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Régis Camargo

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What is your name and your current occupation? 
My name is Régis (that’s Reggie, or “Raegis”, no Reejus, please) Camargo and I am a freelance story artist, animator, and visual development artist

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation? 
I wish I had some stories about odd jobs, but honestly I really don’t. Besides, animation is crazy enough as it is…
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of? 
My first professional gig is also the one of which I’ve been most proud. Years ago I worked as a concept and story artist on the feature film “9” directed by Shane Acker. I was incredibly green, but I learned so much working closely with Shane as his assistant during the development stage of the feature, and then Continue reading

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Pert Badillo

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Pert Badillo, I am currently doing comic freelance.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I worked as a farmer. I worked in the construction. A plastic factory machine operator.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado and Spirit.

 

How did you become interested in animation?
I grew up watching Voltes V, He-man, Thundercats and became my favorite TV shows. Continue reading

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Scotland D. Barnes

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Scotland D. Barnes, and I am currently a freelance storyboard and character design artist and part-time instructor at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?

I worked in a recycling center and you had all sorts of under-handed people and sometimes blatant con-men trying to get away with stuff. Often trying to drop off material (such as chemicals that have to handled by the state), or were trying to steal material that had been dropped off (and had they been injured getting whatever it was they were getting, would have been an insurance issue). Several times I had to break up fights between people over redeeming their cans and bottles.  I also worked in a bar for a bit. There you just see the worse of people. Guys too drunk to walk, urinating themselves at the bar, having to haul them outside to avoid them making a mess. Even at a bookstore I dealt with teens doing stuff like acid and then puking all over the children’s books.

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

I just finished working freelance as a storyboard artist on a pilot for Cartoon Network Asia/Bogan Entertainment. It was the largest amount of boards I’ve done so far, and the show is really entertaining. Working on a Scooby-Doo direct-to-dvd was a lot of fun. Getting to work on such iconic characters was a great. It wasn’t one of those things that I ever set as a goal, but when it happened it turned out to be really rewarding.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business? 
I’m from San Diego County but I’m currently in San Francisco. I got my first break at Continue reading
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Ron Yavnieli

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Name: Ron Yavnieli. Occupation: Animator at Bento Box. I’m also a Voice Actor and Stand-Up Comedian.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
When I was a teenager I worked for a birthday clown company as a character performer. I usually dressed up as Batman but once they sent me out as Barney the Dinosaur. The Barney costume didn’t fit me. I’m 6’2″ and the feet of the costume only came down to my shins. So I was walking around the mall that day with my feet sticking out. People kept saying to me “Nice Sandals Barney” or “You look like Barney on Crack!” At one point a group of mentally challenged adults came up and hugged me, then they tried to pull my mask off but their caretaker called them off before they could. I never did that character again.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Currently my favorite project is “The Sketchy Comedy Show” which I produce and perform in with several other multi- talented Comedians at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank. It’s a show that blends stand-up comedy with Sketches: both the drawn and the performed variety, and music. We have a roster of great Comedians who all Continue reading

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Boris Hiestand

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What is your name and your current occupation? 
My name is Boris Hiestand, and I’m an animator/storyboard artist/character designer/voice over guy.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation? 
I worked as a waiter in a hotel and on a construction site shoveling bricks as a teen, so nothing that crazy really. I knew I wanted to be an animator when I was 14, so focused on that from an early age. I got fired from most of those other jobs as I wasn’t committed to them at all, probably because I was constantly day dreaming about animation!
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of? 
Working at Aardman on “The Pirates; In An Adventure With Scientists” was incredible, because I had never worked on a stop motion project before, and it made me feel like a student again, or a kid in a sweet shop. Being able to walk around those mind blowing sets every day was amazing. Everything you see on the screen is really there physically; the talent and craftsmanship there is truly humbling. “Hotel Transylvania” was very rewarding creatively for me because the style of movement required was very cartoony which is right up my alley. The old Warner’s and MGM Tex Avery shorts were a big inspiration, and I hadn’t seen that done well in CG before. Also, Genndy(Tartakovsky, the director) knew exactly what he wanted and trusted the animators to get on with it, rare qualities in directors of big CG productions unfortunately. It’s easier to change things in CG than it is in hand drawn or stop motion animation, so on CG productions with big budgets they tend to tell you to change shots again and again and again, which is quite draining creatively and rarely improves the quality of a scene. You become a “motion editor” rather than an animator. Genndy however pitched you the shot, you’d go and animate it, show it to him, he’d approve it, done. All the animation I did in that film is really mine, and that felt good.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands but grew up in a small town called Vught in the south of the country. I always loved drawing and was a big Disney fan, trying to master their drawing style by Continue reading