Interview with Disney Animator Ruben Aquino

TAG Interview with Disney Animator Nik Ranieri

Here's another great interview from The Animation Guild. It features Disney veteran animator extraordinaire Nik Ranieri. 

You can view more examples of Nik's work over on the Living Lines Library blog. Also, check out his Facebook page for more behind the scenes pictures and pencil tests - Nik Ranieri - Animator.





Nik Ranieri Demo Reel 'TheWorks'






Hand-drawn test for “Wreck-it Ralph” from Living Lines. Nik Ranieri was asked to animate the character of Ralph, as a guide for the animation of the character in the film.

There's another great interview with Nik over on The Animation Podcast:

// Nik Ranieri Interview on The Animation Podcast

Frank Thomas Honors Art Babbitt

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// Animating Art 

CTN: Character Designers Creating Identities

Blast from a past CTN Expo - Animation Insiders (2010)
Panel:  Victor Navone, Andreas Deja, Eric Goldberg, Tony de Rosa, Pablo Navarro,

Glen Keane Dancer Animation

Great lecture and demo by Glen Keane!

Eric Goldberg at CTN Animation Expo 2011

'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.

Interview with animator Tony de Rosa

The TAG blog posted this great interview with veteran Disney animator Tony de Rosa.

Floyd Norman's "Memories with the Mouse"

This is a lecture give by Disney animator Floyd Norman from back in 2008. Norman shows slides and shares some fabulous stories from his years working at Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 2007.The sound on the footage has a bad echo but the content is great!

 You can also follow Floyd on Twitter (floydnorman) and through his blog Mr. FUN.




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Part 2


Part 3


Part 4