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Eddie Moreno

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Eddie Moreno, I’m a freelance animator. Still green but moving along in this rough profession.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
 I was a construction worker right after highschool. I delivered supplies to job sites and got to know some cool characters. Made mistakes and got kicked around. Working around 30s – 40s year old will toughen you up quick. Meanwhile I was taking art classes to hone my skill because I knew to be an animator you needed to be a craftsman with your pencil. You carve into paper.I was also a caricature artist at six flags but that’s another story…0_0

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
 hmmmm Right now I am polishing “turds” as it were. My Teacher told me that to make it in this industry you have to give you best even when the projects aren’t great but the people I worked with taught me a lot and I am grateful for every bit of work they throw at me esp being in the USA at this time… Recessionnn…………..~~~~~ but to answer your question, I was very proud of my 2009 year film in Calarts. It got me into the Producer’s Show and it wasn’t about cute bunnies making friends. It was about PTSD and the Vietnam Veteran. Deep things…

How did you become interested in animation?
At age 8 my uncle (age 11)  showed me the single greatest 2d film ever made by humans, Continue reading
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Christian Brierley

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Christian Brierley and I am an animator.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Not sure how crazy these jobs are, but for a short time I worked as a contsruction worker and a termite exterminator. 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I’m proud to be apart of the movie Hop because it was my first official credit on a live action animated feature. Woohooo!!!!

How did you become interested in animation?
I became interested in animation while watching my favorite cartoons as a kid. Looney Toons, Ren and Stimpy and Rocko’s Modern life were the best!
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
Originally I’m from Trinidad an island in the carribean. I went to Miami to Continue reading
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Oktodia Mardoko

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Oktodia Mardoko, Animation Director and Producer, also like to write story in my head..

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
This world is crazy enough.. I did nothing crazy.. I’m crazy enough 🙂

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I made a concept for McD café building. The building was in the shape of up-side-down french fries box with some fries coming out of the box, and the client like it.  Now I am doing animation series for local TV station. The project involves many creative workers & studios. I’m the producer, a 2nd director and also an office boy 🙂 The story is about kids adventure, that I choose from my friend’s comic.

How did you become interested in animation?
I used to play “Prince of Persia” in DOS computer when I was a kid. Starting  from there, I was curious to make my own game or animation.. So I experimented, from creating moving pictures frame by frame on the corner of pages on my study book,.it was cool enough but that’s not enough for me..so I make an animation in DOS computer, and moving or animated it by pres the cursor right point manually 🙂 and in university I had done many media for visual communication design, start from Continue reading

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Bill Perkins

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Bill Perkins, Visual Development, Walt Disney Animation Studio.  I also currently teach Color Theory at LAAFA, and Color and Lighting at CDA. I also host my own painting workshops that I announce through e-mail and facebook.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I wouldn’t say that my jobs were crazy, kinda normal really, Summer camp on Catalina Island (fun escape,) I had a sign business through high school into college (first entrepreneurial experience,) Chart House restaurant (crazy people, great fun!) Fine Artist (sold my artwork through galleries) Art instructor (drawing and painting various disciplines.)

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Pre-animation, having my work accepted into the Springville museum and national watercolor society shows.  Creating a group show at the Monterey Peninsula museum of art featuring mine and three other artist work based on or three month painting  trip through France, Italy, and Spain. As far as animation goes, I will never forget the buzz of energy around the studio during Little Mermaid.  On Rescuers Down Under, Dan Hansen, Razoul Azadani, and I changed the layout process while embracing new technology, and accomplished more with a smaller team.  I am proud of my work as well as the animators and clean-up artists on Aladdin, together we shared the pains that come with growth.  Space jam was another massive accomplishment, driven by a small crew of fearless renegades at Space Jam Animation.  I was fortunate enough to work with Continue reading

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Christian Lignan

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What is your name and your current occupation?

Christian Lignan , storyboard artist

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Being an Air Commando  in the French Air Force for (mandatory) military service.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
“A vew to a kill” a James Bond live-action movie,  storyboarding  the car stunt sequences with the stunts coordinator.

 

How did you become interested in animation?
When I learned that animation cells where painted by girls (way before digital compositing…)
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I am from France, I got into animation business after Continue reading
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Christian Roman

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Christian Roman, and I’m a story artist at Pixar.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
When I first moved to Los Angeles I did temp work at a medical supply rental company where I was put in charge of filing. Being a compulsive doodler, I couldn’t help but redraw all of their labeling on the file cabinets. One file was for “Dead Files”, clients that were no longer active. The sign I drew for this file cabinet was of tombstones and such, not making the connection that it was a medical supply company and that the files were probably for literally dead clients. I was let go a few days after drawing that.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I’m probably the most proud of being a part of Toy Story 3, which was the most collaborative and creative project I’ve ever worked on. It was thrilling to be involved in not only drawing the story, but helping to collaboratively craft the story as well. The second would be Disney’s Fillmore!, which was also very collaborative and creative, and probably the most indicative of what I personally can do cinematically and artistically. Third, when I was on the Simpsons I put together a handout called ‘Storyboarding the Simpsons Way’ which has taken on a life of it’s own outside the studio, and I’m pretty proud of that.   In fact, I once went to a lecture on storyboarding and the lecturer gave everyone a copy of it!
How did you become interested in animation?
As a kid, I always loved watching all kinds of animation, but I typically would draw superheroes rather than cartoony characters. It never occurred to me that animation was drawn by anyone, it just existed. Not until Continue reading