Nassos Vakalis

What is your name and your current occupation?
This is Nassos Vakalis and right now I’m a story artist at DreamWorks animation studios.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation? 
I had very little working experience before starting at animation so I can say animation is the craziest job I ever had, or to be more specific some of the projects I worked on were just a bit too crazy!
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of? 
From the 2d animation era I loved working on Spirit for DreamWorks. I did storyboards and some animation. The same time I worked on Joseph King of dreams for DreamWorks again. I boarded pretty much most of the film and animated a few scenes. It was lots of fun, I had to travel a lot to Canada to see work done in a few studios that were subcontracting part of the movie. From the 3d films I think Bee Movie and Puss in Boots are few of my favorite films I have worked on.
How did you become interested in animation? 
Since I was a small kid I loved watching cartoons so eventually I thought of Continue reading