Jan 30, 2013

Interview with DreamWorks animators Jacob Gardner and Ben Willis

In this first podcast for 2013 we get to talk with, not one, but two character animators from DreamWorks; Ben Willis and Jacob Gardner. These guys share their growing pains of animation, their work on the Jack team for Rise of the Guardians, how they seek to grow as artist, and a lot more.

Ben's site | Jacob's site

Mentioned in the podcast: robot unicorn mockumentary

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Interviewers: Larry Vasquez and Ric Arroyo

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