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Jorge Vigara

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Jorge Vigara and I´m working as senior character animator at Sony Pictures.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Definitely when I worked as clown and social entertainer. I did it when a I was a young student for getting some money and I remember that I did so many crazy things as juggling or fire spitting. There was nice, and I learnt then so many stuff that I can use now on my current job.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I’m very proud of working in Despicable Me , 3 years ago, when I did some of the most memorial shots of the show as the ” It´s so fluffy!!” one. Never though that shot could become so famous.  Also, to work in “Alma”, the short film directed by Rodrigo Blaas ( currently director in Dreamworks ) . It was my very first project working very closely to high talented and old school artists. Such and amazing project that I’ve like a treasure in my memories… simply wonderful.
How did you become interested in animation?
I always been interested in animation. Since I was a child I’ve been drawing and loving movies, so it’s always been Continue reading

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Corey M. Barnes

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Corey M. Barnes, and I’m a storyboard artist. I just wrapped up my gig as storyboard supervisor on China, IL at Titmouse, Inc., and am currently storyboarding season 3 of Superjail!

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
When I was a teen I worked at JC Penney. I was one of the guys who folded clothes that people threw on the floor or just didn’t put back properly. I remember I found two children, one being a baby, hiding under a rack of clothes with no parents around. I thought they were lost or forgotten. Two minutes later the dad comes running up to me and starts accusing me of thinking because the kids were black that they were stealing stuff, all the while his wife is trying to calm him down. Continue reading

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Yannan Connie Kang

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Yannan Connie Kang, and I am currently graduated from Academy of Art University in MFA Illustration.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I was a graphic artist before, and also kept various part time jobs at that time. The crazy part was that I had to changed my role in the same day and became an illustrator, a UI designer, a T-shirt designer, character designer and product designer in different projects. People called me insane. Haha…though very busy, I like a full fruitful life.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I was worked at Lolapps, Inc. before, I’ve been an concept artist who was a part of the game Ravenshire and Ravensky City.  Also I have taken the internship with Disney Mobile, feel proud to involve in a lot of Disney games during that time.

 

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I original from Shanghai China, I fell in love into with the animation field since my childhood.  However I decided it as my career when Continue reading

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Daryl-Rhys Taylor

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What is your name and your current occupation?
 Daryl-Rhys Taylor :and I am an animation graduate freelancing from home.
 What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I worked in a gallery called ‘The Animation Art Gallery’ (now Art You Grew Up With) and they had a stock room full of Mickey Mousde merchandise received from the manager of Blue. I had to catalogue all of it and sell it on Ebay.
 What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
 I enjoyed working on my student film. We were the only ones to ever do a 2D film in our college. I really enjoyed my week at Brown Bag Films being a storyboard conformer on the upcoming Disney Junior show “Doc Mc.Stuffins” and any time I’ve visited Phil Vallentin at Espresso  Animation. Also I’m proud of “The Booger Monster” children’s book I’m illustrating right now for the Koncept Factory.
How did you become interested in animation?
I have always known I wanted to be an animator. All I ever did when I was little was watch cartoons and draw. I loved the Looney Tunes and the Disney Classics. I read all the books when I was growing up. One of my happiest memories was when

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Michael Jantze

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Michael Jantze, owner of Jantze Studios and professor at SCAD. Prior jobs include: Newspaper journalist. Syndicated cartoonist. Visual Effects Art Director at ILM.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Co-directed Joe Murray’s “Frog in a Suit” and directed the animation for a dream sequence in Lawrence Kasdan’s 2012 feature “Darling Companion”.

How did you become interested in animation?
I was born. I was interested in animation.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
Born in New York, grew up in Illinois, I’ve been in California on and off since 1981 (film school at Cal State Northridge). I got out of college, applied to Disney the week “Black Cauldron” came out. So I went into documentary filmmaking the following week. That lead to art directing, that led to Continue reading

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Andrea Preda

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Andrea Preda, Director on Children´ animated series.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I have never done any other job, just fell into this one by accident. I really was just searching for a job where I can draw, because I adored drawing. These days, as a director and producer, I very seldom draw anymore.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I worked mostly for the German Market, Captn¨t Blaubear (won a golden Bear award), and Dieter (the most extreme fun I had with, it was a story about a band called “Modern Talking”), are some features that I will always treasure.  At the studios in Hungary , I worked on “All dogs go to Heaven 2” and “The penguin and the pebble”. I was very much at the start of my career at the time in the early 90´s, and I had some incredible supervisors from Don Bluth. This was a really great foundation for me.

How did you become interested in animation?
Bambi . Took my breath away as a child, and ever since I saw it in the cinema at the age of five, I started Continue reading