Episode 9 - Quarantine Q&A

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Does the animation industry suck? How do you “practice” animating? What is life like in LA? In Episode 9 - Quarantine Q&A, we sit down and answer fifteen of our listeners’ top questions.

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episode outline

1) 3:20 From @mary_animates: If you could have worked on any animated movie, young or old, which one would it be?

2) 6:35 FROM @stalsart: What are your animation workflows? What are some things you do to speed up your work?

• 11:50 our favorite HOT KEYS

• 12:52 OUR FAVORITE animation tools:

  • ANIMBOT

  • EB LABS WORLDSPACE 2

3) 14:14 FROM @RACHEL_0310_1996: What activities do you do that aren’t physically animating that help you be a better animator?

4) 22:17: Is the animation industry really as bad as people say it is?

• 22:52 Janet Chan’s Video “Why I Quit My Job at Disney (Storyboard Artist)”

• 23:10 Jean Denis-Haas’s Video “Industry Advice for Graduating Animation Students”

• 44:25 Ben’s hot Archer Animation for Clash of Clans

5) 45:28 FROM @LYCARTS: Could you get into the industry purely off of your work with no art degree?

6) 47:50 FROM JOSE PABLO (VIA EMAIL): WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PRACTICE ANIMATION AND KEEP GROWING?

7) 56:06 FROM @CLAIREINGRAM_ART: DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO DEVELOP A PORTFOLIO WHILE WORKING NON-INDUSTRY JOBS AFTER COLLEGE?

8) 1:02:40 FROM @JOSEGRANERA19: CAN YOU SHOW US YOUR STUDENT REELS?

GARRETT’S STUDENT REEL:

KATIE’S STUDENT REEL:

BEN’S STUDENT REEL

9) 1:03:59 FROM @ERKMAN7: HOW HAVE YOU DEALT WITH SELF-DOUBT WHEN YOU DIDN’T THINK YOUR WORK WAS GOOD ENOUGH?

10) 1:12:30 FROM @AECHDRAWS: DO YOU HAVE ADVICE FOR STUDENT FILMS OR GROUP PROJECTS IN GENERAL?

11) 1:20:40 FROM UMA (VIA EMAIL) FOR KATIE: YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PODCAST THAT YO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE PIPELINE THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. WHAT HAS EACH OF THESE EXPERIENCES TAUGHT YOU AND HOW HAVE THEY HELPED YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY TO BECOME A CG ANIMATOR?

12) 1:34:30 FROM UMA (VIA EMAIL): I’M STARTING A ONE YEAR COURSE IN 3D ANIMATION AND VISUAL EFFECTS, BUT I ALSO REALLY ENJOY THE STORYBOARDING SIDE OF ANIMATION. LET’S SAY THAT AFTER A YEAR I END UP WANTING TO PURSUE STORYBOARDING, DO YOU THINK THAT SWITCH WOULD STILL BE POSSIBLE?

13) 1:41:07 FROM @MIROMYBOY: I WONDER IF YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR SOMEONE TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY AS AN ADULT? MEANING CHANGING INDUSTRIES AND COMING IN WITHOUT AN ANIMATION BACKGROUND.

14) 1:46:50 FROM @CLAVITA_FERNANDES: WHICH ONE’S BETTER? ONLINE COURSES OR ANIMATION SCHOOLS?

15) 1:49:20 FROM @RACHEL_0310_1996: WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WISH YOU KNEW EARLIER IN YOUR CAREER?

• 1:53:06 MARAT’S DEMO REEL FOR DISNEY’S APPRENTICE PROGRAM

2:03:48 TIP JAR TIP OF THE MONTH: USING PRIMITIVES TO BLOCK PHYSICALLY COMPLICATED SHOTS

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