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Promote Yourself: “Tools to improve free video reference site”

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[video src="http://www.animationinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/RR_Kickstarter.mp4" /]
We’re launching a Kickstarter project to implement a new variety of tools for animators, we will create and install on our website a new video player for our 1.800+ online video references, presented on referencereference.com, that allows scrubbing videos frame-by-frame. Also, we’re going to update our website to run properly on feature/smart phones and tablets. We have some great awards, including ad plans and sponsorship in our site exclusively for schools and companies in the animation and game fields.  And ALL OVER 1800 videos on our wesite are completely free and available to the whole community of animators in the world.

:: See our project page on Kickstarter! :: http://kck.st/182arYg
Share it with your friends, classmates and students! If we don’t fund the project in Kickstater, the site will continue as it is … without videos frame-by-frame, without working well on tablets, and without being able to download the videos. In addition, several new videos that we have to up-load will stay on the desk. If you support us by sponsoring our project from $1, you will help us helping the whole animation community in the world!

JOIN US IN THIS ENDEAVOR!

Thank you!

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Jay Shultz

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Jay Shultz  Background designer and layout artist for Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Well I got into animation pretty early, when I was 21 so there’s not to much craziness that went down. I grew up in a pretty small town in Ohio and there wasn’t that much art to do. I painted lots of murals for the local high school, restaurants, football t-shirts, band logos, jacket patch designs, backdrops for theatres and photo studios, signage for businesses, basically anything that involved some form of art I tried it. I took it all very professional and I knew when to say no to a job that would later turn out to be a pain.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of? 
It would have to be my first job at Fox Feature animation doing storyboards for Anastasia. It was an amazing learning experience both professionally and personally. It was scary that everything was so new and everyone was better than me but man did I learn quick and I got to work with one of my favorite animators/directors Don Blueth.  My other favorite project would have to be my own Doodle A Day project. Where I am still to this day drawing and painting my own ideas and stories and posting on lines through blogs, and art site. I love the absolute freedom that it gives me.

How did you become interested in animation? 
I started drawing around seven years old before that I scribbled a lot but I was always interested in art. As a kid I watched a lot of cartoons. I watched anything I could that was animated but mostly the classic Warner Brothers cartoons of the 1950’s. Still my favorite toons to this day. So I could say I was always Continue reading

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Kaukab Basheer

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What is your name and your current occupation?
KAUKAB BASHEER,Freelance artist: Character Designer, Character Layout Artist and Traditional Animator.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Selling door-to-door magazines, distributing fliers, and labor work in garment construction factories.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
“Tom & Jerry” shows for Warner Bros Animation in the US. And “Chhota Bheem” and four-part movie series “Krishna” for Green Gold Animation (GGA) back in India.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m originally from the city of Hyderabad in India. I grew up in Dubai (UAE) and went to high school in Canada. I got in to animation at the age of 22, without a college degree of any kind (some ten years ago), after randomly Continue reading

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Tony Siruno

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Tony Seruno and I’m a character designer at DreamWorks Animation.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
In college I worked as a maintenance worker at micro chip manufacturing plant, waiter at a Mongolian BBQ, a Valet at one of Minneapolis’ top night clubs, and also worked as a production assistant on a national cable TV show.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I’ve worked on a lot of projects over the years. The ones that stand out are a few episodes of The Simpson’s from season 6 and 7. The Road to El Dorado will always be a sentimental favorite due to the fact it was my very first project as a character designer. Recent ones would have to be Kung Fu Panda, How to Train your Dragon, and Neighbor from Hell.
How did you become interested in animation? 
I always drew and painted as a kid and I did enjoy watching Disney animated films and such,  but to be honest Continue reading

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Greg Whittaker

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Greg Whittaker- Character Animator at Dreamworks Animation.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Suit Salesman, Assistant in secret experiments involving the production of a bigger, stronger breed of corn (for real!)
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Most recently, the Croods. Past favorites include How to Train your Dragon and Kung Fu Panda 2.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from a small town by the name of St. Marys in Ontario, Canada. Sheridan College was not far from my home and I enrolled in the three year Traditional Animation course there. After graduation I worked briefly in Toronto. By day I worked as a designer on “Eek the Cat”. At night I Continue reading

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Kishore Vijay

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Kishore Vijay and currently I am a Senior Animator on Cinematics for Carbine studios working on trailers for their upcoming MMO Wildstar.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Lets see, I was an Architect and practiced for a year in India before I came to the US to study Animation. I also did a stint as a waiter at a Moroccan Restaurant. Both crazy jobs in their own way!
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Cinematics for games has been a lot of fun – both with Carbines”Wildstar” and with Blizzards STARCRAFT 2 – Heart of the swarm”. Before that it was great to be part of the team at Sony Imageworks on their features. With the smaller studios its great to get more influence and involvement with the projects and with the bigger shows its great to get your name on a major project and be part of a fantastic team.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I am from a small state in South India called Kerala. Like many kids, I grew up watching Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes and Disney animation and reading and drawing comics. Later I Continue reading