Podcasts about ianimate

In our 100th podcast we interview Director & animator Lino DiSalvo. Lino DiSalvo is an accomplished artist in the animation industry, with a career spanning almost 17 years at Disney Feature Animation, DiSalvo has contributed to numerous notable projects. He served as the Head of Animation for the successful film Frozen and was a supervising animator on Tangled and Bolt.

In our 97th podcast we interview Valentin Amador, a supervising animator at Walt Disney animation studios. Valentin was born in Cadiz, Spain, and wanted to be a Disney animator since he was a kid. In 2012, he was hired by Disney to work on their box office giant, Frozen. He has been there ever since, working on movies like Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, and Frozen 2. His latest job was as a supervising animator on Encanto, where he led the characters of Pepa, Camilo and Felix.

This week, we have the amazing Christina Mandia, animator at Cinesite London, giving us an insight into how she tackles her maternal role, whilst being a better, more efficient animator.Christina goes on to share some very important information on maternity leave pay for employees and freelancers through the government schemes, as well as employee entitlements. Some really useful info for employees and freelancers in any career.Christina's journey as a VFX animator, starts with an entry into the VFX industry as a runner, following the completion of an animator degree at Ravensbourne university, leading on to a progression into the matchmove department, and finally into the much anticipated department she'd always been aspiring for - animation.In this two-part episode, Christina shares her journey, her expertise advice as an animator & mother, and gives invaluable advice for aspiring animators and aspiring & existing parents in the working industry, more specifically, the VFX industry.We hope you find this episode useful as we did.Special thanks to Christina for kindly taking time out to share her experiences with us.Subscribe and turn notifications on to be alerted when part 2 comes out!Find Christina on:IMDBLinkedInAs always, if you liked this episode, please like, comment, subscribe and share!Listen to all episodes on our websiteChapters:00:00:00 Intro    00:00:38 How it all started    00:07:04 Becoming pregnant as an artist    00:09:23 Deciding to speak to HR at 26 weeks of pregnancy    00:16:33 Confronting HR and recruiters about pregnancy    00:17:29 Maternity leave and pay laws in the U.K.    00:20:36 iAnimate during maternity leave    00:28:22 WFH - Mother's opinion    00:35:15 School!    00:39:36 Prove yourself and know your worth!    00:43:56 Hesitancy & Pressure on women choosing between work and starting a family    00:56:24 Getting back into work after Maternity leave    

W 19 odcinku Rozmów z Mistrzem odwiedzi nas Sebastian Kalemba. Niektórzy o nim mówią, że jest wiedźminem cechu niedźwiedzia, niektórzy, że jest ripperdociem, czyli Viktorem Vectorem, najlepszym fixerem w mieście w świecie Cyberpunka. Natomiast sam o sobie mówi, że jest tylko animatorem. Zawsze lubił pracwoać z ludźmi i nimi kierować. Daje mu to ogromną satysfakcję. Kierował drużyną i tworzył animacje do gier takich jak Cyberpunk 2077 czy Wiedźmin 3: Dziki Gon. Pracuje teraz w CD Project RED, a wcześniej w takich firmach jak: Platige Image, iAnimate, Realtime UK, GustoGames, SoInteractive. Zapraszam Cię serdecznie do odsłuchu tego odcinka.

In our 87th podcast we interview Blizzard animator, Justin Rasch. Justin has been working as a professional animator for over two decades, which has ranged from video games, to stop motion feature film, to cinematics on such IP's as World of WarCraft, Overwatch, and Hearth Stone. While at Laika, Justin put his stop motion skills to use on two of their features films, ParaNorman and Kubo. It was a treat getting to talk with Justin and hear how he uses reference, the magic and workflow of stop motion, and how that translates to CG.

n our 86th podcast we interview Blizzard animator, Brad Faucheux. Brad has been working as a professional animator for 10 years, ranging from film, television, VR, web series, cinematics, and now in video games. A past student of iAnimate and he believes always learning is the ultimate key to being an animator. He spent 2 years at Reel FX working on Free Birds and The Book of Life, then headed to Kelowna, Canada for work on Tales of the teenage mutant ninja turtles TV show. Now at Blizzard he has worked on Cinematic shorts such as Hearth is Home, Honor and Glory, and multiple World of Warcraft: Battle of Azeroth cinematics He is currently working on Overwatch 2 and getting back into 2D animation.

