Animalators
IV • Arts, Business, Careers
IV • Arts, Business, Careers
Animalators
IV • Arts, Business, Careers
IV • Arts, Business, Careers

About

From Identity Visuals comes Animalators: curious conversations from the world of animation. On each episode, animator Zac Dixon sits down with members of the animation community to discuss life, art, business and the creative process.

Episodes

  • Episode 60: Sarah Blank
    Sarah Blank is a freelance animator, compositor, designer and sometimes-writer/director. In the episode, we chatted with her about CG and live action compositing, Travel Oregon and user interfaces in VR.
  • Episode 59: Lisha Tan
    Lisha Tan is a Creative Director at The Mill in Los Angeles, CA. In the episode, we chatted about The Story of O.J., reading YouTube comments and managing creative limitations as a director.
  • Episode 58: Wesley Louis
    Wesley Louis is a Director at The Line Animation out of London, UK.
  • Episode 57: Manddy Wyckens
    Manddy Wyckens is a director and designer at Studio AKA. In episode 57, we talk with her about giving direction, doing things she loves and finding a voice.
  • Episode 56: Handel Eugene
    Handel Eugene is a motion designer and instructor for Mograph Mentor and Otis College.
  • Episode 55: Joe Russ
    Joe Russ is a director, illustrator, motion designer and one of the developers of indie game Jenny LeClue.
  • Episode 54: Tuna Bora
    Tuna Bora is an illustrator, production designer, and content creator living in LA.
  • Episode 53: Alex Griendling
    Alex Griendling is the co-owner of Lunar Saloon with his wife Meg. On the episode, we talked about movie posters, creative freedom, and making what you want.
  • Episode 52: Andrew Kramer
    Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot joined us for episode 52
  • Episode 51: Austin Mann
    Austin Mann is a travel photographer who is constantly on the move creating content for today’s best brands.
  • Episode 50: Wesley Slover
    Wesley Slover is the founder of Sono Sanctus, a sound design studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the episode, we talk about Wesley’s music library, learning to think like a designer, and his love for game development.
  • Episode 49: Ross Plaskow
    Ross Plaskow, is a freelance animator and creator of Meat Mysteries.
  • Episode 48: Wednesday Studio
    Daniela Negrín Ochoa and Iria López are the co-founders of Wednesday Studio based in London, UK.
  • Episode 47: Lana Simanenkova
    Lana Simanenkova is an animator and designer at Animade in London, UK.
  • Episode 46: Lauren Hartstone
    Lauren Hartstone is a new staff creative director at Sibling Rivalry.
  • Episode 45: Bee Grandinetti
    Bee Grandinetti is an independent graphic designer, animator and illustrator who is currently working on a team at Google Creative Lab.
  • Episode 44: Daniel Savage
    Daniel Savage is a designer and director based in Los Angeles, CA.
  • Episode 43: Joey Korenman
    Joey Korenman is the founder of School of Motion and author of The Freelance Manifesto.
  • Episode 42: Live at Blend Fest 2017
    On this week’s episode, we were live at Blend Fest 2017 with Andrew Kramer, Patrick Osborne and Erica Gorochow.
  • Episode 41: Block & Tackle
    Ted & Adam are the founders of the NYC-based design and animation studio Block & Tackle.