
Lightbox Expo’s Founders Talk With Anime Herald
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Table of contentsBobby ChiuJim DemonakosBoth Interviewees Bobby Chiu Anime Herald: A lot of artists know from a young age that they want to be artists when they grow up. For you, that was not the case. What were some of the first things you learned from artists you were able to talk with when you were seventeen? Bobby Chiu: I think the most important thing I learned was that the foundation of art is a gathering of all sorts of information about how we see and absorb the things in our lives. It’s impossible to gather all the information yourself. The quickest way is to learn from others, because many of the things that are most worth teaching come from decades of experience at first, but can be taught in a small fraction of the time. So, gather as much knowledge as you can from the top level people in your industry. Many times we don’t have access to these high-level people, but we do have access to books they wrote or videos. Anime Herald: You ended up spending a year in business school. Did you learn anything there that proved useful for (checks notes) co-founding Imaginism Studio, co-founding Schoolism, and co-founding LightBox Expo? Bobby Chiu: I would love to say some things here, but it was quite a long time ago and truthfully, nothing that I learned from my time in business school resonated with me, strong enough that I would be able to point at it today. I think the most important things to learn about doing business…
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