Seth Hippen has spent his career working in character animation for some big-name studios, including Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, and Big Sky Studios. In this episode, Seth explains the difference between 2D and 3D animation, why specializing is important, and the names of some of his favorite projects, including movies and video games. We'll discuss his experience in BYU's animation program, which included an internship on The Simpsons that he found himself. With 20+ years of experience in the business, Seth talks candidly about the pros and cons of moving from studio work to freelancing and how Covid might provide a silver lining for the industry. Links: Lucas the Spider- https://youtube.com/c/lucasthespider Animation Mentor- https://www.animationmentor.com/mobile/ iAnimate-http://ianimate.net BYU Animation Department- https://www.animation.byu.edu/home Follow me on Instagram! @careerchatpod

In our 82nd podcast we interview animator & animBot developer Alan Camilo. Alan is originally from Brazil where he started as a 2D animator. He eventually made his way to Canada and has worked at such studios as Reel FX, Sony Animation, and Method Studios. During his time at Sony he worked on such films as Storks and Hotel Transylvania 2, and developed such such tools as aTools. This aTools would eventually launch him out on his own where he would create the amazing animBot for Maya! Listen to his story, his time on some amazing films, and how he came to develop this versatile and 'hard to animate without' tools.

In our 81th podcast we interview Schell Games Principal Animator and iAnimate.net instructor, Kyle Kenworthy. Kyle has been working professionally since 2006 and most recently was the Lead Animator on Star Wars Jedi Challenges & Until You Fall. Past projects also include working for clients such as Marvel, Pixar, & Walt Disney Imagineering.

In our 80th podcast we interview directing animator, Omar Morsy. For over 20 years Omar has been Directing, Heading, Supervising, Animating, and working in both the VFX and Gaming industry. He has worked on projects such as Assassin's Creed, Paddington, Wonder Woman, Jumanji, and the Call of the Wild. Over the past 23 years, Omar found a second passion for teaching and inspiring artists to pursue their dreams. In this interview Omar shares his passion for animation and how he had to be resilient in achieving his dream of working in the animation industry.

In our 76th podcast we interview Amazon Game Studios Animator, Victor Chavez. Victor has been a professional animator in games since 2011 and has worked on such titles as Halo 4, Destiny, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and Rise of the Tomb Raider. He is currently working at Amazon Game Studios in Orange County on the new IP - New World. It was great to hear how Victor had a complete career change from a Lead Operations Engineer at Microsoft to a professional animator working on AAA titles.

In our 71th podcast we interviewed Pixar animator and iAnimate alumni, Andrew Atteberry. Before joining Pixar Animation Studios Andrew got his start at Magnetic Dreams, a small studio in Tennessee where he learned many portions of the pipeline. Wanting to grow in his animation skills he joined iAnimate. After graduating iAnimate he went on to Walt Disney and joined their talent development program, Blue Sky Studios, and MPC. He's worked on such films as Rio 2, The Peanuts Movie, Coco, Toy Story 4, and most recently Pixar's Onward. Being somewhat newer to the industry, it was great to hear Andrew's journey from student to professional and some of his learning experiences.

In our 73rd podcast we interview iAnimate creature instructor and animation supervisor at Cinesite VFX in Montreal, Scott Holmes. As a kid, Scott fell in love with creature animation when he stumbled upon Jason and the Argonauts on TV one Saturday morning. Scott's professional feature film credits include “Monster House,” “Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe,” “Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers,” “Hellboy II,” “Paul, “Pacific Rim: Uprising,” ”Antman and Wasp,” and “Pokemon Detective Pikachu.”

