The Spark & The Art

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/30 – This week’s interview is with Jackie Koehler. Jackie is an animator and she loves what she does. She loves doing it and she loves learning about it. Most recently she just finished as lead animator for the character of La Muerta in film The Book Of Life. While she’s worked on some pretty high profile movies, even being nominated for a very prestigious Annie award as part of the team for The Amazing Spider-Man she doesn’t consider herself having ‘made it’ simply because there is still more to learn and more to do.

**Links For This Episode**

Jackie Koehler - http://www.jackiekoehler.com

Annie Awards - http://www.annieawards.org

Smurfs - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472181

OZ The Great & Powerful - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623205

Amazing Spider-Man - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470

Free Birds - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621039

The Book Of Life - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262227

Reel FX - http://www.reelfx.com

Jimmy Hayward - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hayward

Jorge Gutierrez - http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/26

QuickDraw Animation Society - http://www.quickdrawanimation.ca

Lion King - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/29 – You’re at the end of a project. You only have a few little things left to do. But for some reason you can’t get to it. Everything is suddenly more important. You are experiencing the … Fear Of Done. 

Today’s episode we talk about what could cause the Fear Of Done and a simple tactic that may help you get over your fear. 
 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/28 – Andrew Ford just finished his latest professional project as a lead animator on the movie The Book Of Life. His path to being an animator on feature films was somewhat winding but always with that final goal in mind. Once he reached that goal he didn’t rest on his accomplishments. Not only does he consider each scene he animates a learning experience he continues to hone his craft by taking animation courses on his own time.

Make sure that where you are going isn’t the end but simply a new starting point.

Links from today’s episode

Sheridan College - https://www.sheridancollege.ca

ReelFX - http://www.reelfx.com

Free Birds Movie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9RvyOjnyxk

Calvin & Hobbes Cartoon Strip - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes

Herman Cartoon Strip- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_(comic_strip)

Emily Carr University - http://www.ecuad.ca/programs/undergrad/bma/animation

Get Good At Everything or Work With Others With Solveig Whittle - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/14

EA Games - http://www.ea.com

Two Bears Title Card - http://vimeo.com/47833370

ZanyZoo - http://www.songstuckerwrote.com/zany-zoo

Ola Birch - https://twitter.com/Fay_Moose_Art
 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/27 – Are you still working on that thing? You know that thing you’ve had in your head all this time. That thing that is just about right but just needs a little more work. You know, *that* thing. 
 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/26 – Jorge Gutierrez is the writer and director of the animated movie The Book Of Life. This movie is just the latest in a long line of animated creations and projects he’s worked on and while he jokes that it may be his last movie I’m certain that this is not the last you will hear of today’s guest Jorge Gutierrez. 

Jorge Gutierrez - http://www.super-macho.com/

Book Of Life Movie: http://www.bookoflifemovie.com/

Stuart Little - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164912/

El Tigre -  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805837/

Brad Booker - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095374/

Guillermo Del Toro - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868219/

Ray Harryhausen - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366063/

Cal Arts - http://calarts.edu/admissions/portfolio-audition/film-video/character-animation

Jules Engel - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257103/

Picasso Quote - http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30296-inspiration-exists-but-it-has-to-find-you-working

Maurice Nobel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Noble

Chuck Jones - http://www.chuckjones.com/