Here's a fantastic interview by artist Deborah Anderson with animation legend Dan Haskett! Dan shares some great stories and valuable advice about working in the animation industry. Check it out when you get a chance!
Also, check out Dan's interview with the Animation Guild over on the TAG Blog:
In this 2019 GDC talk, animators Sylvia Chong, Jake Clark, Sophie Evans,
Raul Ibarra, Melissa Shim and Zack Wolfe rapidly deliver their best
tips and tricks in five-minute bursts.
In this 2018 GDC micro-talk session, animators Gwen Frey, Joe Han,
Almudena Soria, Jalil Sadool, Kyle Chittenden & James Benson rapidly
deliver their best animation tips and tricks in 5-minute bursts.
In this GDC 2016 session, Riot Games' Alex Lehmann is joined by 5th
Cell's Amy Drobeck-Jones, ILM's Jean-Denis Haas, Sucker Punch's Billy
Harper, Epic Games' Jay Hosfelt, and Phoenix Labs' Simon Unger as they
explain the best tips and tricks for improvig your craft as an animator.
I had the pleasure of working with Marco at Sony Imageworks years ago on the epic box office smash... Green Lantern. Marco was great to work with and super talented.
A panel featuring great artists including Disney Legend, and first
African-American animator hired at Walt Disney Studios, Floyd Norman
(The Jungle Book, Monsters, Inc), first African-American animator to get
a screen credit and award winning illustrator Ron Husband (The
Rescuers, The Little Mermaid), Japanese-American and Inkpot winner
Willie Ito (Lady & the Tramp, The Flintstones), Jane Baer (Sleeping
Beauty, Roger Rabbit) and Emmy Award winning Mexican-American Phil Roman
(Sleeping Beauty, The Simpsons) discuss their careers, their futures,
and how diversity has played a role in their artistic lives. Moderated
by Leslie Combemale of Animation Scoop.
Great interview with animator, story artist and director Dean Wellins. He talks about how he started in the industry and includes some solid advice for students.
'Animation is never easy' - Impromptu interview with Eric Goldberg at CTN. He talks about his personal experiences working in animation and gives some general advice about the industry.
This is an in depth interview with Jeffery Katzenberg from 2010. Katzenberg talks a bit about his past with Disney, the development of Dreamworks, and the animation industry in general.
Here's some interesting data from Google Trends concerning animation searches ranging from 2004 - 2011. Notice the decline in volume and check out who is in the top 10 for anim searches.
