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Ever wondered what it takes to make it to Blizzard as a Senior Animator?How about making it to Blue Sky and Sony for a feature?Or what a pro that’s done all this – wishes he did differently as a student?Joseph Holmark shares it all in this episode.Joseph Holmark's Demo Reel: How to Rapidly Overcome Your […]

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  In our last podcast, we spoke with Bobby Beck (CEO and Creative Crusader to both Artella and Animation Mentor) when the Artella short film “Duel” was about to open the CTN animation conference. In this episode, 5 Animators of Duel (Scott, Zee, Tomoyo, Sergey, and Zach) share what it was like to virtually collaborate together around the […]

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 Bobby Beck is CEO and Creative Crusader to both Artella and Animation Mentor. Together with fellow Cofounders, Shawn Kelly, and Carlos Baena, Bobby revolutionized Animation education  in 2005 with Animation Mentor. Now in 2016, Bobby Beck, Shawn Kelly, and Carlos Baena are again on track with Artella to change the Animation Industry - this time with virtual studios, animation […]

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 Dana Boadway Masson is a Veteran Animator, Senior Mentor at Animation Mentor, Critiquer on 11 Second Club and Director of  a short film called ‘The Cafe’. She’s covered it all – from TV, feature, and games in studio  to freelancing, and teaching.  Inside the episode she shares how she had to claw her way to a […]

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  Daniel Pozo is a Lead Animator at Sony Imageworks on Angry Birds. He shares his rise from TV to VFX to Feature Animation throughout his time in Australia, London, and Canada. If your wondering how to make that leap from one area of animation to the next – Dan lays out some hard earned wisdom. […]

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Martin Bell is a freelance animator in the UK  who works from home for various clients all over.  His Studio is called Yes Commissioner? and in this episode he shares his journey on accidentally becoming a freelancer and turning it into a successful way to live with nothing but even more opportunities for the future. If you’ve sought […]

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Lukas Niklaus is a Swiss Animator currently at MPC Montreal on Pan. He’s also worked on Edge of Tomorrow, Paddington, Robocop, Spiderman at Framestore, Pixomondo, and Soho. Lukas dives into the emotions of hearing an audience watch a movie he worked on, layering workflow, the power of persistence, and strong mindsets. What You’ll Learn In This Episode: […]

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This episode changes gears a bit with a talk from an Industry Veteran. Dimos Vrysellas started animating professionally at the age of 17 and its been the only trade hes ever known. Its been 25 years of making magic from pencils, seeing the rise of software, learning from some of  best, and now starting passionate […]

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Michael Amos shares his tale on following a passion for animation. From desperately searching for a means to animate, starting his own company, making the leap from 2d to 3d, and then landing a gig at Dreamworks - there is a huge wealth of advice. Pushing past your struggles with constant tenacity makes dreams real […]

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[powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/rustyanimator/RA_02.mp3″] Its really fitting Nic is one of the first guests of the podcast. We both ‘discovered’ the world of animation together. Forming a peer group, visiting animation conferences, crafting standout reels, first interviews, and first relocation’s – we really covered it all at the same time. And I couldn’t of pulled any of it off without […]

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Here it finally is!The Rusty Animator Podcast is now live. Not long ago the podcast was just one of the many ideas I had for the website. Ever since I’ve been itching to kick things off. Joseph Holmark made that happen by being our first guest.Joseph is a awesome animator (who would never admit so) that recently wrapped up on Rio […]

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