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Our next guest on our ‘A Conversation With’ series is Troy Quane. Troy’s career has spanned over 25 years starting as a 2D animator at Disney Canada through to spending a majority of his career as a story artist from television to hit films such as Hotel Transylvania and Arthur Christmas until his most recent role as co-director on Blue Sky’s ‘Spies In Disguise’. If you'd like to watch this episod...

One of our members in chat had a big question about being super excited about starting a new shot, but never does because when they start thinking about all the work that needs to go into it, the critiques and feedback, they just can’t get motivated to start! Some good advice in this clip if this happens to you!

Studios try and create a friendly, family like atmosphere. But when you’re on a contract and it doesn’t get renewed, can a studio every really be considered “family”? A great question from one of our viewers!

We had a huge question in this Q&A where a studio still owed an artist money for the work they performed. And while they are by no means lawyers, David and Brent try and give their best advice.

We’ve heard the rumors that studios will blacklist artists, but should this happen the other way around? Should artists blacklist studios that may not have the best working conditions, or feel as though they have done them wrong?

In this clip from our Q&A David and Brent were asked how to get rid of the pose to pose feeling in your animation. Some nice little tips for anyone looking to make their animation feel more natural and less mechanical.

In this episode of our Q & A sessions, David and Brent answer if you should blacklist a studio, the different styles of animation and can work ever be considered a "family". You can also check out our Agora Bites clips if you want to listen to a specific question from this episode! Subscribe to our channel on whatever platform you listen on to receive updates when new episodes are posted and d...

In this short clip, Davis asks Alexis if he ever had to take a shot from one artist and give it to someone else to finish. This is a great clip to listen to for how Alexis thinks a supervisor should help their team.

David has read an article that the co-founders of Fortiche are all artists themselves and how that has an impact. Alexis gives his thoughts about the differences between studios that want to create something awesome vs. will this make money?

In this clip, Alexis talks about stylistic whiplash from having to change animation styles so quickly and his own personal journey.

Alexis shares his advice on what would make a good demo reel for anyone wanting to get into the industry, and what he would look for if he was going to hire you for one of his shows.

During our chat with Alexis so many people wanted to know if Fortiche was hiring for season 2 of Arcane. This lead to the question of do you have any tips for when it’s time to get interviewed?

Alexis has worked in two completely different cultures. In this clip, he talks about the differences he found between working in France and the States.

Surely we've all seen Arcane by now? No? Ok, go watch it and then come back. This week we had on the show Alexis Wanneroy, Lead Animator for the series. Alexis spoke about his experience in creating one of the most talked-about animated shows of our time, and answered questions from the live chat! If you'd like to watch this episode you can find it here: https://agora.community/content/a-conversat...

It’s so easy to get caught up in work mode. Especially if you’re passionate about what you do. But, how do you allocate time to relax and enjoy life? David and Brent are no strangers to the grind and share what they do to carve out time for enjoying life.

One of our chat participants was in the middle of working on an 8 second shot, and only had a day and a half to complete it. Is this possible? And how much quality would they need to sacrifice? David and Brent give their best tips on getting through such a fast-paced quota.

It’s super important to grab the attention of someone in the first few seconds of your demo reel. Find out how some studios watch your reel so that you may be able to cater it to what they’re going to see.

One of our followers has been learning animation for 4 years, and still feels they aren’t good enough to get a job. They ask us if anyone can learn animation, or is it just for talented people. Davis and Brent give their best advice.

In this episode of our Q & A sessions, David and Brent discuss one of our follower's success stories using the advice of Manny Fragelus and answer questions such as how to animate a big shot in a short amount of time while maintaining quality, how to allocate time to make sure you're enjoying life, how recruiters watch demo reels, and more! You can also check out our Agora Bites clips if you w...

Is creating something while inside VR a thing? It sure is and Brent and Richard discuss what happening with creating content in VR.

We’ve only just scratched the surface on creating VR experiences and there’s still so much potential. Listen to this clip and it may just inspire you to create a VR experience that is truly immersive like no other experience has been!

Richard gives an example of solving technical problems elegantly. If you can do this, you’ll be the studios favourite new artist!

Creating detailed, amazing game animation can cause a lot of heartaches. Want to know why? Listen to this clip!

Ok, now that you how Richard found his method, listen to a quick rundown on what exactly it is. If you’d like to learn it for yourself, you can head on over to animationsherpa.net to sign up to Richard’s course.

If you know Richard Lico, you’ll know about his out of the box workflow that he uses. You know, the one that leaves most people scratching their heads! Listen to the origin story of how Richard discovered his method.