BlkWmnAnimator: Animation Podcast

In this video, I sit down with Jenga Mwendo about her short career in animation as a 3D modeler and the importance of moving back home to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and building her community back up.

In this interview, I sit down with Jennifer McSpadden about her visual effects career, participating in the Unreal Fellowship, and more!

In this video, I sit down with Sidney Clifton about how she combines her childhood dreams of becoming an architect and midwife in her career as an executive in the animation industry. She also talks about a project with her siblings called The Clifton House where she's keeping her parents' legacy alive.

In this video, I sit down with Chase Conley to talk about his career, his time living internationally and the importance of creating your own projects.

In this video, I sit down with Lyndon Barrois a stop motion animator and sportrait artist who also has an extensive career in visual effects (VFX), and talk about growing up in New Orleans, going to an HBCU, his career journey, and how he uses his artwork as activism.

In this video, I sit down with storyboard artist and long-time director Larry Houston. Larry is most known for his work on X-Men the Animated Series. We talk about how to be a good storyboard artist and director and how animated content has made a huge impact on its audience.

In this video, I sit down with Craig Clark, the jack of all trades when it comes to animation. He's worked on live-action and animated projects and has produced movies and series of his own.

In this week's video, I sit down with Yehudah Jai Husband who has been in the animation industry for 20+ years and forged his own path in Atlanta, GA and is behind Kasha and the Zulu King which was BET's first produced animation project! Listen as he tells us about his journey through the industry!

I started this conversation on Clubhouse and had fun, so I wanted to bring the conversation to Instagram and made it interactive! We went over soundtrack, storylines, villains, expanding the wife's character, and more!

In this video, I sat down with 3D animator, Matt Munn and discussed his animation career. We also talked about his involvement in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. You can learn from Matt about how you can offer your perspective in meetings and how to properly fulfill your duties as an animator and bring the director''s vision to fruition. Enjoy the video!

In this video, I sit down with animation veteran and legend, Ron Husband to talk about his career at Disney, the importance of preparation and his faith, among many other great topics! Ron Husband Social Media http://ronhusband.blogspot.com/

I had a great sit down with Bob Tyler about his animation career including his long journey to starting his career and some other projects he's worked on. He's now retired and working in fine art.

In this interview, I sit down with Chuck Patton to discuss his career in comics and animation. And of course, we spend a lot of time talking about being from Detroit because Detroit is great!  Chuck Patton Social Media https://artofchuckpatton.com/ https://twitter.com/chuckpatton9?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/ChuckPattonArt https://www.instagram.com/chuckpattonart   

In this video, I sit down w/ Tony Barnes to talk about his extensive video game career and talk about his various interests including muscle cars and Prince. We also talk about how it is to be the father of two sets of twins. Tony Barnes Social Media https://www.retroninja.com https://www.facebook.com/RetroNinjaGames/ http://www.twitter.com/retroninja5 https://www.instagram.com/retroninjagames/ ht...

In this video, I sat down with Lenord Robinson to discuss his animation  career and his many interests including rollercoasters, anime, jazz and  Asian spas.  Lenord Robinson Social Media http://www.robinsonanimation.com/ https://lenordrobinson.wixsite.com/robinsonanimation https://www.youtube.com/user/51lodb/videos https://www.instagram.com/bigdaddyoflove/ https://www.pinterest.com...

In this video, I sit down with Donald Towns to talk about his career as a  background painter for Disney and Rich-Crest Animation and his  transition into becoming a full-time fine artist. Donald Towns Social Media https://donaldtownsart.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCovSJnsSDb1a2DgUYZz4VoA/videos  https://www.facebook.com/donaldtownsart https://www.instagram.com/donaldtowns...

In this video, I sit down with Swinton Scott where we talk about his work as an animator and director and some funny stories throughout his career. He has worked on The Simpsons, C-Bear and Jamal, and more.

In this video, I sit down with Danielle, also known as "Ebonix" to talk about how she gained notoriety in The Sims community by creating custom content for Black Sims players.

In this video, I sit down with Wacom Artist Quincy Vadan where we talk about how his fine art education and military background has helped him in his creature sculpting.

In this video, I sit down with Carin Powell from Signing Animation where we talk about increasing the number of deaf animation professionals and how studios can be more inclusive of the deaf community.

In this video, I sat down to talk with animator, Kimson Albert about his first animation job working on Beavis and Butt-Head, his love of music, his involvement with "For All Nerds" back in the day, and growing up part French and part Black American. 

In this video, I sit down with Musa Brooker to talk about his stop motion animation career, which includes working on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch and Robot Chicken. 

In this video, I speak with Thandiwe Mlauli owner of Studio Yezi, an animation studio that is South Africa’s first independently produced and women-led afro-animation studio. They are producing SOLA, an action-adventure, fantasy, and coming-of-age series about the adventures of a girl named Sola who experiences her magic awakening in a world where magic is dangerous and deadly. 

In this video, I sit down with Roz Ryan to discuss her extensive career, including Broadway, voice-over acting, and the intimidation of Hollywood. She has been in animation voice acting since her role as Thalia, one of the five Muses, in the movie Hercules. She's also Bubbie from the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Cake on Adventure Time!

In this video, me and my friend Andre Rodriguez sit down with animation veteran, Leo Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan has been in the industry for over 50 years.