The Ink and Paint Folk Podcast

When Lindsay Smith-Carrozza, Character Designer and Voice Actress on Cartoon Network’s “Mighty Magiswords”, felt uncertain about what she wanted to do in the future, she explored cartooning, hat and mask making, needle felting and more all while working in medical billing and graphic design! As she moved forward in her life, finding love, hardship, and ridiculous amounts of traffic, she found a ho...

Leslie Strock, illustrator, visual development artist, paper artist, puppet-maker, all around creative person, joins us in the studio to discuss the leap of faith she took moving from Florida to California, her time designing for studios like the Jim Henson Company, and being a multi-passionate creative and the struggles that come along with that. www.lesliestrock.com

“The Land Below” is an upcoming short film that merges animation with live action following a young girl named Anya who has to venture down into the the Land Below to save her home of Edenskies for losing its light and life.  This film was created by filmmakers Hannah Spangler and Gregg Lawson.  You may remember Hannah who came on the podcast about a year ago and spoke about the project a bit, but...

From Character Animator to Character Designer to Animation Timer to Commercial Director, Bonita Versh has worked in the animation industry for over 30 years.  You’ll recognize some of these titles… The Rugrats, Rocko’s Modern Life, Scooby Doo, The Jetsons, and so much more!  With the aid of fellow veteran animator and previous Ink and Paint Girls’ podcast guest, Linda Miller, we discuss the hey da...

With a quirky start as a Cutie Mark Illustrator at Hasbro, Steph Laberis found her way from slogging away in a day job that didn't make her happy.  Finding joy in color and drawing animals, she found her way into freelance illustration and finally working in animation as she always hoped!  Hear her story and advice on today's episode of the Ink and Paint Girl Podcast.

Deirdre Brenner is an animation producer with a career spanning 20 years on projects such as Fairly Odd Parents, Pepper Ann, Star vs the Forces of Evil, and so many more.  However, even with this extensive experience in producing, she has been nurturing a screenwriting career along the way.  This is part two of two.  Get ready to hear about Deirdre's hustle in screenwriting!

Deirdre Brenner is an animation producer with a career spanning 20 years on projects such as Fairly Odd Parents, Pepper Ann, Star vs the Forces of Evil, and so many more.  However, even with this extensive experience in producing, she has been nurturing a screenwriting career on her free time- entering screenwriting competitions and currently in talks for one of her scripts being optioned by a pro...

Having worked on mega animated films like The Little Mermaid, A Goofy Movie, Oliver and Company, Prince of Egypt, Carole Holliday has worked in assistant animation to character design to storyboarding to directing.  We discuss Carole’s career, what she’s learned, how Glen Keane taught her to be more confident, and why animation is such a powerful storytelling medium.   SHOW NOTES—   www.crowdedmet...

Zabrina McIntyre is a Production Coordinator on the Tangled animated series over at Disney TV Animation and the curator of Animation Advocate.  She got her start as a Production Secretary on Wonder Over Yonder with a promotion to Production Associate soon after.  Although this is how she got her professional start in animation, what happened before that?  Well, there’s a whole piece of the puzzle ...

Born and raised in Ireland, Helen O’Flynn found herself at Sullivan-Bluth studios as an animation and paint checker on beloved films like The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven.  When work started to become thin, Helen headed west to California to work during the Disney Renaissance with films such as Mulan, Hercules, Tarzan and more.  Thirty years later, she's still working!

Eva Sowinski is the founder of the Ground Zero Animation Expo that takes place in February near downtown Anaheim, CA.  Being an artist herself, Eva uses her passion and entrepreneurial spirit to create platforms that inspire and motivate artists to get themselves out in front of audiences and share their talent!  Today, she shares her journey from pursuing dance to falling into art to opening a br...

Ever hear of "Over the Garden Wall", "Harvey Beaks", "Star vs the Forces of Evil", or the Cartoon Network short "Back to Backspace"? Yeah! She's a writing bad a** and she's here on the Ink and Paint Girls podcast! Amalia Levari joins us to discuss her path from the rainy weather in Michigan to studying experimental animation at CalArts in California, the progress of female voices in entertainment,...

