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Gennaro Morra

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Gennaro Morra, but my buds call me Gio, and I’m currently a character designer at ShadowMachine.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
My parents own an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills called Da Pasquale and I grew up in it. I basically knows the ins and outs and I did everything from prep cook to delivery boy to pizza boy and even your dreadful waiter.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I’ve worked on a few pilots that never made the cut. The one I’m working on now really feels like it’s going all the way.I designed some of the main characters and my director really gave me a lot of freedom.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from Los Angeles and after I got my BFA in Illustration from Long Beach State, I really dedicated my time to character design. I drew and posted on my blog and was fortunate to get Continue reading

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Jesse Aclin

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Jesse Aclin. Freelance Character designer currently working on a project with Reel FX.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
 Crazy ey? well, working in the toy design field was a bit crazy for me.. I also had a gig where it was my job to create label art by moving around existing images and changing the layout based on where a certain stores price tag and logo go. That was fun!

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Working with Reel FX on “Turkeys”, as a character designer. It was my first real gig doing character design, so it was sort of like a dream come true for me and I got to design a lot of characters! Right now I’m fortunate enough to be working with them again on “Book of Life”. I’ve worked on some fun TV commercial spots with Nathan Love, designing characters. Those are cool because I get to have a heavy influence on the style. Working with Titmouse was a heck of a lotta fun and an amazing learning experience as it was my first animation gig. I was hired to work as a character layout artist on Disney’s Motor City. I ended up working on a bunch of projects there. Good folks there, and I learned what it is to be a professional working in the biz.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from a town called Goshen, NY. It’s about 1.5 hours outside of city. My path into the animation biz is a bit of a strange and round about one. I always drew sort of well and I knew I wanted a career in the arts. So, taking my fathers advice I went into college for advertising because Continue reading

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Tony Merrithew

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What is your name and your current occupation?
 Tony Merrithew, animator, sculptor, visual development artist.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
 I delivered liquid oxygen to people with breathing problems. I drove a tractor on a tree farm.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
 I worked as an animator on the first California raisins commercials as well as the Noid.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
From Portland oregon. Got a job by walking into Continue reading

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Frank Abney

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Frank Abney, Animator at Crystal Dynamics.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I actually haven’t had any crazy jobs before Animation, lol. I worked at a few retail places, but nothing out of the ordinary.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
My favorite projects so far has been a tv show pilot I worked on called “Miles Across the Sea” at Lightstream Animation Studios, and “Tomb Raider”, at Crystal Dynamics which I just finished work on. “Miles” really stands out to me because we were a small intimate team that felt like a creative family all driving towards the same goal. It was a lot of fun!

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I was born in Alameda, Ca and grew up mainly in a city called Suisun City. I got into the animation business shortly after Continue reading
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Syed Waqar Alam

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What is your name and your current occupation?

My name is Syed Waqar Alam. I’m doing the best job in the world, Animation!

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?

None. My first job is animation.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?

I’ve worked on the upcoming hollywood movie “Mega Spider”, It was so much fun to animate 8 legged, freakishly big spider. Recently, I’m working on an Abu Dhabi cartoon TV series “The Adventures of Mansour”.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?

I’m from Pakistan. My childhood is full of Chuck Jones cartoons and Disney movies. I’m a big fan of Pixar movies! Once, I saw the making of Aladdin, Glen Keane flipping his Continue reading