Wed, 29 April 2015
"What is a Creative?" That's the theme of this week's podcast where Stephen and Rob are flying solo (duo?) on another 'hot cocoa show.' Check out the outline below with timestamps if you want to skip to a particular topic. We talk about why our career (animation) and creative careers in general are a bit different and sometimes hard to relate to by those that aren't in this type of field, what type of pressures we're under and how we cope with them, and the all important topic of wrestling work and personal projects at the same time. What is the deeeallll with objective and subjective criteria?? Drinking game to NOT do... sip whenever I say objective or subjective. Yea, don't do that. My hope for this week's episode is that we articulate why being in a creative field is so weird and seemingly incomprehensible to even those close to us and why that may not matter (and that's a good thing). I kept this episode clean so if you want to send this to someone who you feel doesn't understand you, wants to, and you don't have the words or time to try explaining it... feel free! And let us know what you think about this topic in the comments section below. How do you understand your career? How do you deal with the unique pressures it presents? CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations:(9:03) It all starts with a message from Billy Dragon Trask
(13:44) Topic #1: Why is our career different?
(15:25) "How are we judged?" - Objective VS Subjective criteria
(26:23) "How we get jobs?" - The Bad, The OK and The Good
(32:27) "How do we fulfill those jobs?" - Clients' goals filtered through our personal creative expression (do they own you, are you a hired gun, or do you share creative ownership?)
(38:37) Topic #2: Work Projects VS Personal Projects
(39:29) "What's the difference?"
(41:05) "Who's goals are they?"
(45:36) Topic #3: Energy management VS Time management
(48:10) "Why are we talking about when referring to 'energy'?"
(57:26) "How do you replenish your reserves?"
(1:01:37) "How do you deal with motivational issues?"
(1:07:20) SHOUTOUTS #1: twitter replies (JK Riki, Greg Pugh, Peter J Casey)
(1:08:00) "What is passion, really, and how does it play into our work?"
(1:12:53) "Replenishing energy reserves... or being lazy?"
(1:16:59) "Can you just force yourself to do creative work?"
(1:25:22) "Do you always have to like what you do?"
(1:28:14) The balance between "skill" and "interest"
(1:33:01) Topic #4: The Battle Between You LIFE and YOUR Life
(1:36:54) Creativity, the merging of "selfish" and "selfless"
(1:39:40) Remember why you're doing this.
(1:42:36) "Will anyone ever understand me?"
(1:59:38) SHOUTOUTS #2: facebook comments (Billy Dragon Trask, Benjamin Shelly, Andrew Kaiko, Martin Bell, Ronald Chaparro, Chris McEwan, Mathius Schulenberg, Mark Porter, Samuel R. Albro)
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Wed, 22 April 2015
Another week FULL of stories and interesting topics... and I get a fantastic migraine during the recording this week, because why not? But that doesn't stop us from recording an amazing episode for you all! Because we saw teaser trailers, Brad Bird's would-be take on "The Spirit," a 3D printed animated short, Toon Boom finally going subscription, and two new series (technically one new and one reboot)! Let me know the pain was worth it and leave a comment in this blog post (= CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! (1:04:33) RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!
(1:34:17) ... special Rapid Fire link from Mathias Schulenberg - THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO fxguide breakdown
(1:37:32) Shoutouts! Benjamin Shelley, Andrew Kaiko, & our own Pat Ryan!
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Wed, 15 April 2015
Where did the name 'RubberOnion' come from? Cat animation sells cars? Lynda.com sold for HOW MUCH?! We have a special 2hr episode of the podcast this week because there were so many relevant stories! A new segment debuts at the end as well where I answer some questions like what's the benefit of an LLC and how to spot a bad college. And who knows, you might be in our OTHER new segment this week: shoutouts! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations:(52:19) Adobe Character Animator
(1:01:47) No more Simpsons DVDs
(1:09:50) RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!!!
(1:34:30) Slow Burn Question: "Stephen, what was the benefit to going LLC for your business?" -James T. Nethery
(1:40:10) Slow Burn Question: "What should you look for in a good animation school? Also, discuss how not to fall for the tricks of the advert trade" -Orion McHugh
(1:45:26) Shoutouts! Jeff Young-Sterling, Tobias Krebs, & Newgrounds users (BrainofBryan, RoboProdigy, manotran)
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Wed, 8 April 2015
There aren't many main stories this week because of the high likelyhood of fakery (April Fools was a few days before this recording). But what we DO have was completely submitted by you listeners so thanks for the help! Disney is making another live-action movie off one of their animation properties, Adam West and Burt Ward are Batman and Robin again, there was a music video directed by Sylvain Chomet, and the main conversation is about the difference between a "job" and a "career," prompted by Will Finn's blog post. And, of course, RAPID FIRE! Also, this week I simul-upload to Newgrounds Audio Portal for the first time so if you're a member there give another shoutout! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations:(1:11:47) RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wed, 1 April 2015
I laughed harder during the recording of this episode than I have in a long time. Not at the stories exactly, but with my friends. We talk about the AMAZING "TIE Fighter" animation by Paul Johnson, the free release of Pixar's RenderMan software, Smurfs being delayed until March 31, 2017, and other stuff including fan favorite segment RAPID FIRE! Also I'm moving again. April Fools. OK I know it's lame but it's April Fools day and I had to say something. Satisfied? Good... enjoy the podcast! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations:(26:03) OLM partners with ToonBoom Animation to discuss future of digital workflow in animation in Japan
(49:36) Rob hit 1000 subs on YouTube
(59:33) GARGOYLES movie coming in 2017
(1:06:26) SMURFS delayed until March 31, 2017
(1:15:24) RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!
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Category:general -- posted at: 1:56pm EDT
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