Spline Casts Coming Soon!!!!

Yes, its summer, and that means things are a bit slow. What a perfect time to grab some artists and do some Spline Casts. Here are some of the Splinecasts you can expect in the Future:

Story Roundtables

Animation Roundtables

Doug Sweetland

Pete Doctor
etc etc… Be patient, they are coming.

Here is a preview of a Story Roundtable interview with Incredibles and Ratatouille head of story, Mark Andrews and Veteran Story Artist/Supervisor Ted Mathot. Look for the entire interview in the next week or so.

Remember, safari has problems with mp4 files… Also, if you like the interview feel free to use the tip jar at the bottom of the page to support getting better equipment. All donations go to making this a better program.

-Andrew

BRAD BIRD SPLINECAST!!!

NOW ON ITUNES…

On Valentines day we are trying to show the love.

Adam Burke and I did an interview with Brad on January 8th. Its a great interview and we think you will really like it. Please post your comments. Yes I know some of the audio is low, but most of it is great. Expect it on itunes in the next week or so. Special thanks to Brad for taking the time to do this and to Adam Burke for helping organize it.

ENJOY!

Brad Bird Spline Cast

Animation Round Table

A bunch of us animators, Adam Burke, Angus Maclane, Scott Clark, Stephen Gregory and I thought it would be cool to sit down and just talk animation. The result is this podcast. I’m not sure how it worked out, so let us know. We basically, set up a microphone, put out some snacks and drinks and began with whatever came to mind. I am in the process of updating the itunes feed, so dont expect it to be on itunes for a bit. I hope you enjoy it. Remember, all of this is just for educational purposes and by no means do we think of ourselves of knights or doctors of animation. We are are still learning and always students…

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New Spline Casts coming soon

Just when you may have thought this Blog was dead or dying… Think again. We have Two new Spline Casts coming up. The first one is an animation Round Table discussion with Myself, Adam Burke, Angus Maclane, Scott Clark and Stephen Gregory. We recorded it just a few days ago, so its fresh off the press. Look for part one in the next few days. I am using a new format. Its called, Record, Edit, Upload. There will be no fancy openings or garageband music. They will be available on itunes and on the site soon.

The other splinecast is a mystery guest. We were unable to get Doug Sweetland, but we were able to get someone you will not be disappointed with. I’ll give you a hint… Who is your dream guest?
Its probably one of them…

We also have student work from last semester to show off and hopefully some insightful posts for the new year.

Stay Tuned and pass the word.

-Andrew

Another Stanton Interview!

NATE STANTON

I sat down for an interview with Nate Stanton, story artist to talk a bit about what he does here and how he got started. Nate has been with Pixar for 10 years and has also worked on such films as James and the Giant Peach. I hope you enjoy this Spline Cast. I will be adding it to iTunes shortly, but right now it lacks the opening and closing remarks and music background. I really wanted to get this up as soon as possible. I am posting an m4a file.

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Download: Link to m4a file