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RJ Palmer

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What is your name and current occupation?
My name is RJ Palmer and I am a freelance illustrator and concept artist.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Before getting into these work I never really had any other real jobs.  The only thing I did was occasionally split and sell fire wood at home for some extra cash when I was in high school.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
My favorite projects that I’ve worked on are ones I cannot talk about yet.  Though outside of those I have been working on a video game pitch with some friends and am very proud of that work so far.
How did you become interested in animation?
I’ve always drawn for as long as I can remember, it’s just who I am.  So there was never a moment really when I decided I wanted to draw for a living, it was always just assumed.  Though,

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Vadim Kapridov

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Vadim Kapridov, currently a director of animated TV series for preschoolers.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I worked once as a builder of ice town.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Web – Progress from Above, TV – Futz!, Peep and the Big Wide World, and the incredibly challenging show I’m directing now – Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.
How did you become interested in animation?
I always loved animation and wanted to be an animator even as a kid. I used my school textbooks as Continue reading

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Todd Hampson

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What is your name and your current occupation? 
Todd Hampson, Founder/CAO of Timbuktoons, LLC, a 2D animation and IP/concept development company.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I grilled and/or burnt many steaks at a cafeteria style steakhouse in the 11th grade and delivered food to (and occasionally had food thrown at me by) elderly patients at a hospital during my first year of college. Good times.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Character Design room murals for 3 episodes of Extreme Makeover Home Edition (2 episodes will run the week of Christmas).Visual development and animation production on 9 DVD’s for Phil Vischer’s (Creator of Veggie Tales) latest DVD series “What’s In the Bible?”.  Action Comic Illustrations and Animation for a National Archives traveling exhibit.  Animated commercial spot for Myth Busters.  Production of Addy and Telly Award winning animated commercial series for an automotive company.

How did you become interested in animation?
I’ve always loved film, animation, story, etc. I saw Jungle Book and Pinocchio as a kid and it blew me away. I never realized I could be an animator, but loved character design and film. If anyone has Continue reading

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David Pritchard

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What is your name and your current occupation?
David Pritchard

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
 potato picker.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
 Iron Giant,Roger Rabbit,300,Benjamin Button ,and recent project i cant mention yet .
How did you become interested in animation?
Tony hart art show on the bbc in England also Walt Disney films .  Continue reading
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Dan Fraga

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Dan Fraga. I’m the director of The Ricky Gervais Show.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
There have been a few. Comicbook artist, Storyboard artist, Set Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Second unit director. Burger King.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
One of my favorites was being part of the launch of Image comics in 1992. Designing the sets for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2008 was a hoot as you might imagine. I’m really proud of the work my crew and I did for The Ricky Gervais Show Season 3.

 

How did you become interested in animation?
When I was a kid, my parents took us to this discount store. In it I found this Fisher Price Movie Viewer  and it came with a cartridge for Disney’s Lonesome Ghosts.  I’d seen the cartoon before, but I never had the ability to step through it one frame at a time like you can now with a dvd player of quicktime clip. This was the late 70’s early 80’s, so for me to see that animation was 24 drawings making up a second of movement was like learning the secret to the greatest magic trick. Of course afterwards I made flipbooks and what-not. I eventually discovered comics and took detour from animation. After working as a storyboard artist in feature films, I started noticing the changes and compromises being made from board to final shot and it was kind of a bummer. When I started working on The Hard Times of RJ Berger for MTV, it was the first time that I got to see what I boarded translated near perfectly to final shot. It’s intoxicating. I felt that magical feeling that I once got as a kid with that toy. I love all things animation and made it my mission to learn all that I could about the different kinds that are out there and the histories behind the masterpieces we all love.

 

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from North East Bay Area by San Francisco. I got into the animation business through working on The Hard Times of RJ Berger. I was storyboarding the show and providing on camera artwork for the main character who was an aspiring comicbook artist. The creators of the show asked if I could Continue reading

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KIERON SEAMONS

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What is your name and your current occupation?

Kieron Seamons.  My first paid job was actually illustrating a book for my old Head Master of my school. It was all a great learning experience, as I was only about 16 years old. I thought I had hit the big time, a star in the making………then I left school, and dug foundations for house extensions. Digging holes for six months sure brought me down to Earth.  After that, I was determined to stay in animation and I have now been in animation since I was around 17 or 18………very lucky indeed.  My current occupation is that I am the proud owner of Sandman Animation Studio. We work on many of the TV shows that you watch on TV today and have produced many award winning shows and cartoon classics over the past years. I have the best job in the world.


What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
‘Roger Rabbit’ was an amazing project to be a part of. I rememeber going into a small viewing room and being shown a ‘trailer’ for it, in the very early stages of the movie. I walked out dizzy, it was just amazing. It insipred me and pushed me to be the best I could be for the Disney company. I was there 3 years, ……loved it.  I worked on many great Animated Features and TV shows after that, including American Tail, Dennis and Gnasher’, ‘Cramp Twins’ and ‘Horrid Henry’ but one of my favorites was a show called ‘Treasure’ by Cinar ( now Cookie Jar ) a fantastic show, with one of the funniest scripts I have read. I used to listen to the audio tapes like it was a radio show. Fantastic! For some reason that show has vanished off the face of the Earth…….I don’t know what happened to it. Great show ! I sure would love to see one of those episodes again…..anyone?  ‘When the Wind Blows’ was a movie that I worked on many years ago. It was created from the wonderful books of Raymond Briggs. It is a real tear jerker, but such a wonderful movie.  These days I am driven by my new show ‘Little China’, it is my first step in to CGI animation and it has been a wonderful experience and the results have inspired the studio to become the best that we can be. We have won our first award ‘ The Crystal Star’ for best animation and it has been featured on the cover of ‘Teddy Bear International ‘ magazine as well as many magazine features. A very exciting time.  Too many shows to mention, more below



How did you become interested in animation?
I remember as a kid being told by my Father that animation was a series of still images. I didn’t believe a word of it, but when he handed me a roll of movie film and I could actually see all the still images………….I was hooked, totally addicted.  I drove everyone crazy. I ran around with my super 8 camera, moving cups, toys and my Sister inch by inch as I pushed the single frame button. I would wait a week for it to be developed and watch the results. I was addicted ! My poor sister is
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