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Tag Archives: Storyboard Artist
Stu Livingston
What is your name and your current occupation?Â
Stu Livingston — I work as a storyboard artist in animation – I also write and draw comics.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I had a lot of customer-service-type jobs before breaking in, but the most unusual was the summer I spent working at Meadows Field Airport, back in Bakersfield, CA where I grew up. The crew and I were responsible for checking-in passengers, loading and unloading luggage, as well as taxiing in and out the airplanes. Somehow, I became the guy at the front with the orange batons leading in and out the planes each day. You have to learn all the signals (turn left, go straight, slow down, stop, engine 1 is on fire…), it’s crazy…there’s definitely nothing like having an airplane in your face once or twice a day haha.  I was also a court sketch-artist for a major murder trial that took place in Bakersfield back in 1994. They had finally tracked down the key-witness to the crime in 2006, so they scouted out artists at CSUN, where I studied, and I was the one they picked. Interesting story, actually — I helped land, park and service the very plane that brought that witness to Bakersfield, then a few months later I was drawing his picture in court. Probably the most ridiculously unlikely coincidence of my whole life – I can barely believe it happened.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
With storyboarding, I’ve had the great pleasure to work on Futurama, a show I’ve loved and watched since its debut. Due to the large cast and the great variety of stories from script to script, each episode of Futuramacomes with its own unique challenges. As I’m winding down on an episode, it’s a good feeling to have knowing the next one will most likely be totally different.  With comics, I’ve had the great, great fortune to contribute to the Flight series, which I’ve been a huge fan of since college. It’s led to some unbelievable opportunities to meet and work with some of my favorite artists! Most recently, I contributed a story to Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, a new comics anthology from Kazu Kibuishi (who also created Flight). What made that experience memorable compared to some of the other stories I’ve done was the chance to work with a really hands-on editor who helped challenge, discipline, and guide us until we each came up with stories that we were all really proud of. Suffice to say I learned a LOT from that experience, I’ll never forget it.
How did you become interested in animation?
I made the choice to become an artist very early on – around age 6 or 7 maybe? It was a shockingly easy choice to make and one I, thankfully, never lost sight of. Cartoons, animation and drawing were always Continue reading
JON STEWART CREATING ANIMATED NEWS PARODY SERIES FOR HBO
IGN is reporting that John Stewart has teamed up with HBO to bring us an animated news show.
HBO’s president of programming, Casey Bloys, announced today at the TCA (Television Critics Association) summer press tour that Stewart’s new HBO series will be an Onion-Style animated “parody of a cable news network,†that he described as “very much in Jon’s voice.”
From what I gather it will be very simple animation, probably in the vein of South Park because of the next quote.
When it was brought up that animation usually takes more time, not less, Bloys said, “The animation will allow him to respond to things very quickly. It’ll be more simple animation. My hope is it will be up and running by September or October; by this fall.”
You can read the entire article here.
Kyle Marshall
What is your name and your current occupation?
Kyle Marshall -Director/Storyboard Artist/Character Designer.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
During high school and the first couple college summers I worked on a bee farm in small town Saskatchewan. I got destroyed by the bees, and realized fast my future was not in the honey business, but it helped pay for school. I then planted trees for one summer living out of a tent for a few months in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Just finished Directing the pilot for Michael Rex’s Fangbone. Really cool series of books, and proud to be part of that pilot.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?Â
I grew up in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada. Always wanted to get in film and TV growing up, and ended up in a small animation college. Originally planned to study animation and live action, but fell for animation, and now here we are.
Francis Glebas
What is your name and your current occupation?
I’m Francis Glebas and I am a storyboard artist and author. I’ve also been a director, vis dev artist and teacher.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Newspaper delivery. It got crazy with the dogs. I taught cut-out animation at a summer camp. I built models for a model building company, like architectural models and airplanes. It gets old when you’re on your 100th airplane. I also designed and painted
stage sets. I’ve probably painted more square footage than most background artists. After getting into the business I once ran a brainstorming session at Los Alamos Laboratories that was surreal.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Aladdin was a magical time, the studio was buzzing with excitement but we were still under the radar of the money people. I remember seeing the Whole New World that I storyboarded with crude drawings at the premiere and every department took it and
made it better. It was incredible. I also poured my heart into the ending of Pocahontas. Lion King and Ice Age 4 were also really great to work on. Space Chimps was really fun too. Sometimes it’s more about the people you work with. In pre-Pixar days, getting Ed Catmull’s TWEEN system to work at NYIT was exciting. It created automatic inbetweens and we used it on hundreds of commercials. Well, maybe we reached 100.
How did you become interested in animation?
To work out traumas from watching Continue reading
Ryan Woodward
What is your name and your current occupation?
Ryan Woodward – animator/storyboard artist/professor of animation.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Little ceasars pizza!
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
My latest Bottom of the Ninth. My short film, Thought of You. and of course some nice films like The Avengers, The Iron Giant and Spider-man 2.
How did you become interested in animation?
Ever since I was a kid. It’s what I always wanted to do. There really wasn’t any other Continue reading
