BlkWmnAnimator: Animation Podcast

In this video, I sit down with Eddy Okba, who is a professional 3D  animator and has worked on multiple minions properties, Spider-Man: Into  the Spider-Verse, the Willoughbys, and more. He gives good tips on what  you can learn through each level of your animation career.  Eddy Okba Social Media https://www.eddyokba.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddy-okba-artist/

In this video, I'm sharing my high-level idea of a Black animation ecosystem from a Black American perspective. It’s various ways to bring black culture to animation experiences. We need to get more Black people interested in animation as an audience. This strategy uses things the Black American community is already interested in to gain interest in your animation project.

In this video, I sit down with Nurdin Momodu, a Nigerian 3D Generalist who founded Lotusfly Animation. We talk about his journey to animation and what Nigeria can provide to the animation community.

In this video, I sit down with Nurdin Momodu, a Nigerian 3D Generalist who founded Lotusfly Animation. We talk about his journey to animation and what Nigeria can provide to the animation community.

In this video, I talk to René Holder about his journey in animation, starting his own studio and the animation landscape on the island of Trinidad and in the Caribbean at large.

In this week's video, I sit down with Antoine Allen to talk about his career as a live-action filmmaker. Antoine drops gem after gem that will help any artist get motivated in their creative journey.

In this week's video, I sit down with Steven R.V. Johnson to talk about his educational journey to finally getting the support he needed to level up his animation skills and his experience animating scenes for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

In this week's video, I sat down with Adrienne Brown-Norman to talk about her career as a Disney illustrator, being Black, and being married to Floyd Norman.

In this video, I sit down with Monique Henry-Hudson to talk about her journey to production in her animation education and career and how she's helped in the diversity space of animation.

In this video, I sit down with Philip Duncan to talk about his career as a technical animator, his love for baseball, and how he realized that his identity could no longer take a backseat in his career.

In this week's video, I sit down with Eddie Clark to take a look into the mind of a Disneyland fanatic and talk about his journey to breaking into the animation industry.

In this video, I sit down with Everett Downing, Jr. to talk about his journey from VeggieTales to My Dad the Bounty Hunter. He's been a story artist, a 3D animation, and is now executive producing and directing his own show.

In this video, I'm speaking with Stevon Lewis, LMFT about imposter syndrome and how it affects artists.

In this video, I sit down with Larissa Marantz to talk about her short career in the animation industry and how she used her connections and skill to transition to a career in illustration. We also talk about the after-effects of the George Floyd incident in our industry.

In this video, I sit down with Layron DeJarnette to talk about his vast career in commercials, illustration, and animation. He also drops some gems on the importance of the people around you and staying connected with them.

In this video, I sit down with Dave Fennoy to talk about his various careers and being in over 500 video games over the course of his career.

In this interview, I sit down with August Alondra Davies to talk about their career in animation and games as well as tackling issues around intersectionality and identity.

In this video, I sit down with Katerina Arroyo to talk about her career in VFX as a compositor and the various projects she's worked on including a Reebok spot for Cardi B and how her knowledge of Cardi B helped troubleshoot a snag in the project.

In this week's interview, I sit down with Shavonne Cherry to talk about her career in animation, travel and other hobbies.

In this interview, I sit down with Dennis Woodyard to talk about his varied career in motion graphics and animation as a storyboard artist and more, plus his personal projects.

In this video, I sit down to speak with Jimmy Cross about his career in animation, producing your own content, and the importance of family.

In this video, I sit down with Corey Turner to talk about creating BET's Cita's World and his motion capture, stereography, and visual effects career.

In this video, I sit down with Lennie Graves about his career in animation and living in 7 different countries in the process.

In this video, I sit down with my fellow Rochester Institute of Technology alumnus, Stephen Oyarijivbie, about his career in the video game industry and working through his dyslexia from childhood until now.

In this video, I sit down with Barry Caldwell to talk about his career as a storyboard artist.