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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 graphic design until she finally went back to do visual development and worked on Disney’s Rapunzel (Tangled).

We talked about all the inspiration behind that movie for concept and character design and her sketchbook and versatility in styles, her fine art paintings and last but not least the illustrated children's book and all the personal inspirations behind them.

For all the superheroes mums and women out there we also discussed about keeping the balance between personal and work life after becoming a mum.

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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 not least Zar talks about her idea of putting her art into a good cause for helping the Armenian community by creating “Animators for Armenia”.

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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 dedicating his life to illustration and designing posters and album covers.

Richey gives great tips about getting commissions, licensing and copyright, doing conventions and art shows, and managing the business side of his career. He also points out his love for animation and Ray Harryhausen for the first time in this podcast.
Last but not least he talks about directing a music video for Johanna Warren and all the challenges.

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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 take a role as a director to make her short movies as well as the differences and similarities between making a live action and animation movie. We touched on important subjects such as bringing body positivity into her work, supporting "Black Lives Matters" with her art and being more open about female experiences stories with her graduation short " Caught Red Handed".

You can hear all about her latest comedy short film THEY WON'T LAST which has been recognized by festivals such as Emmys awards and BAFTA !

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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