This episode features Wian van Bergen, Art Director and Cofounder of Lucan, an animation studio based in Cape Town, South Africa. In our chat, Wian shares the real-time pipeline his team built using Unreal Engine for their first IP, Isaura.

You’ll also learn:

*How he pitched a TV show to a commercial client and got a “yes”

*What the industry for animation is like in South Africa

*How Wian turned a dentist appointment into founding a studio

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Check out Lucan’s studio and see the trailer for Isaura here: https://www.lucan.tv/

Follow Lucan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucan_studio/?hl=en