Daniela Negrín Ochoa and Iria López are the co-founders of Wednesday Studio based in London, UK. We talk about how they work together as a team, why they often exchange roles, and the importance of always having a personal project on hand.
Links:
Website - www.wearewednesday.com
Twitter - www.twitter.com/WeAreWednesday
Instagram - www.instagram.com/wednesday__studio/
Anchorpoint - www.anchorpointanimation.com/
Strange Beast - strangebeast.tv/
NFTS - nfts.co.uk/
Daniel Clarke - http://www.daniel-clarke.com/
The School of Life - https://vimeo.com/188632975
Motionographer article - http://motionographer.com/2017/09/06/better-together-wednesday-studio/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=motionographer&utm_content=Better%20together:%20Wednesday%20Studio
Notes:
- Wednesday Studio
- Fine Art beginnings
- Jumping off point vs. Starting from nothing
- Creating a brief for personal projects
- Music videos
- NFTS
- Collaboration in schooling and being prepared
- Getting people on board with a project
- Being hands on for a project vs. being an Animation Director
- Handing over the role of design
- Working with illustrator Daniel Clarke
- The School of Life
- Working with other designers and illustrators
- The beginning of Wednesday Studio
- Making the jump into freelance animation director at the same time
- Motionographer article
- Directing as a team
- Simultaneously developing a visual language
- Dividing work and coin flipping
- Growing as a studio and exchanging roles
- The future of Wednesday
- Fear
- Representation
- Direct to client or going through a studio
- Not so personal projects
- Paying yourself
- Next exciting steps
- Taking the studio to the next level
- Working with a remote team
- After Effects
- Hand drawn touches
- Incorporating 3D shapes
- Textures in photoshop
- The hunt for personal projects
- Dream Client: A charity, National Geographic
- Favorite Animated Film: Disney Classics like Dumbo and 101 Dalmations
- Animalator: Gorilla