Animation Archives

Featured Friday: John Vavir

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, November 5th, 2021 in Featured Friday, Animation, Crew

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ When one of the teachers at the daycare I attended told me the cartoons I was watching were hand drawn by people and not filmed by actual ninja turtles; my life was changed f...

Featured Friday: Sarah Anderson

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, October 22nd, 2021 in Featured Friday, Storyboard, Animation, Crew

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I always had a love for animated shows and movies growing up, but I wouldn’t necessarily say I knew I wanted to work in animation until much later in life. All I knew is th...

Featured Friday: Ashley Lange

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, October 15th, 2021 in Animation, Featured Friday, Crew, Backgrounds

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ When I was very young and immature, I remember going on trips with my family and being utterly bored by beautiful mountain vistas, the masterworks of art geniuses in m...

Featured Friday: Deanna Trudeau

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, September 24th, 2021 in Featured Friday, Animation, Crew

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I’ve loved drawing and storytelling since I was very young, and I’ve always been inspired by animated movies, especially 2D Disney movies. I really took animation ...

Featured Friday: Taylor Harton

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, September 17th, 2021 in Featured Friday, Animation, Crew, Administration

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I had always loved animated movies and shows growing up but never thought about having a career in animation. It wasn’t until high school, after my friend got me to ...

Featured Friday: Nick Graves

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, September 10th, 2021 in Post-Production, compositing, Featured Friday, Animation, Crew

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I was big into drawing from an early age, and I got into acting as well, but it took more of a backseat to art. I took an early interest in Flash animation because of ...

Featured Friday: Mark Adams

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, September 3rd, 2021 in Featured Friday, Animation, Crew, 3D, Backgrounds, Props

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ Never occured to me that I could if I’m being honest haha. The fact that my 3D career led me to working at one of my fave animation studios still sort of flabber...

Featured Friday: Stephen Stark

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, August 27th, 2021 in Backgrounds, Featured Friday, Animation, Crew

Photo Credit: Twitter – @NinaModaffari ● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ When I got offered a job to work at an animation studio. ● Q: Who is your biggest inspiration? ○ Hmmm, it sounds a bit corny ...

Featured Friday: Mari Arakaki

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, August 20th, 2021 in Featured Friday, Animation, Crew

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ Always wanted to work in animation, I’ve always loved the medium. My grandmother took me to see Spirited Away when it came to theatres and it really solidified my want ...

Featured Friday: Abi Bullock

Posted by Mark-Ryan Magallanez on Friday, August 13th, 2021 in Storyboard, Animation, Crew, Featured Friday

● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ It’s always been less a matter of wanting to work in animation specifically, more a matter of that being the only skill I remotely wanted to invest in. (Well, that a...