Bust out the holiday specials and annual favorites, Christmas is coming!  Screenwriter, Analise McNeill joins us on the Ink and Paint Girls podcast to discuss writing the Christmas special for Nick Jr's 'Fresh Beat Band of Spies'.  Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!

Our conversation with Production Manager, Kim Wood and Social Media Director, Rae de Mesa continues!  

Production Manager, Kim Wood and Social Media Director, Rae de Mesa join me in the studio to talk about how they met while working at Dreamworks Animation- going from breakfast girl to girlfriends, how they navigated the industry together when same sex marriage wasn't yet legal as well as through hiatuses and jobs with no health insurance. 

Now for part 2 with Melissa Suber- Storyboard Artist, Director, and Fine Artist currently storyboarding on The Lion Guard over at Disney Jr.  Her fine art paintings can also be seen in Shanghai's Disney Resort.  With a resume that spans the last 20 years, she has worked at various studios in various roles like Layout, Storyboard Revisionist, Storyboard Artist, Story Editor, Production Manager, Wri...

Today we're speaking with Melissa Suber- Storyboard Artist, Director, and Fine Artist currently storyboarding on The Lion Guard over at Disney Jr.  Her fine art paintings can also be seen in Shanghai's Disney Resort.  With a resume that spans the last 20 years, she has worked at various studios in various roles like Layout, Storyboard Revisionist, Storyboard Artist, Story Editor, Production Manage...

If you added up the amount of experience today's two guests have total working in Animation, it would be over 90 years!  Joanna Romersa and Bronwen Barry are back on the Ink and Paint Girls podcast to discuss their personal histories within the bigger history of the Animation industry.  They recall their days being in the Ink and Paint department at Hanna Barbera and Disney, their path to getting...

It has been a full year since starting this podcast and beginning this journey.  Happy 1 Year Anniversary!   Today's interview had to be super special.  Sue Nichols, story and visual development artist, best known for her work at Disney Feature Animation, stops by the show.  Remember Tiana's dream sequence in Princess and the Frog?  Flowered from her concepts.  She also worked on Aladdin, Beauty a...

Today we're speaking with Kaukab Basheer and though she is currently a storyboard revisionist at Disney TV Animation on 'The Lion Guard', she has an amazing career of Character Design, Character Layout, Storyboards, and even Creative Directing on a popular children series in India.  Kaukab is the first guest we've had who has started her animation career in another country!  We discuss self-reflec...

Catherine and Sarah Satrun (also known as the dynamic duo: the Satrun Sisters!) are twin animators and illustrators based out of Chicago, IL.  They have been designing and animating in both traditional and digital methods for projects such as Lucky Charms, Trix, and My Little Pony Commercials, short films, web series such as Seth Meyer's 'The Awesomes', illustrating books,and even some projects in...

Hannah Spangler is an animation student from Kalamazoo, Michigan.  But really, she's more than that!  Along with working a retail job and going to school full-time, she is creating artwork and telling the stories she believes she was put on this planet to create. Hannah is the perfect example of not waiting until everything is perfect or for permission.  She creates the web graphic novel, "The Lim...

Veteran Animator, Storyboard Artist, and Character Designer Linda Miller returns to continue discussing her 30+ year career in Animation!  You may have seen her animation work in the Fox and the Hound, An American Tale, Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Secret of Nimh, Fern Gully, The Page Master, Cats Don't Dance, and the list goes on!  Currently, she is a character designer on Disney Jr's...

Linda Miller is a veteran Animator, Storyboard Artist, and Character Designer who has been working in the industry for over 30 years!  You may have seen her animation work in the Fox and the Hound, An American Tale, Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Secret of Nimh, Fern Gully, The Page Master, Cats Don't Dance, and the list goes on!  Currently, she is a character designer on Disney Jr's Sop...

Esther Pearl is the founder and executive director of Camp Reel Stories: a media camp for teenage girls who want to learn how to make movies in the new digital age located in Oakland, CA.  She has 15 years experience working in Production Management for the Entertainment Industry- mainly at Pixar Animation Studios where she worked on: the Incredibles, Wall-E, and Monsters Inc.