In our 69th podcast we interviewed industry veteran and iAnimate feature animation instructor, Jim van der Keyl. Jim has been in the animation industry since 1989, getting his start as an inbetweener on the Little Mermaid at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He later worked at Warner Brothers where he was nominated for an 'Annie Award' as best animator for his work on Brad Bird's 'Iron Giant'. Jim made the transition to CG animation early on during Osmosis Jones and later worked for such companies as Sony Imageworks, Dreamworks Animation, and Blue Sky. He's worked on such films as Shark Tale, Over the Hedge, Monsters vs. Aliens, Kung Fu Panda, Flushed Away, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Puss N Boots. Most recently Jim was an Animation Supervisor at Singing Frong Studio where he helped with the super successful feature film La Guerre des Tuques (English - Snowtime).

In our 70th podcast we interviewed Pixar animator and iAnimate feature animation instructor, Tal Shwarzman. Before joining Pixar Animation Studios Tal spent over seven years at DreamWorks Animation were he animated on such films as Kung Fu Panda, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Shrek Forever After, Kung Fu Panda 2, Rise of the Guardians, and How to Train Your Dragon 2. Since joining Pixar he's worked on the short Piper, Finding Dori, Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4. His interest in animation started while watching animated TV shows of the mid 80's and films like The Fox and The Hound and The Land Before Time. He graduated from Sheridan College (Ontario, Canada) classical animation program in 2000. Tal shares his knowledge of animation history and his experience in feature animation industry with iAnimate students from the first semester it opened its virtual doors.

In our 67th podcast we interviewed iAnimate Feature animation alumni and DreamWorks Animation Supervising Animator, Ravi Kamble Govind. Ravi was one of our first students to attend iAnimate and one of our first graduating classes. It has been remarkable to follow his growth and success since graduating. Since graduating, Ravi has worked on many feature films and commercials. Ravi worked on the feature film 'The Penguins of Madagascar' where he was promoted as character lead on the octopus villain "Dave" and was nominated for an Annie. He served as a character developer on the 'Detective Pikachu' movie, and has acted as one of the Supervising Animators on both the upcoming Abominable movie and Boss Baby 2 feature. Ravi is both passionate as well as humble about his craft, which made for a fun and informative interview.

In our 66th podcast we interviewed iAnimate game instructor and Senior Animator at Blizzard, Casey McDermott. Casey has animated professionally since 2008 for film, commercials, music videos, R&D, pre-viz, cinematics, and most recently, in games. Since working at Blizzard from 2012 he has been an animator for incubation teams, World of Warcraft, a lead animator in cinematics and is now a Senior Animator/Game Developer for the Overwatch team. He has also taught at several schools and has mentored students for the better part of the last decade, a good handful of those students currently work alongside him at Blizzard. Having worked in multiple different areas within animation, it was great to sit down and talk with him.

In our 62nd podcast we interviewed past iAnimate feature student and current Pixar animator, Frank Abney. In addition to Pixar Animation, Frank has had the opportunity to work for Dreamworks Animation and the Walt Disney Animation Studio. During his time at three of the top studios he has been able to work on such films as Kung Fu Panda 3, Coco, Incredibles 2, Frozen, and most recently Toy Story 4. With a resume like that and Frank's own personal project 'Canvas', this made for a great animation conversation.

In this podcast we interviewed two iAnimate feature animation alumni, Steven Johnson and Humberto Rosa, who worked on the critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. This was Steven's first animated feature and a first for Humberto as a lead animator. So it was a great opportunity to catch up with some of our alumni, talk about an amazing film, and from unique perspectives.

