Episode 2 of Spindo’s Boltron Ultimate created and animated by Chris Burns and Bob Fox is up and I really love the character designs on this as well as the stylized animation. We posted the first episode of Boltron Ultimate a few weeks ago if you’d like to catch up on the story and did a mini interview about the process with Chris and Bob as well. I have to say, watching these always makes me feel super nostalgic so it just might be time to get out my old Sonic the Hedgehog games! I think they need to make this an actual game! Incidentally,we interviewed Chris last July.
What is your name and your current occupation? My name is Angelo Libutti. Senior Storyboard artist at Digital Domain Media in Florida.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation? First job was bar tending, just for cover a friend’s shift, but that job didn’t turn out so good, (even though I made a lot of money in tips), I accidentally broke all the glasses that were just taken out from the dishwasher. Â I started really young at 16 doing illustrations for magazines and newspapers and got contacted by Disney to draw comics in Italy…and since then I kept art jobs.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Definitely “Triplets of Belleville” a classic for the animation lovers, even if was my first official job in the animation field I had the honor to start as lead Key animator. It had a European style that was familiar to me, and I was able to deliver my footage quickly.
How did you become interested in animation?
I was quite a good draftsman at a young age. Back then I Continue reading
My name is Andrew Hickinbottom, and i am a freelance character modeler for illustration and animation.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?Â
Not sure on the ‘crazy’ side of things, but my first ever job was working in my dad’s factory as a general handyman doing various laborious jobs like sweeping, painting and grass cutting, before moving on to being a machine operator and packer there. I once worked in a videogames shop as well. Since i got my first job doing what i love, i cant see myself doing anything else – i’d whine too much!
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?Â
I modeled all but 2 of the characters in an advert for the International Olympic Committee at Nexus productions in London. Really nicely stylised characters – I was really pleased how that job came out. Also, I was the lead character modeler on the 3D sections of a 2D / 3D cartoon series called ‘friends and heroes’ – i made over a hundred characters during the series production run of 2 years. The art director i worked with was an really inspirational guy who worked with Disney, and he taught me a lot about character design, appeal and composition. This job helped me find my style which i progressed it to what it is today. Im proud of all of my personal projects too, but that’s because they are labours of love – i can take as long as i want on them, without deadlines, client feedback or budgets complicating things. Im especially proud of the limited figure run i had made from one of my personal pieces (Trixie) and are now selling via my website.
How did you become interested in animation?Â
As a kid i loved cartoons. Garfield, Tom and Jerry, Transformers, Looney Tunes, Disney. I doodled a lot and was pretty good at drawing for my age. I always wanted to become a cartoonist, but i figured that was Continue reading
What is your name and your current occupation? John Schnall, president of the thriving multi-national (or at least multi-floor) animation emporium called Quality Schnallity Inc. We make explainer videos, music videos, games, and sundry. Lots of sundry.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation? You know how circuses shoot a clown out of a cannon, and he ends up on top of a far-away circus tent? Well, the dirty little secret is it’s a different clown that’s in the cannon and that’s on the circus tent: the clown in the cannon is completely incinerated when the blast goes off, and the one on top of the tent is a completely different clown. I bring up this unfortunate situation because one of my many pre-animation jobs was: I was the guy who had to clean the clown viscera out of the cannon. Hey, someone has to do it…
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of? I’m very proud of my various independent films, particularly The Dead Comic. What makes me proud of this film is how many people absolutely hate it; I must be doing something right if I can get absolute hatred. The film can be seen on my website, but I’m not putting a link here; if you can’t take five minutes to search it out then you don’t want to see it, really. How did you become interested in animation? I fourth grade the teacher passed around a strip of blank 35 mm film, and had us draw on it. I spent a long time, totally getting the sequential frame by frame thing, and tried to make the ultimate character walk; I drew the Continue reading
Moviepilot has an article up about the huge amounts of cash old Disney VHS tapes are going for these days on eBay.
In a surprising find, original Beauty and the Beast VHS tapes are selling on Ebay for as much as $9,000! What?! One in particular is being sold for nearly ten THOUSAND dollars, in an unopened “Black Diamond Classic” case, which you can see originally sold for a mere twenty dollars.
