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Animalators

From Identity Visuals comes Animalators: curious conversations from the world of animation. On each episode, animator Zac Dixon sits down with members of the animation community to discuss life, art, business and the creative process.
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Now displaying: March, 2017

Animalators: curious conversations from the world of animation

Mar 31, 2017

Linn Fritz is a designer and animator from Sweden, currently working at Buck in Sydney, Australia. During the episode, we talk about her experience at Hyper Island, the importance of being outside your comfort zone, and how she started Punanimation.

 

Links:

 

Website: www.linnfritz.com

Twitter: twitter.com/linnfritz  

Buck:buck.tv/

Hyper Island: www.hyperisland.com

Punanimation https://www.facebook.com/groups/punanimation/

-Life at Buck Sydney, Australia

-Small team creating something together

-Work flow between the different studios

-Using pinterest for inspiration

-Illustration design

-Wacom tablet

-Hyper Island experience

-Lived on porridge for awhile

-Jumping into a studio

-Punanimation - Women animation facebook group

-Getting out of your comfort zone

-Dealing with anxiety

-Buck team process

-Pulling references

-Don’t just try and please the crowd   

-Dream Client: Creative freedom

-Favorite Animated Film: The Aristocats

-What does your family think you do: Commerecials

-Animalators: Alpaca

 

Mar 17, 2017

Michelle & Chad are the owners of Yeah Haus a collaborative studio in Detroit, Michigan. During the episode, we talk about Michelle’s history in children's book illustration, a breakdown of their Short film: Victor, and the complex balance between work and life.

 

Links:

Website: http://yeahhaus.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/YeahHaus

Short Film: http://yeahhaus.com/portfolio/victor/



Highlights:

-Freelancers vs. Studio

-Directors duo

-Pros and cons of being a jack of all trades

-Just working and not adjusting processes

-Michelle’s love for children illustration

-Book illustration in the future

-Chad’s love of new things

-Desire to do a Netflix show

-Short film: Victor

-The art of dabbling in things

-Dabbling in things

-Work life balance

-Shouldn’t be afraid of working hard

-We need help

-Husband wife team dynamics

-Hiring someone

-Mentorship with Disney

-Dream Client: Cartoon Network | Costa Rican Coffee Company

-Favorite Animated Film: My Neighbor Totoro

-What does your family think you do: No idea - just talented

-Animalator: Stressed out Cat

Mar 3, 2017

Justyna Stasik is a Polish illustrator based in Montreal, Canada. During our conversation, we talked about her journey of developing her own style, how she begins personal projects and the importance of finding time for them in the midst of client work.

 

Links:

Website: http://www.justynastasik.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/birdiebrains

 

Highlights:

-Working on some editorial work

-Greeting card companies

-Normally have one big project at a time

-Started drawing in high school

-Went to school for information science

-Got a job at a small start-up

-Became the only illustrator and animated in Flash

-Switch to freelance

-Loves going through the script for the first time and starting to imagine

-Favorite part of the project: the first initial brainstorm session

-Process

-Forcing inspiration, getting mood boards started

-Behance

-Developing your own style

-Matching up skills and taste

-Personal projects

-Advice to people who are starting: “Work on those personal projects”

-Starts personal projects by just sketching

-Trying to learn how to draw more expressively

-Work and the clients will come

-The more you work the more you find your style

-First year of freelancing

-Trying to find time to dream

-Goal: to work for more editorial clients

-Dream Client: to be determined

- Favorite Animated Film: Akira  

- What does your family think you do: Illustrator

- Animalator: Crab

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