Show 29 James Chiang

01/22/18 • 75 min

It is such a pleasure to be able to share with you all, the inspiration I get every time I chat with James.

I’ve known James for a few years now, and he really is one of my top five all inspiring people to talk to. His engaging conversation always makes me look at things in a new way. I feel like I level up both as an animator and a human, after I chat with him. Having worked on Open Season and Robots as an animator, Oddbods as co-creator and the originally director, Surfs Up and Ice Age 2 in pre-production James now continues to teach and inspire the next generation of animators at Animation Mentor and Paint masterpieces (they really are, I’ve seen them!). Clearly this was a really fun chat for me, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I hope you do too.

Animated Spirit – Art, Animation and Film Analyis
Animation Mentor Profile

It is such a pleasure to be able to share with you all, the inspiration I get every time I chat with James.

Animated Spirit – Art, Animation and Film Analyis
Animation Mentor Profile

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Show 28 Glen Keane

This was my second time meeting Glen, I don’t mind telling you, that my first time I was too shy to talk. This time, I done a little better.

The legendary Glen Keane. He is the most well known animator alive today... perhaps due to how his characters makes us feel. Ariel, Pocahontas, Beast, Aladdin, Rapunzel... Tarzan. All of these stirring vast amounts of emotion like no other character before. Glen really does animate from the inside out.
So you can imagine my exhilaration (and nerves) as I got a few moments to ask his advice about animation. I tried hard to find questions that would reap the most beneficial information. I feel this interview is unique in that, we drive right into the heart of animation to try and discover what is at the foundation of making a legendary animator.

The making of Dear Basketball

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