Animalators
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 60: Sarah Blank
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Blank is a freelance animator, compositor, designer and sometimes-writer/director. In the episode, we chatted with her about CG and live action ...
Episode 59: Lisha Tan
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lisha Tan is a Creative Director at The Mill in Los Angeles, CA. In the episode, we chatted about The Story of O.J., reading YouTube comments and mana...
Episode 58: Wesley Louis
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wesley Louis is a Director at The Line Animation out of London, UK. In this episode, we talked about The Line's team structure, hiring freelancers and...
Episode 57: Manddy Wyckens
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Manddy Wyckens is a director and designer at Studio AKA. In episode 57, we talk with her about giving direction, doing things she loves and finding a ...
Episode 56: Handel Eugene
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Handel Eugene is a motion designer and instructor for Mograph Mentor and Otis College. In the episode, we talked about his journey to Full Sail Univer...
Episode 55: Joe Russ
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Russ is a director, illustrator, motion designer and one of the developers of indie game Jenny LeClue. On the episode, we talked about his transit...
Episode 54: Tuna Bora
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tuna Bora is an illustrator, production designer, and content creator living in LA. On the episode, we talked about working with Nexus Studios, Hussei...
Episode 53: Alex Griendling
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Griendling is the co-owner of Lunar Saloon with his wife Meg. On the episode, we talked about movie posters, creative freedom, and making what yo...
Episode 52: Andrew Kramer
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot joined us for episode 52. We talked about rising to expectations, Intercept, Star Trek lens flares, and relying on the ...
Episode 51: Austin Mann
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Mann is a travel photographer who is constantly on the move creating content for today's best brands. He also founded Weld, a co-working space ...
Episode 50: Wesley Slover
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wesley Slover is the founder of Sono Sanctus, a sound design studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the episode, we talk about Wesley's music library, l...
Episode 49: Ross Plaskow
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ross Plaskow, is a freelance animator and creator of Meat Mysteries. Having worked with the likes of Google, Target, Disney XD, Hulu, and Facebook, he...
Episode 48: Wednesday Studio
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniela Negrín Ochoa and Iria López are the co-founders of Wednesday Studio based in London, UK. We talk about how they work together as a team, why...
Episode 47: Lana Simanenkova
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lana Simanenkova is an animator and designer at Animade in London, UK. On the episode we talked the Animade created program, Boords, gathering inspira...
Episode 46: Lauren Hartstone
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Hartstone is a new staff creative director at Sibling Rivalry, having worked with a myriad of companies like Stardust, LoyalKasper, MTV, Imagin...
Episode 45: Bee Grandinetti
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bee Grandinetti is an independent graphic designer, animator and illustrator who is currently working on a team at Google Creative Lab. On the episode...
Episode 44: Daniel Savage
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Savage is a designer and director based in Los Angeles, CA. On the episode, we talked about his deep love for Instagram, why animation is best ...
Episode 43: Joey Korenman
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Joey Korenman is the founder of School of Motion and author of The Freelance Manifesto. During the episode, we talk about why and how he started Schoo...
Episode 42: Live at Blend Fest 2017
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, we were live at Blend Fest 2017 with Andrew Kramer, Patrick Osborne and Erica Gorochow. During the panel, we talked about how ...
Episode 41: Block & Tackle
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ted & Adam are the founders of the NYC-based design and animation studio Block & Tackle. During the episode, we talk about what it's like to work with...
Episode 40: Gunner
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ian & Nick are the founders of Gunner, a Detroit based animation and illustration studio. During the episode, we talk about their studio mantra "no ba...
Episode 39: Dave Chenell
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Chenell is on the motion team at Google. During the episode, we talk about his love for designing games, his new found joy in creating music, and...
Episode 38: Jay Grandin Interviews Zac Dixon
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Zac Dixon is the creative director at IV in Nashville, TN and also happens to be the host of this very podcast. During the conversation, our guest hos...
Mini Episode: Limited Edition T-Shirts
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's mini episode, Zac shares about our new Animalator product: limited edition t-shirts featuring the animalators designed by our guests. F...
Episode 37: Linn Fritz
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Linn Fritz is a designer and animator from Sweden, currently working at Buck in Sydney, Australia. During the episode, we talk about her experience at...
Episode 36: Yeah Haus
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle & Chad are the owners of Yeah Haus a collaborative studio in Detroit, Michigan. During the episode, we talk about Michelle's history in child...
Episode 35: Justyna Stasik
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Justyna Stasik is a Polish illustrator based in Montreal, Canada. During our conversation, we talked about her journey of developing her own style, ho...
Episode 34: Xoana Herrera
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Xoana Herrera is an artist at Buck, a production company in Los Angeles, CA. During our conversation, we talked about how she finds inspiration, what ...
Episode 33: Animade
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Barrett and Tom Judd are the founders of Animade, a studio based in London, England. During the episode, we talked about the pros and cons of pitch...
Episode 32: Agatha Yu
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Agatha Yu is a mechanics designer at Oculus in San Francisco, California. During our conversation, we discussed her experience working at Adobe and Oc...
