Ross Plaskow, is a freelance animator and creator of Meat Mysteries. Having worked with the likes of Google, Target, Disney XD, Hulu, and Facebook, he told us a little bit more about his university beginnings, falling into freelance and the London animation scene.
Links:
Website - www.rossplaskow.com
Twitter - www.twitter.com/rossplaskow
Instagram - /www.instagram.com/rossplaskow/
Meat Mysteries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC0O6WtmY8A
Animade - https://animade.tv/
Greg Gunn - https://www.ggunn.com/
Art&Graft - https://artandgraft.com/
Moth - https://www.moth.studio/
Claudio Salas - http://www.claudiosalas.com/
Pencil Bandit - https://pencilbandit.com/
Ransomniac - https://twitter.com/RansomniacToons?lang=en
Bouncy Smash - http://bouncysmash.com/
Notes:
-Meat Mysteries
-After Effects
-Passion projects while freelancing
-Architecture school
-Changing course
-2D
-Looking for work out of school
-Learning how to animate 3D characters
-Studying in Denmark
-Freelance from a tweet
-Greg Gunn
-Freelance Anxiety
-Freelancing in London
-Moth Animation Studio
-Art&Graft
-Forming professional relationships
-The London animation scene
-Illustrator
-Claudio Salas
-Advice for new freelancers
-Working out the type of work that you want to do
-Animade
-Lessons learned
-Interacting with people face to face
-Working out of studios
-Burnout
-Two freelance jobs at the same time
-Dedication to a job
-Character animation
-Tweening
-Background artists for Meat Mysteries
-Meat Mysteries release
-Pros and Cons of being the creator of Meat Mysteries
-Dream Client: Moth
-Favorite Animated Film: Akira
-Favorite Animated Series: Rick and Morty
-What do the people you love think you do for a living?: Draw cartoons in newspapers.
-Animalator: Shark Man