Daniel Savage is a designer and director based in Los Angeles, CA. On the episode, we talked about his deep love for Instagram, why animation is best done in the context of a team, and the reason for mixed parts.
Links:
Website: http://somethingsavage.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/somethingsavage
Motionographer Article: http://motionographer.com/2013/12/05/daniel-savage-wondersauce-yule-log-2-0/
Vanity Fair Article: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/welcome-to-the-hive
Mixed parts: https://mixed.parts
Highlights:
- Transition to LA from NY
- Networking
- Starting from scratch
- Print Jobs
- Animation is hard when you don’t have a team.
- Illustration -> Designer
- React through storytelling
- Rebrand/more mature work as you get older
- Fear of releasing work/pigeonholed
- Instagram an extension of portfolio
- Versatility
- Presenting the work you want to be known for
- Mini portfolios catered to individual clients
- Working for Comedy Central
- Yule Log project
- StandardVision
- mixed.parts
- Sense of community/friendships/connections
- How can we get the animation community together?
- Wondersauce
- Getting Better, Getting Bigger
- Mural work
- Skill Development/learn new things
- Dream Client: Natural History Museum
- Favorite Animated Film: Peter Pan
- What does your family think you do: They pretty much know
- Animalator: Zebra