Episode 31: Sarah Beth Hulver
06 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Beth Hulver is a designer at Odd Fellows a creative studio based in Portland, OR. During our conversation, we discussed why she loves using soci...
Episode 30: Brikk
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Fast, Josef Andersson and Björn Johansson are the three founders of Brikk, an animation studio based in Stockholm, Sweden. During our conversa...
Episode 29: Ryan Moore
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Moore is a creative director at Gretel based in New York City. During our conversation we talked about how Gretel handles pitches, the process of...
Episode 28: Aharon Rabinowitz
25 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Aharon Rabinowitz is the head of marketing for Red Giant based in New York City. During our conversation, we discussed the importance of work life bal...
Episode 27: Illo
11 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Luca and Ilenia are the founders of Illo, a studio based in Turin, Italy. During our conversation, we discussed their self-driving video bot named A...
Episode 26: John Schlemmer
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John Schlemmer is a motion lead at Google in Mountain View, California. During the conversation, we talked about team dynamics between animators and d...
Episode 25: Seth Worley
16 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Worley is a resident filmmaker at visual effects software maker Red Giant and the director and writer of short films. During the conversation, we...
Episode 24: Kirsten Lepore
02 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kirsten Lepore is a director and animator based in Los Angeles, CA. During this week's episode, we talked about how Kirsten is learning the art of app...
Episode 23: Ryan Summers
19 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Summers is a freelance animator based in Los Angeles, CA. During the conversation, we discussed the how to network, balancing budgets in a projec...
Episode 22: Moth Collective
05 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Chester, Dave Prosser and Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits are the founders of Moth Collective based in London, England. During our conversati...
Episode 21: Michael Jones
22 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Jones is the founder of MoGraph Mentor based in Bend, Oregon. During our conversation, we talked about the power of visual journalism, the ins...
Episode 20: Andrew Vucko
08 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Vucko is a freelance design director and animator based in Toronto. During the show, we talked about how Dance Dance Revolution changed his lif...
Episode 19: Erin Sarofsky
24 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Sarofsky is the owner and executive creative director of Sarofsky based in Chicago, IL. During our conversation, we dove into her process and wo...
Episode 18: Claudio Salas
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Claudio Salas is an independent animator, director and designer based in London. During our conversation, we talk about the tension of being a general...
Episode 17: Phil Borst
27 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Borst is the lead motion designer at Spread Truth based in Normal, IL. During our conversation, we discussed how to balance two jobs and a family...
Episode 16: Aaron Ray
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Ray is one of the founders of Legwork studio based in Denver, Colorado. During our conversation, we talked about how the studio got started, the...
Episode 15: Rachel Yonda
29 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Yonda is the senior graphics producer for The Late Late Show with James Corden based in Los Angeles, California. During the conversation, we di...
Episode 14: Greg Gunn
14 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Gunn is a creative director at Blind studios based in Los Angeles, California. During the episode we talked about the importance of creative weig...
Episode 13: Chris Kelly
01 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Kelly is a creative director and co-owner of Odd Fellows, a sateen design and motion studio in San Francisco, CA. During this episode we discuss...
Episode 12: Marcus Eckert
17 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus Eckert is a programmer and motion designer based in Oslo, Norway. During this episode, we discuss Wide Sky, taking negative feedback, where to ...
Episode 11: Michelle Higa Fox
04 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Higa Fox is a director and animator based in Brooklyn, New York. She owns Slanted Studios which focuses on creating mixed-media animation for...
Episode 10: Jordan Scott
19 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Scott is a 2D animator, designer and illustrator currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. He is in the process of transitioning from freelancing to ...
Episode 9: Sander van Dijk
06 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sander van Dijk is a freelance animator from Brooklyn, New York. During this episode, we talked about his background in architecture and carpentry, wh...
Episode 8: Erica Gorochow
22 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Erica Gorochow is an animator based in Brooklyn, New York. She owns a studio called PepRally and loves collaborating with other artists around the wor...
Episode 7: Seth Eckert
08 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Eckert is a freelance animator and the owner of The Furrow, a studio specializing in animation, illustration, direction and film, based in Lexing...
Episode 6: Troy Church
18 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Troy Church is a Senior Experience Designer at Adobe in Seattle, WA. During the conversation, we discussed how the design community can be involved in...
Episode 5: Jorge Canedo Estrada
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jorge Canedo Estrada lives in Vancouver, Canada and is a creative director and animator at Giant Ant. During our conversation he shared about how he s...
Episode 4: Adam Plouff
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Plouff is a freelance motion designer and animator based in Atlanta, Georgia. During our conversation, we discuss the beginnings of Rubberhose, h...
Episode 3: David Stanfield
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
David Stanfield is a motion designer and director based in Charleston, South Carolina. During our conversation, we discussed his journey from an adver...
Episode 2: Allen Laseter
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Allen Laseter is a freelance animator and illustrator based in Nashville, TN. In our conversation, Allen discusses the importance of storyboarding, ho...
Episode 1: Colin Hesterly
14 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Hesterly is a freelance Director & Artist working within the animation industry based in Denver, CO. During our conversation, he shared about th...