work on her website and see Paper Crane here.

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This week Olivia interviews comic book creator, watch designer and college professor, Ryan Claytor.

• With an interesting career, Ryan originally started as a graphic designer and is now an illustrator, author, professor and designer.

• We learn all about the world of comic book as Ryan shares his creative process, teaching methods and inspiration for his books.

• Ryan discusses his inspiration for limited-edition watch design Step right up and his interest in the history of gaming.

• Ryan explains how when designing Step right up, he enjoyed working around the watch movement constraints and was surprised by how much detail is possible on a watch design.

• A comic book professor, Ryan tells us how he teaches students how to tell stories effectively using literature and illustration.

• We learn what projects Ryan is currently working on including illustrated magazine Coin-Op Carnival and neon sign commissions.

You can find Ryans work on his website and see Step right up here.

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This week Olivia interviews children's book author and illustrator, Kristof Devos.

• With an interesting career, Kristof shares how he was originally planning to be a graphic designer and video editor.

• We learn all about the world of children's books from Kristof as he shares his inspiration and creation process.

• We find out that Kristof decided to be a children's book creator after a tragedy changed his perspective.

• Kristof discusses how he found similarities in watch designing to book creating, as they are both forms storytelling.

• As a parent, Kristof speaks about how his children have influenced his work such as an upcoming story about parenthood.

• Kristof explains his inspiration for his past watch designs, including A perfectly useless afternoon and how he designed them while on a plane journey.

You can find Kristof's work on his website and Instagram.

Check out his watch design, A perfectly useless afternoon.

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