Nos aventamos 18 increíbles historias de tecnología, magia y monos digitales bichis presentadas por Netflix! Acompáñanos a discutir cuales son las mejores y cuales tienen yogurt. FÉ DE ERRATAS: La escuela de animación que mencionamos no es iAnimate sino Animum, que se encuentra en el municipio de Málaga, España. Alquimia Digital Studio somos: Humberto Orozco, Iván Martínez, Marco Pérez, Luis Felipe López e Itze Patrón. Visítanos en www.alquimiadigitalmedia.com Éste podcast es producido en Mexicali Baja California, México. Todas las opiniones son de quién las realiza.

This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features Humberto Rosa on how he became a lead animator on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse at Sony Pictures Imageworks. You will also learn: *Why positive reinforcement nearly led him down the wrong career path (and what it took to set his path straight) *The skill he picked up after animation school that changed his career for the better *How anyone can produce their best work possible Humberto Rosa is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he studied animation in his home town and completed the feature animation program at iAnimate.net. While he’s got a background in traditional 2D animation, Humberto has also worked in advertising, television, and the gaming industries as a freelance generalist and 3D animator before he made the move to Canada to work in feature films. Currently, his Imageworks credits include Storks and The Emoji Movie, plus he recently won a VES award from the Visual Effects Society for his work on Miles Morales in Into the Spider-Verse. Get in touch with Humberto through his LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/humbertorosa/), or Twitter (https://twitter.com/hf_rosa). Learn more about this podcast at terryibele.com/animation-industry-podcast/

In our 56th podcast episode, we interview animator Jason Keane. Jason is a Calarts Alum who got his start in animation learning how to draw and traditionally animate from his uncle, Glen Keane, a long time Disney veteran. Jason is an animator currently directing an independent short film. He recently left Blue Sky Studios after 5 years, animating on such films as: Epic, Rio 2, The Peanuts Movie, Ice age 5, and Ferdinand. It was great to hear Jason's insight about the industry, how he got into animation, and his excitement to be teaching here at iAnimate.net. Listen and share the podcast.

In our 54th podcast we did a roundtable interview with four artist, three of whom are iAnimate.net instructors, about an art festival that took place a couple months back in Łódź, Poland called Promised Land. Promised Land was the brain child of Sebastian Kalemba & Paweł Mielniczuk, two talented artist at CD PROJEKT RED. This art festival brought speakers from around the world from such studios as Guerrilla Games, Platige Image, Blizzard Entertainment, Industrial Light & Magic, Ubisoft, and CD PROJEKT RED. It looked like a great event, full of creativity, and at a beautiful location. Because it included a handful of speakers who are our instructors, one being the co-creator of the event, I thought it would make for an interesting interview.

It is such a pleasure to be able to share with you all, the inspiration I get every time I chat with James. I’ve known James for a few years now, and he really is one of my top five all inspiring people to talk to. His engaging conversation always makes me look at things […]

This was my second time meeting Glen, I don’t mind telling you, that my first time I was too shy to talk. This time, I done a little better. The legendary Glen Keane. He is the most well known animator alive today… perhaps due to how his characters makes us feel. Ariel, Pocahontas, Beast, Aladdin, […]

The man behind the music of pretty much all my favorite short films, such a delight to chat with composer extraordinaire, Scot Stafford! In this interview we discus the ins and outs of making incredibly engaging music. We talk about the challenges of creating music for Spotlight Stories’s 360 short films Vs music for regular […]

What's up everybody?! For this episode, we got to interview the chill 3D animator Ryan Moran. Ryan is an SVA Computer Art alum of 2007 who currently working as Lead Animator at Psyop and Advance Character Animation Professor here at SVA. We talked about Ryan's lengthly drive to absorb as much information he could get in order to push his quality of work further, advice on how to utilize online animation schools like iAnimate and Animation Mentor, and suggestions on how to develop your reel for applying for studios. Enjoy the show guys!

In this episode, we have long time animator Tim Ingersoll. He's been one of feature instructors since we started iAnimate.net and has been in the industry for about 31 years. He's made the transition for 2D to 3D, he started out early on at Walt Disney Animation Studios, as well as at Dreamworks Animation when they first opened their doors. He's worked on such films as The Little Mermaid, Prince of Egypt, How to Train Your Dragon, and Kung Fu Panda 3. Tim also pitched, created, and animated in the short film at DreamWorks, on how DREAMWORKS makes our movies. With Tim's up beat personality and having spent a lot of years in the industry, this made for another fun and informative podcast.

