The Ink and Paint Folk Podcast

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast where we celebrate women and queer creatives working in the animation industry.  Hosted by Cassie Soliday   Today’s guest is creator and screenwriter, Pamela Ribon!   Today, I’m joined by an incredible screenwriter and creator, Pamela Ribon. She’s the creator of the Oscar nominated short film, My Year of Dicks, and wrote on the most recent Disney animated...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast where we celebrate women and queer creatives working in the animation industry.  Hosted by Cassie Soliday   Today’s guest is animation writer and author of "Gloria Buenrostro is Not My Girlfriend", Brandon Hoàng!    He’s written for shows like The Ghost and Molly McGee, the live action Avatar, Monster High, and other projects, some he can’t talk about yet....

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast where we celebrate women and queer creatives working in the animation industry. Hosted by Cassie Soliday   Today’s guest is "Spirit Rangers" creator, Karissa Valencia!   Netflix's "Spirit Rangers" follows Native American sibling trio Kodi, Summer, and Eddy Skycedar, who have a shared secret- you’ll never guess it… ah, you guessed it. They’re the Spirit Ran...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Kira Rodrigues   Today’s guest is character designer and visual development artist, Aroona Khiani!   After getting a start in Sheridan College's Animation program, she graduated with honours and went on to work for companies like Titmouse, House of Cool, Wild Brain, and other...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is author-illustrator Nilah Magruder!   Making her living with both art and words, Nilah created M.F.K, a middle-grade graphic novel based on her webcomic, and winner of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity and a picture book called How to F...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s episode, we’re talking all about Peacock’s first adult animated original series, In The Know- a fun satirical NPR romp.  Lauren Caspian is NPR’s third most popular host. He’s a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you and me. He’s also a stop...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is director, storyboard artist, and creator, Samantha Gray.   Sam has worked predominantly on acclaimed adult shows such as Rick and Morty, BoJack Horseman, Big Mouth, Tuca and Bertie, and more. She also hosts the podcast, Tired and Thriving! L...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is art director and activist, Andy Garner-Flexner!   Andy (He/They) was the art director at Disney TV Animation on The Owl House and has been a color designer, background painter, and character designer around the animation industry. Having got...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is storyboard artist and director, Brianne Drouhard! Brianne is an artist mainly working in the animation industry.  She has contributed character designs, storyboards and directing for Cartoon Network, Marvel, Sony, Disney, Warner Bros. Animat...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is storyboard artist and director, Brianne Drouhard! Brianne is an artist mainly working in the animation industry.  She has contributed character designs, storyboards and directing for Cartoon Network, Marvel, Sony, Disney, Warner Bros. Animat...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is stop motion animator and filmmaker, Fu Yang! Fu is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Stop-motion is her forte. She creates award-winning animated shorts both on her personal and collaborative projects.  She brings unique handmade design and combines st...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   This week is all about the filmmakers behind the film, Titina. Today’s guest is director, Kajsa Næss!   Based on the thrilling story of polar explorer Roald Amundson and Italian engineer Umberto Nobile, Titina tells a true-ish story of glory and defeat, seen...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   This week is all about the filmmakers behind the film, Titina. Today’s guest is producer, Tonje Skar Reiersen!   Based on the thrilling story of polar explorer Roald Amundson and Italian engineer Umberto Nobile, Titina tells a true-ish story of glory and def...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   This week is all about the filmmakers behind the film, Titina. Today’s guest is art director and production designer, Emma McCann!   Based on the thrilling story of polar explorer Roald Amundson and Italian engineer Umberto Nobile, Titina tells a true-ish st...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   This week is all about the filmmakers behind the film, Titina. Today’s guest is storyboard artist, Dyveke Skøld!   Based on the thrilling story of polar explorer Roald Amundson and Italian engineer Umberto Nobile, Titina tells a true-ish story of glory and d...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   This week is all about the filmmakers behind the film, Titina. Today’s guest is animator and animation director, Marie-Laure Guisset!   Based on the thrilling story of polar explorer Roald Amundson and Italian engineer Umberto Nobile, Titina tells a true-ish...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Kira Rodrigues and Nate Carvalho. Christy is a lighting artist with many years of experience in animation and film. She graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design and has since worked at places like Industrial Light and Magic and Dreamworks Animation, working on movies...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is supervising director, Sarah Johnson. Sarah Johnson has been working in the animation industry for over a decade, honing her skills as a Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer, and Animator. She currently is the Supervising Director on Frog &amp...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is storyboard supervisor and director, Karine Charlebois. Karine has been drawing since she could hold a crayon and her favorite subjects were the cartoons on TV. She originally started working in animation in 1996 doing storyboard cleanup and...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday.   Today’s guest is storyboard supervisor and director, Karine Charlebois. Karine has been drawing since she could hold a crayon and her favorite subjects were the cartoons on TV. She originally started working in animation in 1996 doing storyboard cleanup and...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Except for today. Enjoy our ally edition.   Hosted by Kira Rodrigues and Cassie Soliday.   Today we announce the winner of a new award we completely made up for fun: the Token Man with Talent award! We spent a grueling amount of hours shortlisting who should win this prestigious award....

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Kira Rodrigues   Today’s guest is Nickelodeon Intern and Storyboard Artist, Garnet Garcia!   When the pandemic hit, Garnet was active in various animation circles like Rise Up Animation, RAD Artists Network, Lightbox Expo, just to name a few. Her drive and passion eventually...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday and Kira Rodrigues   Today’s guest is Television Writer and Storyboard Artist, Angela Entzminger!    You may remember her from her last interview I did years ago when she was working in production at Nickelodeon animation with big plans of navigating over to wo...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday   Today’s guest is Writer and Production Coordinator, Alyssa Harden!   Alyssa is a production coordinator at DreamWorks and freelance animation writer. She’s worked at companies like Illumination, Laika, Grayscale, and more. In our chat, she talks how saturday...

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it! Hosted by Cassie Soliday   Today’s guest is background painter, Bonnie Branson! Originally from Kentucky but raised in Connecticut, Bonnie now lives and work in the Los Angeles area painting backgrounds for animation. Currently, she’s a background painter on the sweet and adventurous N...