Mtv.com is reporting about a new Youtube channel featuring classic Nickelodeon shows premiered on Saturday called The Splat.
On Saturday, a full-length channel for the network quietly premiered on YouTube with clips from faves including “Rugrats,†“Rocko’s Modern Life,†“CatDog†and “Ren & Stimpy,†among others. A bare-bones website also launched, which links to recently-launched social media channels onInstagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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What is your name and your current occupation?
Michael K. Foster, character designer and animator.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Not sure if they’re crazy, but when I was younger I was a stock boy for a health food store, talk about nut jobs. I was a professional mover for three years and spent many of those nights sleeping in the back of the moving truck trying to keep warm in those dirty moving blankets because there was no time to go home. My first art related job was designing yellow page ads. Ever see those ads? That’s pretty much the lowest design job there is.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Wow, um…I guess one would be a new product for Anagram Intl. a company I used to work for. They’re a huge national and international mylar balloon company. Not what you may think of when talking animation, but I was contacted by them with nothing more then an idea and told to make it work. It was all based around the QR codes that you see everywhere that can be scanned with a smart phone. I developed a line of character driven mylar balloons for children with themes such as pirates, skateboarders, princess’s & mermaids. Each balloon had a scannable QR code printed on it and when scanned, a short fun animation played based on the balloon. It was a way to “continue” the story from the balloon. The balloons are being sold throughout the U.S. It may not be a huge deal, but for me, it was something because it started as a blank idea and it turned into something bigger. This also helped my approach for new clients because it showed that animation is not just for TV and Film, but many other industries.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I was born in Ann Arbor Michigan and raised in Hillburn NY a small village about an hour north of NYC. I got into animation some what by chance. A company I used to work for was in need of some simple character driven animation to help promote a few new products. My boss came to me and basically said, Continue reading
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Storyboarding is an essential part of film and television production.
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Peter Paul has worked as a story artist at DreamWorks, Disney, Illumination, Warner Bros and more. He has been an Assistant Director, Assistant Animator, Character, Prop and Background Designer on various productions. He is currently on the DreamWorks Dragons Series (based on the How To Train Your Dragon movies). For more info, visitwww.adventuresofp2.weebly.com.
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What would you say has been your primary job in animation?
For most of my Computer Graphics career (Since the early 90’s) I have been a 3D artist. I have done my share of animation, video, short corporate films, and web media. The smaller the company I work for, the more animation I seem to do. I often have to wear an Animators hat when its called for. So, I would say I primarily do 3D Pre-Visaliaztion Animated films, well at lest I did for many years before I started working in the game industry.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (DIC-1999?) – mostly because it was early 2D/3D mixing on a project that was supposed to be another cheap DIC p.o.s. The show was typically short handed but everyone involved really got into it and I think it shows. It was Emmy nominated and still gets airplay 10 years later.
Curious George (TV series Universal 2006-2010) Kids and adults like it despite PBS’s educational mandate. Fun crew to work with. It’s a character I remember fondly from my childhood, so it’s been a privilege to ‘play’ in the world.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Fred Wolf Films – early 90’s) It was my second job in animation. A real trial by fire because of the insane schedule that first year. I had to learn a lot fast to survive, so I guess the pride comes from that…survival. We did something like 95 1/2 hours of animation in one year – Turtles, James Bond Jr., Toxic Crusaders… it wasn’t all pretty – but it got done.
How did you become interested in animation?
I was assisting doing comic books – which meant spotting blacks, doing backgrounds…doing grunt work. It didn’t pay shit but it got me out of the vacuum I’d been drawing in. One of the guys at the little studio we worked at was doing freelance props for DIC. I asked him how well it paid. He drew a quick ellipse inside of an ellipse and said, ʺ See that? That’s a plate. That’s $35.ʺ Continue reading
What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Tom Sito and I am an animator, storyboard artist and animation historian. My screen credits include Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek, and Osmosis Jones. I am the author of four books on animation. Currently I am a Professor of Animation at the cinema school of the University of Southern California.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I am from Brooklyn New York, the son of a fireman. As a child I always liked to draw cartoons and at first I thought I’d want to make comic strips. Then I attended the High School of Art & Design in Manhattan where I was shown how to make my characters move. I fell in love and Continue reading
