Zaruhi Galystan is an Armenian-American character designer who is most well known for her work on Coco,Luca Pixar and her Wood-burning crafts. In this podcast, we talked about Zar’s life as the first generation of Armenian immigrant to the USA, and how she got into animation. Zar also gives great tips about her process of character designing and the inspirations behind Coco. Her attention to detail and patterns and moreover her passion for wood burning and creating handmade artworks. Last but no...
Aug 14, 2022•59 min•Ep. 17
Torsten Shrank is a German character designer who has contributed in several animated feature films, TV-Series, commercials and games worldwide. He is best known for his work on Klause ( The SPA Studios ), Small Foot and many more. In this podcast we talked about Torsten’s life back in Berlin, how he got into animation, some nostalgic animations such as "Bolek and Lolek”. Later how he got his first job as an animator and then his training with Borja Montoro. Torsten also give great tips about hi...
May 23, 2022•46 min•Ep. 16
Claire Keane is an illustrator and visual development artist who contributed to the Disney films such as Enchanted, Tangled and Frozen. She currently published her 3rd illustrated book " Little Wonder" that is NOW available to purchase. In this episode we talked about growing up in an artsy family (her dad is legendary Disney Animator Glen Keane and grandad is Bill Keane), Claire’s ambitions to become a singer to a turning point in her life where she studied in France, learning about fashion and...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 15
Claire Keane is an illustrator and visual development artist who contributed to the Disney films such as Enchanted, Tangled and Frozen. She currently published her 3rd illustrated book " Little Wonder" that is NOW available to purchase. In this episode we talked about growing up in an artsy family (her dad is legendary Disney Animator Glen Keane and grandad is Bill Keane), Claire’s ambitions to become a singer to a turning point in her life where she studied in France, learning about fashion and...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 15
Varun Nair is an Indian Visual Development Artist and Director based in France. He graduated from the Gobelins school of Image in Paris and has worked for several companies in the Animation industry including Netflix, Sony pictures animation, Bluesky, etc to name a few. Currently, he is a Co-director and Visual development artist at Illumination. In this episode we talked about Varun’s journey in India where he painted religious art to how he made connection with French community and then moving...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 14
Carter Goodrich is an award-winning LA based character designer, illustrator best known for his covers for New Yorker Magazine. Carter has worked with numerous well-known animation companies on classical movies such as Prince of Egypt, Sinbad to big companies like PIXAR, Dreamworks ,Sony, on movies such as Ratatouille, Brave, Open Season, Hotel Transylvania, The Croods, Coco, and Despicable Me to name a few. In addition to his character design work, Carter has written and illustrated seven award...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 13
Tuna Bora is an award winning LA based,Turkish illustrator, animation director and production designer , best known for her distinctive storytelling style and diverse daily sketches. She has worked on many companies such a as Google, Nexus Studios , for the advertising, animation, games projects. In this episode on the first half of the podcast we talk about unspoken parts of immigration, opening up yourself the way you are and the cultural differences between west and east and all the vulnerabi...
Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 12
Juan Pablo Zaramella is an Argentinean director and animator, mostly well-known for his comedy Stop Motion and Pixilation. His short films has won more than 500 awards all over the world. In this episode Juan talks about the process of his works and finding ideas, sound designing, how he loves to explore diverse style in animation from 2D animation to the realm of stop motion like Claymation and Pixilation. You can hear all the process of his short film “Luminaris” which has won 324 awards, hold...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 11
Richey Beckett is a pen and ink illustrator based in rural Wales, mostly known for his intricately detailed linework. He has done many commissions for world's biggest bands such as Metallica, The Doors, Foo Fighters, and Black Sabbath, as well as creating movie posters for TV series such as "Game Of Thrones" and "The Walking Dead". In this episode we talk about all Richey's lifestyle and journey from growing up in a creative family, having his own metal band and being in music industry to fully ...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 10
This episode is in Farsi only but please feel free to ask me any questions regarding applying for universities in UK. سلام به همگی تو این اپیزود یکی از متداول ترین سوالات یعنی روند کلی برای اپلای کردن دانشگاه ها و نحوه ی اپلای و کمی از تجربیات خودم در دانشگاه بورنموث انگلیس رو با شما اشتراک می ذارم. امیدوارم براتون مفید باشه. ممنون که این پادکست رو با دوستان خودتون به اشتراک میذارین. شما میتونید سوالات و نظرات خودتون رو از طریق کامنت در اینستاگرام برای من ارسال کنید. IG : @arezouart
Feb 15, 2021•27 min•Ep. 9
Portlynn Tagavi is a half Persian, half African American character designer, storyboard artist and filmmaker working in companies such as Paramount, Fox, Dreamworks TV and currently Netflix. She studied Character Animation at Cal Arts and filmmaking at American Film Institute. In this episode Portlynn talks about her mixed background culture and her journey to find out more about her Persian heritage. She gives some great tips on storyboarding and ways of storytelling and how it leads her to tak...
