On Animation Podcast

Time to put on your behind the scenes glasses and dive into the Spider-Verse one more time! The animation team behind the Academy Award-winning, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, have re-assembled (after some well earned time off) to reminisce and share […]

While Director, Mark Osborne, is known for big studio hits like Kung Fu Panda, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Little Prince, he’s an independent filmmaker at heart. It’s on his first projects (More, Greener, etc) that his independent spirit was formed.  We […]

My guest for episode seven is Pixar Animation Studios Animator, Allison Rutland. In this episode, we talk about Allison’s early career, pushing herself after hours to land a job at Pixar, and winning an Annie Award in 2016. We also talk about […]

My guest for episode six is Blue Sky Studios Supervising Animator, Melvin Tan. Melvin is a highly talented and well respected animator at Blue Sky. He has incredible work ethic and a no nonsense attitude that allowed him to climb to […]

Have you ever felt stuck or type-cast as an animator? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in VFX, Games, or Features? My guests on this episode have more than forty years of combined experience working […]

My guest for episode four is BJ Crawford. BJ is an enormously talented individual. He’s been a huge source of inspiration for me since I first discovered his work over six years ago. A lot of us are traditional animators at […]

In the past few years, you may have noticed a push to encourage more women to join our industry. Organizations like Women In Animation have formed to raise awareness about how lopsided our industry really is, and empower women to […]

My guest is this episode is Blue Sky Studios Supervising Animator, Nick Bruno. Nick is highly regarded throughout the industry and especially at Blue Sky where he’s made his mark on every film since Ice Age 2. In this episode […]

It’s been just under a year since On Animation last spoke with Glen Keane. At the time he was promoting his first short film, Duet. This year he’s back with another hand drawn short, Nephtali, a blend of hand drawn animation and live-action […]