Glenn has worked some of the most inspirational movies to me, it was such a treat to sit and chat with him for a while. Fievel Goes West, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace … these movies create a sense of excitement among most animators… and Glenn got to work […]

In our 48th podcast we talk with Ted Ty, India Barnardo, and Martyn Smith. Ted has over 24 years of experience at the feature animation level, has animated on 20 feature films, and has been teaching in our feature animation workshops from day one. What made this podcast so fun and interesting was hearing about Ted Ty's new role as Animation Director, but als hearing from two of the many iAnimate studios he hired for Ballerina, India Barnardo and Martyn Smith.

In our 46th podcast we catch up with with Blizzard Entertainment senior animator and iAnimate game instructor, Kevin Rucker. Before coming to Blizzard, Kevin animated on Ice Age 3 at Blue Sky Studios, shipped multiple God of War games while at Ready At Dawn, and was a Cinematic Lead on Ready At Dawn's multi-award winning game The Order: 1886. This all added up to some great discussion about animation, VR, and industry advice.

In our 43rd episode, we interview Sebastian Kalemba who is currently a Lead Animator at CD Projekt RED in Poland. Sebastian (Seb) is not only one of the first students to grace iAnimate, later he became a feature alumni, and now you can find him teaching in our game workshops. Seb lead the animation team on CD Projekt's critically acclaimed The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. In this interview we discuss his role as a lead on the project, his journey to get there, and tips for working in a creative, yet busy, industry.

Sandro is one of the most highly respected artist’s alive today. I’ve wanted to talk to him for years! So trilled I finally got the chance!! It continues to amaze me that Sandro has been working as an artist since the age of 14! He’s worked on so many memorable scenes and characters. Truly, his […]

I’m delighted we could gather some of the amazing crew to talk about our time on Hotel Transylvania 2! I’ve never worked with such an enthusiastic, supportive crew! It was so much fun to get together again and relive some of the adventures we had making this awesome film! Check out the guests: John Vassallo […]

I am completely trilled to have been at Sony when these three amazing Sups were under one roof, so I could grab them for a chat! When I was working at Sony, Alan was in LA. Pete was here in Vancouver and Josh was up every other week or so. It was a spot of […]

Bruce is one of the most talented and charismatic animators you’ll find in the industry, what a pleasure to talk with him! A graduate of Cal Arts, Bruce broke into the industry working with Bill Mendez on one of my childhood favourites, the Garfield specials. He also worked with Dale Bear at Bear animation working […]

In our 38th podcast we speak with long time animator, Ben Rush. Ben's career started as far back on Square Enix's 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' on the beautiful island of Hawaii. He then spent most of his time at Dreamworks Glendale studio working on fan favorites such as Megamind, both Kung Fu Panda's, and most recently Home. Ben is currently an animator at Pixar Animation Studios working on their 2016 release Finding Dory. Ben shared some great insight, the unique studio vibes of Dreamworks and Pixar, as well as his own animated film he's been working on using the talented crew here at iAnimate.net titled Only A Dream.

I’m still pinching myself, that this conversation happened… I’ve wanted to talk to Dale for as long as I can remember! One of the most talented and endearing people in animation, Dale hardly needs an introduction. A student of the Nine Old Men, towards the end of the golden age of animation, his forty years […]

In our 37th episode we talk with feature film, game, vfx animator, and iAnimate creature instructor, David Gibson. David has been animating professionally for 12 years. He most recently shipped Evolve as Supervising Animator before joining Blizzard to animate on Overwatch. Prior to working in games, David animated on Feature and VFX films such as Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Enchanted, Charlotte's Web, Arthur Christmas, Spider Wick Chronicles, oh...and Beverly Hills Chihuahua!

