You always have to be open to criticism and not fight it. If you’re resistant to feedback and changes, then you’re slowing down the process. You might disagree with the direction of the shot and the changes that you are being asked to make, but at the end of the day you are doing work [...]

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There are a lot of things that help me to stay motivated, but first and foremost – it’s the people around you. I don’t think I ever went through a day at ILM and didn’t laugh. It doesn’t matter how tedious a shot or project can be, the atmosphere is always fun and everybody around [...]

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After I got the fundamentals down, I turned my focus to acting. I mean, acting is what we do, so why wouldn’t I study it seriously like any other professional actor? I started by studying Stanislavski. I have a book of his that has a bunch of assignments in it. Like…go to your bedroom and [...]

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Of course it will depend on the type of internship. Sometimes animation students get internships doing PA type of stuff in companies that are not so great… I mean, if what you really want is to animate you probably won’t be happy making xerox copies or going pick up dinner for the boss. This type [...]

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There are so many things that I love about being an animator. I’m surrounded by so many talented artists – it’s intimidating and inspiring at the same time, but it allows me to be a student, continuing to learn and push myself. I love that I am around people who share the same love for [...]

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This is something that I was confused about for a long time, actually, and I used to use these terms interchangeably. However, this question really got me rethinking it, and I decided to pick the brain of some great animators at work about it to see what they thought. Kevin Martel, one of our senior [...]

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