The iAnimate.net Podcast

In our 90th podcast we interview Fortiche's Head of Character Animation Alexis Wanneroy, as they've just wrapped up on Riot Games & Netflix's Arcane: League of Legends season 1. Alexis spent almost 13 years at Dreamworks Animation, working on such titles as Kung Fu Panda, and Rise of the Guardians, before heading back to Paris leading the animation team of this ground breaking animation show. If you've seen the show, seen the Image Dragon's music video, or anything about Arcane: League of Legends you won't want to miss this interview!

In our 59th podcast we interview animation veteran, Simon Otto. Simon has been working in the industry for over two decades, and the majority of that time at Dreamworks Animation. He joined the studio in 1997 to work on their first animated film, The Prince of Egypt and most recently finished as the Head of Character Animation on the third installment of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. Last month, Simon decided to leave the comforts of Dreamworks Animation to pursue personal goals. It was a real unique opportunity and pleasure to get him in on this interview.

In our 82nd podcast we interview animator & animBot developer Alan Camilo. Alan is originally from Brazil where he started as a 2D animator. He eventually made his way to Canada and has worked at such studios as Reel FX, Sony Animation, and Method Studios. During his time at Sony he worked on such films as Storks and Hotel Transylvania 2, and developed such such tools as aTools. This aTools would eventually launch him out on his own where he would create the amazing animBot for Maya! Listen to his story, his time on some amazing films, and how he came to develop this versatile and 'hard to animate without' tools.

In our 56th podcast episode, we interview animator Jason Keane. Jason is a Calarts Alum who got his start in animation learning how to draw and traditionally animate from his uncle, Glen Keane, a long time Disney veteran. Jason is an animator currently directing an independent short film. He recently left Blue Sky Studios after 5 years, animating on such films as: Epic, Rio 2, The Peanuts Movie, Ice age 5, and Ferdinand. It was great to hear Jason's insight about the industry, how he got into animation, and his excitement to be teaching here at iAnimate.net. Listen and share the podcast.

Rise of the Tomb Raider is a recently release game and was greeted with raving reviews. Many of our instructors and previous students contributed to the 80 minutes of cinematics found in the game.