Welcome to Episode 13 of Flipped with CG animation director, animator and teacher, Jason Ryan. Jason is a multi-talented Irish animator whose career has spanned the last 20 years on such films as Fantasia 2000, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Croods and most recently Big Hero Six (to name a few).  Alongside to his film work Jason also teaches animation online through his own site and iAnimate which I can personally recommend as a great way to learn character animation and productive workflow through traditionally-based methods, mentor-supported training sessions and clearly explained online tutorials. If you would like to know more please check out the links below. Subscribe here in iTunes Download episode (right/ctrl click)  Facebook page  Podcast Contents00:00 - Intro01:00 - Interview start - Brush with accountancy03:30 - Starting out in Dagda05:45 - Joe Grant memories06:50 - CG Animation, love at first sight & video game animation13:15 - Coming to America - Fantasia 200019:16 - Disney's Dinosaur23:29 - 3D Theme Park animation - working with Eric Goldberg30:38 - Chicken Little - animating acting34:58 - Leaving Disney38:50 - Pre-poduction animation40:10 - Working at Dreamworks45:21 - Feature pipeline - character teams v sequence teams48:12 - Baseball trading animators51:28 - The animation process and workflow1:12:14 - Outro References An interesting article about the video game Jason worked on can be found here  The Steadfast Tin Soldier sequence from Fantasia 2000 Dinosaur The Magic Lamp from Disney Seas Tokyo attraction Chicken Little Jason's Dreamworks Reel Ianimate iAnimate - Advanced Character Animation Training from iAnimate on Vimeo. iAnimate - Advanced Character Animation Training from iAnimate on Vimeo. For more information on iAnimate - visit ianimate.netReally huge thanks to Jason for taking the time to talk to us and thanks to Gareth Lee at Animation Skillnet for helping facilitate the interview. We hope you enjoy the podcast - let us know what you think at flippedpodcast(at)gmail.com or contact us on our facebook page Flipped was produced by Aidan McAteer & Megan McMahon, edited by Aidan McAteer and Megan McMahon and featured music from www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com www.flippedpodcast.com

Shawn inspired me to do things I never would have, my life would be so much less had I not listen. It’s truly an honour to have such a wonderful person on the show. Shawn Kelly set his sights on working at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) at age five when he saw the movie […]

In our 34 episode, we speak with talented animator & iAnimate creature instructor, Johnny Spinelli. Johnny is a proud Montrealer, and has worked in just about every aspect of CG animation from, feature animation, VFX, and video games (both in-game & cinematic), as well as realistic, cartoony, and creatures. He's worked on the award winning Rango from ILM, and is currently working on the highly anticipated Jurassic World movie. This was a great casual discussion with some practical insight.

In our last podcast for 2014, we interview three iAnimate students who had the opportunity to work on a very unique and exciting project here in our Game animation workshops title Lune. What is Lune? Take a listen.

In our 31st podcast, we interviewed Bungie Principal Animator, Richard Lico. Richard was a Sr. Art Lead on Bungie's recently anticipated title Destiny. This was Bungie's first mutli-platform title release since having been exclusive with the Halo franchise, and Richard was a part of the project from its infancy. He was responsible for the overall character animation technology and working with the art director to set the animation vision on Destiny. He's been in the game industry since 1999, and has a passion for animation and game design that definitely showed in the podcast!

In our 30th episode, we speak with Ubisoft Toronto Animation Director, Kristjan Zadziuk. He's worked on many high profile titles such as James Bond: Bloodstone and Splinter Cell: Blacklist, as well as the original Assassins Creed that launched the award winning series. With 15 years of experience and having worked on such prestigious titles, Kristjan had some great insight to animation and the gaming world, as well as some entertaining behind the scenes stories with tactical martial arts expert Kevin Secours. You won't want to miss it.

We interview feature film animator, and iAnimate instructor, Ken Fountain. Ken is an independent animator, who recently worked for DreamWorks. He has been acting since he was little and much of that theater and acting knowledge shows in his animation as well as his lectures.

