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Nichole Ceinos

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Nichole Ceinos. Graphic Designer / Animator.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Nothing crazy. I was a customer service rep at AT&T, finance department. Not fun.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I participated on the 2012 august competition for 11 second club. I love subtle animation and dialogues, so I took advantage of the opportunity and did a close up of the characters face and went for it. Everything fell into place and I made the deadline. I’m really happy with it and I think it’s the best I’ve done so far even though it’s not my most recent.  I’m also proud of my 2011 university Demo Reel. Not because of the animation because it was not my best, at all. But because it reminds me that I accomplished something that was very important to me.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from Caguas, Puerto Rico. I moved to Florida to study computer animation at Full Sail University. I would watch Pixar movies and they would always Continue reading

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Oleg Noskoff

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Oleg Noskoff, I am an independent animation maker.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I tried many professions. Was a miner, a sailor, car driver, car dealer, tire salesman, a loader, a courier, a graphic designer, videographer and video editor in a small TV studio. But most of my crazy job was taxi driver on the night shift. The irony is that I did not know what I was hired for transportation the prostitutes, then I quit, but had to work out a contract until the end of the month. This was a difficult economic time in the ’90s (when the Soviet Union died), it was hard to find a good job.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
This is my first work “The Falcon and the Duck”. I did alone, all the way from start to finish.

How did you become interested in animation?
I came into the animation industry relatively late after the age of 40 years while dreaming about it since childhood. The circumstances of my life was such that Continue reading

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Paul Coulthard

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Paul Coulthard and I am currently a professional storyboard artist, working in the UK animation industry.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Not had too many crazy jobs (yet), so the most unique one would probably have been draining a reservoir in the pouring rain. This was in the break between studio and freelance, where I was temping regular jobs. I had to clamber up and down this muddy woodland banking, checking the drainage pipes were all connected, slipping and sliding about in the rain and mud. I just found it really amusingly futile – trying to drain a reservoir, in torrential rain. It was great fun and good exercise.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I love collaboration projects. I think it’s the best way to make progress on anything, bouncing ideas back and forth with other creative people. I worked on a project with a group of artists and students and that was a really nice collaborative effort. I also co-created and developed a pitch for an action-adventure show with my good friend James Tiley. It included creating, designing, writing the whole series in outline form and a pilot episode script. I loved working out the arcs and story structure the most.

How did you become interested in animation?
My mother tells me that when I was about three years old, there was a brief period where I wouldn‘t answer to any other name than “Dogtanian!” I grew up in the 80‘s, and shows like ‘The Mysterious Cities of Gold’, that had big long story arcs, really gripped me. The sense of journey and adventure sunk in. So it’s safe to see I always loved animation. Then, when I was eleven, I saw Continue reading

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Stephen Silver

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Stephen Silver and I am a self- employed artist.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I worked doing caricatures at parties and shopping malls and painted store windows at Christmas time.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
My favorite character design job was designing Kim Possible, Great crew and fun to design, Also I am real proud of my own publishing company I started and The online school Schoolism.com that I am partners in.

How did you become interested in animation?

My parents gave me an article from a newspaper about animation back in 1997 and I submitted my portfolio to Warner Bros. My first love for animation starts like most back in my childhood, but Continue reading
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Chris Battle

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Chris Battle, and I’m a Character Design Artist, currently working on “Dan Vs.” at Film Roman.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Assistant Manager of one of the short-lived Hana-Barbera Retail Stores.  A bit of a zoo, but it was run by the studio itself, so it allowed me to meet all of the studio artists, which led to me getting my start in the biz.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Without a doubt, my 7-year stretch at Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network, where I worked on DEXTER’S LABORATORY, POWERPUFF GIRLS, and SAMURAI JACK.  Truly amazing shows that I’m personally very proud to have been a part of, working alongside some of the greatest talent this industry has to offer.

How did you become interested in animation?
 I was lucky enough to grow up during the 80’s, which was a perfect storm of kid pop culture:  The best of the old (Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, Classic Disney, Marvel & DC comics) and the best of the new (Star Wars, Muppets, Nintendo, Robotech, etc)  You can’t help but Continue reading