Dec 29, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 8
Andrew Chesworth is an Oscar-nominated director for " One Small Step " at Taiko Studios , 2D animator, 3D animator, character designer and instructor working on phenomenal projects, Disney's Moana, Zootopia, Big Hero 6 , Netflix's Klaus. He is currently working on his recent Patreon Project "The Brave Locomotive ! In this episode Andrew talks about directing commercial animation, great tips about acting in animation and performance, how to use reference for animators, inspirations behind Baymax ...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 7
Kris Pearn is a director, story artist and animator with experience in film and television in companies such as Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix, including such films as Surf's Up, Open Season, Arthur Christmas . He is a director of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs , and his recent Netflix's animated feature " The Willoughbys " ! In this episode Kris talks about all his journey of becoming a director. From his past of working for the legendary Don Bluth, studying at Sheridan and how he end u...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 6
Deanna Marsigliese is an Art director and character designer at Pixar animation studios and has been working there since 2012 on movies such as Incredibles 2, Inside Out . In this episode Deanna shares all her journey from being a 2D animator at Yowza Animation to become a character designer. We also talked about her love for fashion and vintage style, making collages and adding her Italian flair to the upcoming Pixar's feature film LUCA ! As well as her podcast with Zaruhi Galstyan back in 2016...
Oct 18, 2020•39 min•Ep. 5
در این اپیزود من،آرزو رمضانی، درباره ی ایونت اسب تروجان، که یک انجمن خلاق برای دور هم جمع کردن متخصصین و علاقمندان در حوزه ی انیمیشن،فیلم،بازی سازی، جلوه های ویژه و واقعیت مجازی هست، و تجربیات خودم در دو سال گذشته در مالتا میگم و همه چیز رو از نحوه ی گرفتن بلیت تا اتفاقاتی که تو این برنامه می افته و راه هایی که می تونید تو این ایونت شرکت کنید و جوایزی که وجود داره رو براتون توضیح میدم. منتظر شنیدن نظرات شما در کامنت ها هستم. برای اطلاعات بیشتر میتونید به وب سایت و یا صفحه ی اینستاگرام ایونت مراج...
Oct 03, 2020•43 min•Ep. 4
In this episode I will talk about " Trojan Horse was a unicorn " , a creative community that brings creators from every area of the industry, including Games, VFX, Animation, Film, and VR, and why I think this event is the BEST in entertainment industry! I will take you to my journey back in Malta in 2018 and 2019 edition, the vibes of this event, tips and tricks and you will also learn about the competitions and prizes that this event will bring to you. If you have attended THU before please fe...
Oct 03, 2020•31 min•Ep. 4
Joseph Pierce is a London based, award-winning indie director, animator, and filmmaker. In this episode Joseph shares all his experiences from his time at National Film and Television School to the inspirations he got from Jan Svankmajer works. He also talks about his filmmaking process, animation techniques and using rotoscoping as a reference. If you are interested in being an indie filmmaker/animator and you love grotesque movies, I recommend you to listen to this interview as Joseph shares e...
Sep 14, 2020•49 min•Ep. 3
Kataneh Vahdani is a multi award winning director,animator, storyteller and professor. On this inspiring podcast Kataneh openly shares all her experiences from her early childhood to all the difficulties she endured during immigration. She also takes us to all the ups and downs she had on her artistic career from working in Disney's story department, making her own indie films and finally working at Netflix. Kataneh reveals all the details behind her latest illustrated book "Kat and Juju" (purch...
Aug 30, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 2
سلام به همگی، من آرزو رمضانی هستم و قراره تو این اپیزود علاوه بر معرفی پادکست آرزو آرت، کمی درباره ی تاریخ انیمیشن با شما صحبت کنم. این پادکست در دو نسخه فارسی و انگلیسی منتشر میشه و اگر دوست دارین تو صفحه ی اینستاگرام من می تونید تصاویر مطالب گفته شده در پادکست رو ببینید. IG: @arezouart
Aug 21, 2020•8 min•Ep. 1
Hello everyone, I am Arezou Ramezani and I will be your host for Arezou Art Podcast. On this episode you will hear a little bit of history of animation and I will tell you what to expect in the future episodes! To see more you can check out my IG: @ arezouart
Aug 21, 2020•10 min•Ep. 1
