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Barry Atkinson

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What is your name and your current occupation? 
Barry Atkinson , Art Director Disney Toons.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I was a child actor in my Dads educational films.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
In animation , Heavy Metal, An American tail, Lion King, Tinkerbell.  Personal projects, Directed short film “Into Darkness’ and directed live action film “Through Golden Fields”.

How did you become interested in animation?
From my Dad and Continue reading
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Shaun Bryant

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Shaun Bryant and I am a character designer currently doing freelance work in Austin TX.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I had a gig as a sign holding Santa for a florist in upstate NY. Thankfully they had a warm greenhouse I could thaw out in.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
There have been a lot of fun projects, but the one that I think I am most proud of so far is creating a cast of fun characters for the Texas Dept. of Agriculture. They were used in television and print ads promoting healthy eating among school children.
How did you become interested in animation?
Comic books, Saturday morning cartoons, and Disney movies fueled my creativity as a kid and made me Continue reading

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Teodor Ajduk

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Teodor Ajduk, animator

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Animation is crazy enough. Nothing can be compared with her.

How did you become interested in animation?
Naturally, Disney, Don Bluth,  Looney tunes,Tom and Jerry, Tex Avery and  Zlatko Grgic are guilty for Continue reading
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Stanley Somers

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Stanley Somers, and I teach at Hawthorne Academy High School as their Art Teacher.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
In Animation, I worked for twenty two years at; Disney, Warners, Hyperion, FilmFair and many others. My favorite projects were Rover Dangerfeild, The Little Mermaid, and BeBe’s Kids.    In art I with my ex wife Marsea open New Image Art gallery in 1994 in west Hollywood. The Gallery Initially juxtaposed Minimalist artist with performance art to create a new dialogue in LA.
How did you become interested in animation?
In the 70’s through to the beginning of the 2000’s it was the best way to draw and earn a living, the studios sought out artist that were schooled and loved drawing.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from LA and in 1978 went to Disney after graduating college. There they put me under Eric Larsen to be Continue reading

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Mick Cassidy

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Mick Cassidy. I am currently one of Family Guy’s character designers.


What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I’ve only ever worked in the animation industry. I mean, there was a brief foray in a model kit store in Dublin in 2001 but thankfully that didn’t last long. I missed the sun. And a wage. And a life.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go To Heaven were fun. I loved working on Sinbad at Dreamworks. Great environment and great artists. Lot of good work on that one.
How did you become interested in animation?
I was always interested in it as an observer but never really saw it as any kind of career possibility until Bluth arrived in Ireland in the mid-eighties. Up to that point it was comics and illustration that I immersed myself in. I had vague notions about Continue reading

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Andrea Preda

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Andrea Preda, Director on Children´ animated series.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I have never done any other job, just fell into this one by accident. I really was just searching for a job where I can draw, because I adored drawing. These days, as a director and producer, I very seldom draw anymore.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I worked mostly for the German Market, Captn¨t Blaubear (won a golden Bear award), and Dieter (the most extreme fun I had with, it was a story about a band called “Modern Talking”), are some features that I will always treasure.  At the studios in Hungary , I worked on “All dogs go to Heaven 2” and “The penguin and the pebble”. I was very much at the start of my career at the time in the early 90´s, and I had some incredible supervisors from Don Bluth. This was a really great foundation for me.

How did you become interested in animation?
Bambi . Took my breath away as a child, and ever since I saw it in the cinema at the age of five, I started Continue reading