Sketch-i-Cast

Tonight's episode of Sketch-i-Cast focuses on indie student animator and close friend of mine, Squid Singleton, the creator of Squid Toons and contributing animator on the Romantic Chorus documentary.

He might be one of the most fascinating young creatives I've met in recent years, especially given how much knowledge he has given to me and other young aspiring animators to just get their ideas out. Now tonight, he will be sharing his insights to even more people.

To check out his future projects, visit his website at: www.squidtoons.net/

Original air date: January 22nd, 2021

So this episode of Sketch-i-Cast was a little different than the usual interview format.

Instead of interviewing an artist working during this stressful pandemic, me and my partner in crime Luke Perkins decided to share our brief views on the animated films set to be released in the year of 2021. In addition, we also share our views on social media's toxic state on animation and how it's impacted our mindsets on the art form.

Also note that our views on these films may change overtime and that it may be possible these films will get delayed given the unpredictable state of the pandemic. This podcast was also recorded before Raya & the Last Dragon came out too.

Original air date: January 15th, 2021

You know what helps after months of being away from your college campus? Reuniting with old friends and acquaintances.

This episode of Sketch-i-Cast interviews AvivaKitty, current sophomore game design major at the Maryland Institute College of Art. This episode centers on her time at MICA, how the pandemic affected her in addition to the college and the people there, and how she's been handling her passion and hobbies from March 2020 onward.

Original air date: January 8th, 2021

The first Sketch-i-Cast episode of 2021 focused on Anthony Kotorac, known for his youtube channel Anthony's Animation Talk. 

In addition to being a lovable nerd from down under, he is still on his quest to make a commentary for every single classic Looney Tunes cartoon ever made. This interview goes into his process behind the commentaries, why he does them, and other fun nerd talk you geeks would ooze over.

Original air date: January 1st, 2021

Prior to the release of the ensemble Romantic Chorus documentary, I decided to interview one of my colleagues, Keira Quinn, freelance animator, visual media instructor, and local Atlanta resident. Perfect timing that it came out on Christmas Day as well.

Original air date: December 25th, 2020

Over the last quarter of 2020, my close friend and occasional classmate Titilayo Ogunduyilemi has been working profusely on her final thesis film at the Maryland Institute College of Art. In addition to working on the film myself as a colorist, I was lucky to know about her idea since our early days together at the college. We spoke in early December about her experience making the film and where she sees it heading in the future.

Original air date: December 18th, 2020

On tonight's episode of Sketch-i-Cast, I was lucky to get on board a new artist mutual, Lara Raquel a.k.a. Zobiez. In addition to being another college student focusing on visual arts, Lara has been blowing up as of late through her phenomenal fan artwork of characters from modern Cartoon Network and Disney shows and her own original work. 

In this interview, she goes over her years on the internet practicing cartooning and how she ended up where she is now at college.

To follow her artwork, head on over to these links right here:

https://zobiez.tumblr.com/

https://twitter.com/Zobieez 

https://www.instagram.com/zobiez

https://www.deviantart.com/zobeez

https://ko-fi.com/zobiez

Alain Seguin is a Canadian animator whose filmography and knowledge outstretches the tail end of the 20th century onward. Having really made his place in Montreal, much of his skill set can be somewhat compared to the training of traditional animators during the Golden Age. Like his colleague Samuel Cabanac and the legendary Andreas Deja, he strongly believes that pushing your work will get you further as an artist.

From Pascal Blais to ToonDraw to the critically acclaimed Tonic DNA, he has been through the general nuts of bolts one may expect in the creative process of animation. These range from storyboarding, to illustration, to design work and even character animation. With over twenty years of hard earned work, he has been contributing to the art of traditional hand-drawn moving images that has almost been lost in his home country.

To this day, he happens to be a supervising animator at Tonic DNA on the new Looney Tunes cartoons featured on Warner Bros’ new streaming service, HBO Max. Being admirers of the newer works, it was only fitting that me and my pal Luke Perkins would interview Seguin on his output during the making of these shorts. Luke especially has been able to identify his shots thanks to his persistence of chronicling the hard work the animators behind these gems. It’ll only be a matter of time before these cartoons share the same legacy as their predecessors.

All three of us spoke via Facebook Messenger on September 7th, 2020. We started by asking Mr. Seguin about what the day in the life of an animator on these new Looney Tunes cartoons are like.

Original air date: December 11th, 2020

Going back to the first episode of this podcast made in December, I chose to interview my former Storyboard professor, Ismael Sanz-Pena. 

As a multimedia animation artist, Isma has grown throughout the years in his knowledge of the art form and what he experienced working in both Europe and North America. We spoke today on said experience and how it has benefited him as of late.

Here's to a link to the man's work if you'd like to delve more into his body of content.

http://ismaelsanzpena.com/

Original air date: December 4th, 2020

For the past few months, I've had the pleasure of collaborating on the ambitious indie documentary project known as Romantic Chorus, an ensemble interview film with animations from numerous freelance artists around the world. Tonight's episode of Sketch-i-Cast is focused on the director of said documentary Jeff M. Giordano and editor Aaron Gwynn, a.k.a. my bosses for the past few months.

Original air date: November 27th, 2020