Featured Friday: Ryan Brothers
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ Funny story, I actually was aiming for the video game industry with my art however, animation was also a goal of mine if that didn't work out. It just turned out that the person I ended up networking with...
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Featured Friday: John Vavir
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ When one of the teachers at the daycare I attended told me the cartoons I was watching were hand drawn by people and not filmed by actual ninja turtles; my life was changed forever! ● Q: Who is your biggest...
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Featured Friday: Cindy Crowell
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I was raised on Disney and Looney Tunes reruns in the 70s, and I was the kid who always got in trouble for drawing flipbooks in the margins of my textbooks. I didn’t realize animation was a job you...
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Featured Friday: Sarah Anderson
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I always had a love for animated shows and movies growing up, but I wouldn’t necessarily say I knew I wanted to work in animation until much later in life. All I knew is that I wanted to do SOMETHING...
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Featured Friday: Ashley Lange
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ When I was very young and immature, I remember going on trips with my family and being utterly bored by beautiful mountain vistas, the masterworks of art geniuses in museums and historical landmarks. In contrast, Earthworm Jim 1 for...
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Featured Friday: Cullen Cole
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I was in middle school when I realized that’s what I wanted to do. I didn’t specifically know that I would be doing background design but ever since a young age I was drawn to animation and games. ●...
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Featured Friday: Deanna Trudeau
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I’ve loved drawing and storytelling since I was very young, and I’ve always been inspired by animated movies, especially 2D Disney movies. I really took animation as a career seriously in high school, after seeing Treasure Planet in theaters,...
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Featured Friday: Taylor Harton
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I had always loved animated movies and shows growing up but never thought about having a career in animation. It wasn’t until high school, after my friend got me to watch How to Train your Dragon for the first...
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Featured Friday: Nick Graves
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ I was big into drawing from an early age, and I got into acting as well, but it took more of a backseat to art. I took an early interest in Flash animation because of homestarrunner.com. I used to...
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Featured Friday: Mark Adams
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ Never occured to me that I could if I'm being honest haha. The fact that my 3D career led me to working at one of my fave animation studios still sort of flabbergasted me. My grandma always joked when...
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Featured Friday: Stephen Stark
Photo Credit: Twitter - @NinaModaffari ● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ When I got offered a job to work at an animation studio. ● Q: Who is your biggest inspiration? ○ Hmmm, it sounds a bit corny but my friends and family. They help get me...
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Featured Friday: Mari Arakaki
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ Always wanted to work in animation, I've always loved the medium. My grandmother took me to see Spirited Away when it came to theatres and it really solidified my want to work in the entertainment industry. While animation was not...
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Featured Friday: Abi Bullock
● Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to work in animation? ○ It’s always been less a matter of wanting to work in animation specifically, more a matter of that being the only skill I remotely wanted to invest in. (Well, that and comics, but still.) I love animation with all...
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