In our last podcast for 2013 we speak with iAnimate Games instructor and EA Technical Animation Director, Brett Pascal. You may remember him from his MasterClass lecture at Pixel on camera work, which we speak with him about, as well as his creature work on Turok.

In this episode we talk with Simon Unger, lead animator at Robotoki. We talk about his experience in the game industry, the differences of working on a franchise like Hitman versus a brand new IP, and the purpose of motion-capture as a tool rather and end product.

n our 22nd podcast, we interview 3 animators who worked on Sony's Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs sequel. Each of the guests come from varied years in the industry and talk about their unique time on this very fun and cartoony film.

In our 20th podcast, we snag some time with Weta and DreamWorks animator, as well as an iAnimate creature workshop lecturer, Jalil Sadool. Jalil is a very talented artist who has animated heavy acting scenes with Jack on Rise of the Guardians, and a whole host of creatures from Aslan on the Chronicles of Narnia, apes on Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and banshees on Avatar. He's currently working on How To Train Your Dragon 2 at DreamWorks. This was recorded shortly after his GDC lecture back in April, which was titled "Making it Believeable."

In our 19th episode, we interview three iAnimate alumni turned Walt Disney Animatio Studios animators. You'll hear how each one of them uniquely came to work at WDAS, their time on their first big feature (Wreck-it Ralph), and what it has been like working at a studio with such a rich history.

In this podcast we talk with animator David Lam, who was a lead cinematic animator at Naughty Dog, on their most recent released game The Last of Us. He talks about the game, how it developed, and his workflow on both in-game & cinematic animation.

In this interview we get to talk with industry professional, John Paul Rhinemiller, who's worked in both feature animation as well as now game animation. JP has also been an iAnimate student, so we get to hear from him on animation from multiple different perspectives.

Bill Tessier has been teaching at iAnimate.net since we opened our doors and is an accomplished animator. He's worked on such VFX movies as 'Matrix Revolutions' and 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'; and during his time at Dreamworks, Bill worked on "Flushed Away", "Bee Movie", "Monsters vs. Aliens", "How To Train Your Dragon", "Kung-Fu Panda 2", and the up coming Turbo. He's currently work on Reel FX's new feature 'Free Birds'.

In our 13th podcast episode, we get iAnimate's very own Head of Character animation, Jason Ryan as a guest, as well as long time animator and instructor Mike Walling. Both of these gentlemen are seasoned in animation as well as teaching. We get to talk about working with James Baxter, Chris Sanders, and their experience on DreamWorks recently released animated film Croods! Get ready for a an enteraining, and wealth of animation knowledge in this podcast interview.

In our 12 podcast we chat with seasoned animator and iAnimate feature instructor, Jason Anastas. Having worked for both Walt Disney Animation Studios & DreamWorks Animation SKG, on such films as "Bolt", "Tangled", "Kung Fu Panda 2", "Puss And Boots", "Rise Of The Guardians", "The Croods" and "Peabody And Sherman" this makes for a great podcast.

In this, our fifth podcast, we speak with iAnimate alumni Darrell Vasquez, and working professional Jeff Williams. Both guest work currently at Insomniac Games, and give this fun interview a different perspective from some of the past guest, since both have or are also students at iAnimate.net. Join us in this informative & entertaining podcast.

In this our forth podcast, we catch up with DreamWorks animator and iAnimate instructor, Alexis Wanneroy to discuss his recent work on Rise of the Guardians. Alexis was a Character Lead animator on the Toothfairy character.

In an effort to keep the communication coming, we've decided to invade the air waves! We are going to start doing this thing called...wait, let me find the terminology..."podcasts". Every heard of it? :) There are some great animation podcasts out there already, but with all that's going here at iAnimate and the amount of talent we have available (instructors, students, and co-workers), we figured who wouldn't like to hear more. This one is more or less a short introduction and what we'll be doing.