Creative Slash
Creative Slash
Brad Woodard and Dustin Lee
Ep. 035 – Mikey Burton – Staying Human in an Over-Optimized Creative Industry
1 hour 26 minutes Posted Apr 23, 2026 at 2:00 am.
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At some point in your creative career, the stakes shift. We go from just making stuff… to overthinking. Obsessing. Optimizing. And it sucks the the fun out of the entire thing. In this episode, we talk with illustrator and designer Mikey Burton about that shift. And honestly, it's refreshing, like talking to a design monk who makes everything feel like it's going to be okay. From editorial work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver to building a career across studios, freelance, and printmaki...