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In our next conversation with animation industry professionals, Alejandra sits down with Agora Animation Supervisor, Marco Foglia. Marco has been in the industry for over two decades and has worked on some hit franchises such as Transformers, Planet of the Apes and the Tomb Raider video game reboot. In this episode, Marco and Alejandra discuss leaving the VFX industry, how work from home and the internet completely changed the industry, and how his priorities changed when he became a parent.

The next guest of our podcast is Fernando Herrera. Fernando is an Annie Award winner and VES Award nominee, currently working as a Senior Animator at ILM.

In this conversation, Fernando give his perspective on the anti-VFX movement and shares his perspective on what its like to animate for films like Detective Pikachu, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, and the hit TV show His Dark Materials. As a first time father, he also talks about how work from home has affected his family.

In our conversation with Aaron Gilman, CEO of Steamroller Studios, the gang speak on some great topics like leadership in animation, not taking things to heart as an artist and answer some questions from the chat.

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The gang feels like we haven't quite found the right place for VR to be a part of our everyday lives. In their conversation with Daniel Gies, they touch on why, and where we are probably missing some opportunities.

Where does Daniel find his motivation to keep plowing through when things get overwhelming? Have a listen and find out!

It's always important to hear where other people find their sources of inspiration. It helps us think of new ways that we can inspire ourselves. This is where award-winning film maker, Daniel Gies finds his inspiration!

Physics at school was boring, right? Well, have a listen to David, Brent and Thomas as they discuss why knowing some of these basic principles are super important to know as an animator!

After his training at Dreamworks, Thomas went straight into crunch time! Davis asks him how he recognised his burnout. This is helpful if you think you might be going through the same thing.

Everyone feels the old Imposter Syndrome, even supervisors. David asks Thomas about his experience of imposter syndrome as a supervisor at Dreamworks.

Thomas was a supervisor on How To Train Your Dragon 3, and during our Q & A he gets asked how exactly DO you animate a four-winged dragon when there's no real reference?